Mange Tout

For the vegetable, see mange tout.

Mange Tout
Studio album by Blancmange
Released	May 1984
Recorded	August – November 1983
Genre	New Wave
Length	43:26
Label	London Records
Producer	John Luongo Peter Collins Blancmange & John Owen Williams
Blancmange chronology
Happy Families (1982) Mange Tout (1984) Believe You Me (1985)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Mange Tout (1984) is the second album by Blancmange. The full album title is - Mange Tout (Dancing Around Our Handbags).

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Arthur & Stephen Luscombe, except where noted.

LP: SH 8554

Side 1

1. "Don't Tell Me" – 3:31
2. "Game Above My Head" – 3:58
3. "Blind Vision" – 3:56
4. "Time Became The Tide" – 4:49
5. "That's Love, That It Is" – 4:22

Side 2

1. "Murder" – 5:58
2. "See the Train" – 2:04
3. "All Things Are Nice" – 4:59
4. "My Baby" – 3:59
5. "The Day Before You Came" (Anderson/Ulvaeus) – 5:50

CD: 810 235–2

2008 Edsel - Remastered CD: EDSL 2023

1. "Don't Tell Me" – 3:31
2. "Game Above My Head" – 3:59
3. "Blind Vision" – 3:59
4. "Time Became The Tide" – 4:50
5. "That's Love, That It Is" – 4:20
6. "Murder" – 5:58
7. "See The Train" – 2:05
8. "All Things Are Nice" – 5:01
9. "My Baby" – 3:57
10. "The Day Before You Came" – 4:25 (Anderson/Ulvaeus)
11. "Game Above My Head (Long Version)" – 7:14

2008 Edsel - The B-Sides And Remixes CD: EDSL 2023

1. "Blind Vision (Long Version)" – 9:39
2. "Heaven Knows Where Heaven Is" – 3:24
3. "On Our Way To?" – 5:37
4. "That's Love, That It Is (Extended)" – 6:35
5. "Vishnu (Full Length)" – 5:20
6. "That's Love, That It Is (Remix)" – 7:34
7. "Vishnu (Instrumental)" – 4:53
8. "Don't Tell Me (Extended)" – 6:25
9. "Get Out Of That" – 4:26
10. "Feel Me (Live Version)" – 6:25
11. "All Things Are Nice (Version)" – 4:14
12. "The Day Before You Came (Extended)" – 7:59 (Anderson/Ulvaeus)

Personnel

Musicians

• Neil Arthur - Voice, Drums and Clarinet
• Stephen Luscombe - Electric Keyboards, Piano and Trumpet

Additional musicians

"Don't Tell Me"

• Pandit Dinesh - Tabla & Madal
• Deepak Khazanchi - Sitar

"Game Above My Head"

• Bobby Collins - Bass Guitar

"Blind Vision"

• David Rhodes - Guitars
• The Uptown Horns - Horns
• Neil Jason - Bass Guitar
• Bashira Johnson - percussion
• Dolette McDonald, Brenda Jay Nelson & Jocelyn Brown - Background Voices

"Time Became The Tide"

• Gavyn Wright & Roy Gillard - Violins
• Garf Jackson - Viola
• Nigel Warren Green - Cello
• Andy Findon - Flute
• Bashira Johnson - Bells & Percussion

"That's Love, That It Is"

• David Rhodes - Guitars
• The Uptown Horns - Horns
• Jerry Marotta & Bashira Johnson - Percussion
• Background Voices - Tawaitha Agee, Brenda White, Vernice

"Murder"

• Malcolm Ross & David Rhodes - Guitars
• Deepak Khazanchi - Sitar
• Pandit Dinesh - Tablas
• David McClymont - Bass Guitar
• Dolette McDonald, Michelle Cobbs & Janice Pendarvis - Background Voices

"All Things Are Nice"

• David Rhodes - Guitars
• Pandit Dinesh - Tablas & Percussion
• Dave Allen - Bass Guitar
• Blair Cunningham - Hi-Hat

"My Baby"

• David Rhodes - Guitars
• Gerry Marotta & Blair Cunningham - Percussion
• The Uptown Horns - Horns
• Neil Jason - Bass Guitar

"The Day Before You Came"

• Pandit Dinesh - Tablas
• Deepak Khazanchi - Santoor
• Valerie Ponomoren - Trumpet Solo

The Uptown Horns Are

• Joe Mosello - Trumpet
• Vinnie Della-Rocca & Jim Clouse - saxophones
• Keith O’Quinn & Jack Gale - Trombone
• James Biondolillo - Maestro

Production

• Recorded at Marcus Music (London) and Sigma Sound (New York City). August-November 1983
• Produced by John Luongo
  "Don't Tell Me" produced by Peter Collins
  "Game Above my Head" produced by Blancmange & John Owen Williams
• "Time Became the Tide" arranged by Linton Naiff & Blancmange
• "My Baby" remixed by Dennis Weinrich & John Owen Williams
• Engineered by Jay Mark with in London. Femi Jiya assisted by Matthew Wallis
• Except "Time Became the Tide" recorded at Island Studios (London). Engineer: Richard Digby-Smith assisted by Steve Street
• "Don’t Tell Me" recorded at Sarm East (London). Engineer: Julian Mendlesohn
• In New York. James Docherty, Michael Hutchinson, John Potaka
• Assisted by Linda Randazzo, Jimmy Santis, Elisa Gura, Melanie West, Glenn Rosenstein
• Design: M. Atkins & Marcx, Town & Country Planning
• Management: Paul Smith & John Owen Williams

References

1. ^ Cassel, Bill. "Review: Blancmange - Mange Tout". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r30825/review. Retrieved 15 June 2011.