Titles (album)

This article is about the Mick Karn album. For album titles, see Album title.

1982 studio album by Mick Karn

Titles

Studio album by

Mick Karn

Released| November 1982
Recorded| July–August 1982
Studio| Studio 4, AIR, London
Genre|

* Art pop
* synthpop

Length| 40:44
Label| Virgin
Producer|

* Mick Karn
* Colin Fairley

Mick Karn chronology
|  | Titles
(1982)  | Dreams of Reason Produce Monsters
(1987)

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Singles from  Titles

1. "Sensitive"
Released: June 1982

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Smash Hits| 6.5/10[2]

Titles is the debut solo studio album by the English new wave artist Mick Karn, released in 1982. The album peaked at No. 74 on the UK Album Chart.[3]

## History

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Titles was released in November 1982, shortly after Karn's band Japan had announced their intention to split up. Karn recorded the album in London during July and August 1982, and Japan drummer Steve Jansen and keyboard player Richard Barbieri both worked as session musicians on the album. In contrast to the work of his former band, Karn opted to work more quickly in writing and recording the material. The album was completed in 28 days and, according to Karn, the running order of the tracks are the same as the order they were recorded.[4]

The track "Sensitive" is a reworking of the Roberto Carlos song "À Distância" (both Carlos and Karn are credited as writers). It was originally produced by Karn with Ricky Wilde and released as a single in June 1982, though failed to chart. A new version of the track was recorded for the album, and it was re-released as a single in January 1983 when it peaked at No. 98.[3]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Mick Karn except where noted.

Side one

1. "Tribal Dawn" 4:10
2. "Lost Affections in a Room" 4:17
3. "Passion in Moisture" 4:12
4. "Weather the Windmill" 3:54

Side two

1.   2. "Saviour, Are You With Me?" (trad., arr by Mick Karn) 4:05
3. "Trust Me" 4:57
4. "Sensitive" (Roberto Carlos, Mick Karn) 4:35
5. "Piper Blue" 4:21

Bonus track on 1990 CD release

1.   2. "The Sound of Waves" 6:11

* "The Sound of Waves" had been previously issued as the B-side to the album's only single release, "Sensitive".

## Personnel

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* Mick Karn – fretless bass, saxophone, clarinet, bassoon, ocarinas, recorder (tracks 3 and 8), African flute (tracks 3 and 7), percussion (except track 7), keyboards, vocals, drum machine (tracks 3, 6, and 8), keyboard programming (tracks 4 and 8), producer
* Richard Barbieri – keyboard programming (except tracks 4 and 8)
* Hugh Burns – guitar (track 5)
* Colin Fairley – percussion (track 1), producer, engineer, remixing
* David Jacobs – assistant engineer
* Steve Jansen – congas (track 1), cymbal (track 7)
* David Rhodes – guitar (track 6)
* Tim Summerhays – engineer
* Angie Usher – vocals (track 5)
* Ricky Wilde – keyboards (track 7), drum machine (track 7), producer, mixing

## References

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1. ^ "Titles – Mick Karn". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
2. ^ "Albums". Smash Hits. Vol. 4, no. 24\. 25 November – 8 December 1982. p. 35. Retrieved 28 February 2021 - via sites.google.com.
3. ^ a b "MICK KARN | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
4. ^ "Mick Karn: Honorable tension", Interview by Anil Prasad, Innerviews.org