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Goodbye Jumbo is the second studio album by Welsh-British alternative rock band World Party, released in May 1990 on Ensign Records.. The album received generally positive reviews from critics and peaked at No. 73 on the US Billboard 200 and No. 36 on the UK Albums Chart.
World Party was a musical group, predominantly the solo project of its sole consistent member, the songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger. [2] [3] Wallinger started the band in 1986 in London after leaving the Waterboys. [4]
It was released at the first single for their 1990 album, Goodbye Jumbo. The song contains a nod to "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Rolling Stones. [1] When released as a single in 1990, the song topped the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, reached No. 21 on the Album Rock Tracks chart, and peaked at No. 10 in the Netherlands.
This is a set category.It should only contain pages that are World Party albums or lists of World Party albums, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories).
In December 1985, Chambers joined The Waterboys, touring with them on a tour supporting Simple Minds until the end of the year. [2] [3] Chambers joined World Party in 1986.He co-wrote "Love Street" with Karl Wallinger, who he had replaced in The Waterboys, on the band's album Goodbye Jumbo.
Goodbye Jumbo (1990) Singles from Private Revolution "Private Revolution" ... Private Revolution is the debut album by the Welsh-British rock band World Party.
While previous World Party albums were essentially solo projects by multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger, for this album World Party officially became a three-person group: Wallinger (vocals, keyboards, guitars, basses, etc.), David Catlin-Birch (guitars), and Chris Sharrock (drums). As well, the band is aided by a number of guest artists.
Karl Edmond De Vere Wallinger (19 October 1957 – 10 March 2024) was a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. He was best known for leading the band World Party and for his mid-1980s membership of the Waterboys (contributing in particular to the arrangement and recording of their hit single "The Whole of the Moon").