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Dumb Waiters is the second studio album by English pop band the Korgis. It was released on Rialto Records in the UK in 1980. It was released on Rialto Records in the UK in 1980. The album peaked #40 at UK chart and includes the singles " Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime ", UK #5, US #18, Australia #18; " If It's Alright with You Baby " UK #56 ...
"Dumb Waiters" is a song by English rock band the Psychedelic Furs, released as a single in April 1981 by Columbia Records. Written by the band and produced by Steve Lillywhite , it was included on the band's second studio album Talk Talk Talk (1981).
The song, from the group's second album, Dumb Waiters, was released on 11 April 1980, and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart [4] and number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. [5] The song topped the singles charts in France, [6] was also number one in Spain. [7]
It reached number 18 on the UK Albums Chart [1] and number 140 on the US Billboard 200. [2] The band's second album, Talk Talk Talk, followed in 1981. It reached the top 10 of the charts in New Zealand and contained the band's first two charting UK singles, "Dumb Waiters" and "Pretty in Pink". [1] The band released its third album, Forever Now, in
From 1981 album Sticky George "Nowhere to Run" (Davis, Warren) - 4:15 Original 1981 album version from Sticky George "Dumb Waiters" (Warren) - 2:42 From 1980 album Dumb Waiters "Perfect Hostess" (Davis) - 3:21 From 1980 album Dumb Waiters "Love Ain't Too Far Away" (Davis) - 3:29 From 1980 album Dumb Waiters "Living on the Rocks" (Warren) - 3:32
Speaking to UKRADIO in 2019, James Warren recalled of the song, "It was one of those 'throw everything at it', sort of kitchen sink-type productions. Apart from absolutely loving the Beatles, the other thing we used to like when we first started doing the Korgis was classic 60s pop, the Phil Spector kind of thing: big productions, kitchen sink, everything thrown in.
The band had several hits in their early career. In 1986, filmmaker John Hughes used their song "Pretty in Pink" for his film Pretty in Pink. They went on hiatus after they finished touring in 1992, but resumed in 2000 and continue to perform live. The band released Made of Rain, their first studio album in nearly three decades, on 31 July 2020 ...
The album contains acoustic versions of all of the band's best known songs such as "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime", "Young 'n' Russian", "If It's Alright with You Baby" and "If I Had You" as well as tracks from their albums The Korgis, Dumb Waiters, Sticky George, Burning Questions and This World's For Everyone