Huang Chung is the self-titled debut studio album by the English new wave band Huang Chung (later known as Wang Chung). Huang Chung was released in March 1982 on both vinyl and cassette. Included on the album cover is the name of the band in Chinese (黃鐘, literally Yellow Bell) meaning the first note in the Chinese classical music scale. On 19 September 1995, One Way Records re-released the album on CD under license from Arista Records. The album has since been discontinued.
Huang Chung was supposed to be one of two studio albums that the band recorded for Arista Records, but they departed and signed a recording contract with Geffen Records afterwards because their manager spotted the band's potential and their upcoming song, "Dance Hall Days", to be a possibly big hit. Meanwhile, after the release, Huang Chung saxophonist David Burnand (a.k.a. Hogg Robinson) left due to "musical differences". No song hit any charts in the US or the UK.
A mastering error is present on the 1995 CD reissue. The track break between "I Never Want to Love You in a Half-Hearted Way" and "Ti Na Na" occurs a fraction of a second before the former track ends. Thus, track 3 begins with what sounds like a glitch, though it is actually the very end of track 2.
Track listing
All songs were written and composed by Jack Hues, except as noted below. Nick Feldman was credited as Nick DeSpig throughout this album.
Arista UK LP: SPART 1174
Arista US LP: AL 6603
1995 – One Way Records CD: OW 31444
Credits
Huang Chung
- Darwin – drums, percussion, vocals
- Hogg – saxophones, percussion, vocals
- Nick de Spig – bass guitars, percussion, vocals
- Jack Hues – guitars, lead vocals, piano
Producers
- Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 10 – Produced by Rhett Davies
- Tracks 6, 8, 9 – Produced by Roger Béchirian
- Tracks 3 & 7 – Produced by Rhett Davies and remixed by Roger Béchirian
Engineers
- Nigel Mills and Stuart Henderson (Basing St)
- Dave Bellotti (Jam)
Assistants
- David Massey
- Vikki Pepys
- Sarah Lubel
Additional personnel
- Fin Costello – photos
- Steve Joule – design
- Alex Feldman (sister of bass guitarist Nick Feldman) – logo design
- Ged Doherty and Andy Hilton – management
References
External links
- Huang Chung at Discogs (list of releases)
