• Source: Was (Not Was) (album)

      • Was (Not Was) is the debut album by art-funk ensemble Was (Not Was); it was released in 1981.
      The album was re-released with additional material in 2004 under the name Out Come the Freaks. The art direction was by Maverse Players.


      Track listing




      = 1981 release

      =
      All tracks composed by David Was and Don Was; except where indicated
      Side A

      "Out Come the Freaks" – 5:41 vocals - Harry Bowens; spoken vocals - Marzanne McCants
      "Where Did Your Heart Go?" – 4:55 lead vocals - Sweet Pea Atkinson
      "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming" – 4:58 lead vocals - Harry Bowens
      "Oh, Mr. Friction!" – 3:31
      Side B

      "Carry Me Back to Old Morocco" (Was, Was, Doug Fieger) – 6:01
      "It's an Attack!" (Was, Was, David Goss) – 3:11 lead vocals - Sweet Pea Atkinson
      "The Sky's Ablaze" – 2:16
      "Go...Now!" (Was, Was, Ron Banks) – 5:34 lead vocals - Sweet Pea Atkinson
      Side B of the LP ends in a lock groove of Atkinson singing "'Cause he says it hurts his neck" (from "Out Come the Freaks"), looping on the last three words.


      = Out Come the Freaks

      =
      "Wheel Me Out" (Long Version) – 7:06
      "Out Come the Freaks" – 5:39
      "Where Did Your Heart Go?" – 4:57
      "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming" – 5:00
      "Oh, Mr. Friction" – 3:33
      "Carry Me Back to Old Morocco" – 6:01
      "It's an Attack!" – 3:10
      "The Sky's Ablaze" – 2:15
      "Go...Now!" – 5:30
      "Hello Operator" (Short Version) – 2:51
      "Out Come the Freaks (Again)" – 4:37
      "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming" (12" Remix)" – 7:48
      "Out Come the Freaks" (12" Remix) – 7:10
      "(Return to the Valley Of) Out Come the Freaks" (Semi/Historic 1983 Version) – 4:20
      "Christmas Time in Motor City" – 2:55
      "Out Come the Freaks" (Dub Version) – 6:30


      Personnel


      David Was – vocals, acoustic piano, alto saxophone
      Don Was – vocals, Moog synthesizer, clavinet, bass, vibraphone
      Sir Harry Bowens – lead vocals on "Out Come the Freaks" and "Tell Me That I'm Dreaming"
      Sweet Pea Atkinson – lead vocals on "Where Did Your Heart Go?", "It's an Attack" and "Go...Now!"
      Mark Johnson – Moog synthesizer
      Raymond Johnson – Rhodes electric piano
      Irwin Krinsky – acoustic piano
      Luis Resto – acoustic piano, Oberheim OB-X, ARP synthesizers
      Wayne Kramer – guitars
      Bruce Nazarian – guitars, bass on "Wheel Me Out"
      Ricardo Rouse – guitars
      Mack Pitt – mandolin
      Jervonny Collier – bass
      Lamont Johnson – bass
      Jerry Jones – drums
      Franklin K. "Funklyn" McCullers – drums
      Larry Fratangelo – percussion
      Carl "Butch" Small – percussion, rap vocals
      Kevin Tschirhart – percussion, electronic handclaps
      Les Chambers – additional percussion
      Jim Matthews – additional percussion
      Gary Stuck – additional percussion
      David McMurray – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
      Armand Angeloni – tenor saxophone, piccolo flute
      Marcus Belgrave – trumpet, flugelhorn
      Johnny Allen – string arrangements on "Where Did Your Heart Go?"
      Caroline Crawford, Michelle Goulet, Carol Hall, Sheila Horne and Kathy Kosins – backing vocals
      Tom Brzezina, Rick Cushingberry, Kim Heron, Mitchell Jacobs, Mark J. Norton, Richard Pinkston, Pam Schlom, Ruth Seymore, Anthony Was, Rubin Weiss, Lamont Zodiac and Mrs. Martinez's Fifth Hour Vocal Music Class/Birney Middle School – additional vocals


      = Production

      =
      Michael Zilkha – executive producer
      Jack Tann – producer
      David Was – producer
      Don Was – producer, recording, mixing
      Burr Huntington – remote recording
      Ken Collier – dance mixes
      Ray Janos – mastering at CBS Studios (New York, NY)
      Maverse Players – art direction
      Terry Robinson – airbrush artwork
      Bill Thomas – typeset, keyline
      Dirk Bakker – cover and liner photography


      References

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