Mania (The Lucy Show album)

Mania
Studio album by The Lucy Show
Released	1986
Recorded	UK
Genre	Rock/Alternative rock/New Wave
Length	57:50 (2005 reissue)
Label	Big Time Records
Producer	John Leckie
Professional reviews
The reviews parameter has been deprecated. Please move reviews into the “Reception” section of the article. See Moving reviews into article space. Allmusic link College Music Journal (Favorable) link
The Lucy Show chronology
...undone (1985) Mania (1986)

Mania was released in 1986 in the UK and the U.S. on Big Time Records. It was The Lucy Show's second, and final, album. The band changed direction from the richly atmospheric and melancholy ...undone and aimed for a more upbeat, commercial sound. The album received better critical reviews than the debut album, and sold more copies, topping the CMJ charts in the US and earning some MTV airplay for the music video of the song, "A Million Things". However, Big Time Records went bankrupt, leaving The Lucy Show once again without a label. They would continue to tour and record for some time, then called it quits in 1988. In 2005, the Words on Music label issued the album on CD for the first time, adding several bonus tracks.

Track listing

1. Land and the Life – 2:21
2. View From The Outside – 3:37
3. Sojourn's End – 3:50
4. Sad September – 3:45
5. A Million Things – 3:09
6. Sun and Moon – 3:49
7. Shame – 2:47
8. Melody – 3:24
9. Part of Me Now – 4:04
10. New Message – 4:53

CD Bonus Tracks

11. Jam in E - 2.38 12. Invitation - 2.41 13. Civil Servant - 3.04 14. Sun and Moon (Live) - 3.27 15. View from the Outside (Live) - 3.33 16. New Message (Basement Demo) - 3.05 17. A Million Things (Original Mix) - 3.32

Personnel

The Lucy Show consisted of:

• Mark Bandola - vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Rob Vandeven - vocals, bass guitar
• Pete Barraclough - guitars, keyboards
• Bryan Hudspeth - drums

with:

• Roddy Lorimer - trumpet
• Eddie Twang - harp
• Charlie Rayner - backing vocalist
• David Ruffy - drums on "New Message"