Happy Families (album)

Happy Families
Studio album by
Released24 September 1982 (1982-09-24)
RecordedFebruary–August 1982
Studio
  • CBS (London)
  • Battery (London)
Genre
Length40:29
LabelLondon
ProducerMike Howlett
Blancmange chronology
Happy Families
(1982)
Mange Tout
(1984)
Singles from Happy Families
  1. "I've Seen the Word"/"God's Kitchen"
    Released: 26 March 1982
  2. "Feel Me"
    Released: 9 July 1982
  3. "Living on the Ceiling"
    Released: 15 October 1982
  4. "Waves"
    Released: 21 January 1983

Happy Families is the debut studio album by the English synth-pop band Blancmange, released on 24 September 1982 by London Records. It peaked at No. 30 on the UK Albums Chart, aided by the success of the album's third single, "Living on the Ceiling", released the following month, which became Blancmange's breakthrough hit, reaching No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart. A re-recorded version of the album, titled Happy Families Too..., was released in 2013.[1]

  1. ^ "BLANCMANGE Happy Families Too Live in London". 16 November 2013.