Voices Carry

Infobox Album |
Name = Voices Carry
Type = Album
Artist = 'Til Tuesday


Released = 1985
Recorded = R.P.M. Sound Studios, New York, NY
Genre = Rock
Length = 41:52
Label = Epic
Producer = Mike Thorne
Reviews =
*Allmusic (3/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bmh9kezt7q7z~T1 link]

Last album =
This album = "Voices Carry"
(1985)
Next album = "Welcome Home"
(1986)

"Voices Carry" is the first studio album by the American band 'Til Tuesday, released in 1985. (see 1985 in music).

'Til Tuesday's debut single was the album's title track, which went to No. 8 on the Billboard singles chart and remains the band's best-known song. The title song was originally sung to a woman, but due to record company pressure for less controversial lyrics it was changed to be sung to a man. [ [http://www.stereosociety.com/voicescarry.html Producer Mike Thorne comments on Voices Carry] ] The "Voices Carry" video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist and was played heavily on MTV. It depicts an oppressive boyfriend trying to convert Aimee Mann to his upper-class lifestyle; she finally lashes out at him during a concert at Carnegie Hall, standing up from her seat in the audience and belting the lyrics ("He said, shut up! He said, shut up! Oh God, can't you keep it down?...") as she removes her cap to reveal her signature spiky, rat-tailed hair.

Except for one short establishing shot of the exterior of New York City's Carnegie Hall, the video was shot completely on-location in Boston, MA. The Strand Theater in Dorchester's Upham's Corner doubled for the interior of Carnegie Hall during the video's final crane shot.

The album's second and third singles were "Love in a Vacuum" and "Looking Over My Shoulder"; the latter peaked at No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

all songs: lyrics by Aimee Mann, music by 'Til Tuesday

#"Love in a Vacuum" – 3:34
#"Looking over My Shoulder" – 4:15
#"I Could Get Used to This" – 3:02
#"No More Crying" – 4:18
#"Voices Carry" – 4:13
#"Winning the War" – 4:03
#"You Know the Rest" – 4:26
#"Maybe Monday" – 3:40
#"Are You Serious?" – 3:15
#"Don't Watch Me Bleed" – 3:26
#"Sleep" – 3:40

Personnel

*Aimee Mann - vocals and bass
*Michael Hausman - drums and percussion
*Robert Holmes - guitars and background vocals
*Joey Pesce - piano, synthesizers and background vocals

*Produced By Mike Thorne
*Engineered & Mixed By Harvey Goldberg
*Studio Assistants: Mike Krowiak & Jeff Lippay
*Mastered By Jack Skinner

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Legacy

The popular Canadian teen drama , which is known for naming each episode after an 80s hit song or album, named a two part episode after this album.

Covers

*County singer Carrie Underwood has covered the song.

Notes