Mania (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Mania
Type = Album
Artist = 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
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pr5k8qftbtx4 link]
*"College Music Journal" (Favorable) [http://www.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=10848 link] | Last album = "…undone" (1985)
This album = "Mania" (1986)
Next album =

"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

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

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"