''Two by Two'' (sometimes written as ''2x2'' or ''2By2'') is the debut album of English
new wave band
Blue Zoo
Blue Zoo are an English new wave band, active between 1980 and 1985, and again since 2010.
Career
Formed in 1980, their original band name was Modern Jazz, and they released two singles titled "In My Sleep (I Shoot Sheep)" and "Ivory Towers" ...
. It contains their October 1982 UK top 20
hit single
A hit song, also known as a hit record, hit single, or simply hit, is a recorded song or instrumental that becomes broadly popular or well-known. Although ''hit song'' means any widely played or big-selling song, the specific term ''hit record'' ...
, "
Cry Boy Cry".
The album was produced by
Talk Talk
Talk Talk were an English band formed in 1981 by Mark Hollis (vocals, guitar, piano), Lee Harris (drums), Paul Webb (bass), and Simon Brenner (keyboards). Initially a synth-pop group, Talk Talk's first two albums, '' The Party's Over'' (198 ...
's
Tim Friese-Greene
Timothy Alan Friese-Greene is an English musician and record producer, producer. He worked with the band Talk Talk from 1983 to their breakup in 1991. He currently releases solo albums under the name Heligoland. He is the grandson of filmmaker Cl ...
.
Track listing
# "
Cry Boy Cry"
# "John's Lost"
# "Far Cry"
# "Count on Me (You Can)"
# "Love Moves in Strange Ways"
# "Forgive and Forget"
# "I'm Your Man"
# "Open Up"
# "Can't Hold Me Down"
# "Something Familiar"
# "Loved One's an Angel" (later CD bonus track)
# "Cry Boy Cry (Long Version)" (later CD bonus track)
# "Somewhere in the World There's a Cowboy Smiling" (later CD bonus track)
References
* ''The Official Music Master Record Catalogue'' 16th Edition - John Humphries (Publishing) - 1990 -
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1983 debut albums
Albums produced by Tim Friese-Greene
Blue Zoo albums
Magnet Records albums