All Over the Place (The Bangles album)

All Over the Place
Studio album by
The Bangles
ReleasedMay 23, 1984 (1984-05-23)
RecordedOctober 1983 – February 1984
StudioCrystal Sound and Soundcastle (Hollywood, CA); Skyline Recording (Topanga, CA).
Genre
Length31:33
LabelColumbia
ProducerDavid Kahne
The Bangles chronology
Bangles
(1982) 		All Over the Place
(1984) 		Different Light
(1986)
Singles from All Over the Place
  1. "Hero Takes a Fall"
    Released: June 1984[2]
  2. "Going Down to Liverpool"
    Released: September 1984[3]
Retrospective professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[7]

All Over the Place is the debut studio album by American pop rock band the Bangles. Released in 1984 by Columbia Records, the sound is lively and shows more Bangles collaboration and fewer keyboard overdubs than were used later on their more commercially successful albums. Although the album was not a major commercial success – peaking at #80 on the Billboard 200 albums chart – and did not produce a hit, it sold respectably, mostly through steady airplay on college stations. It also gave them the chance to perform as an opening act for Cyndi Lauper and Huey Lewis and the News, and brought the group to the attention of Prince, who would write "Manic Monday", their first hit.

Two singles were released from this album: "Hero Takes a Fall", which peaked outside the UK Top 40, and "Going Down to Liverpool", written by Kimberley Rew of Katrina and the Waves,[8] which won the Bangles the BPI Award, the British equivalent of the Grammy. The video for "Going Down to Liverpool" features Leonard Nimoy, who plays the part of the band's chauffeur.

The album was reissued in 2008 on the Wounded Bird Records label (WOU 9220) adding a bonus track: "Hero Takes a Fall" (Single Remix). In 2010, UK label Cherry Pop re-released the album with one bonus track, their cover of The Grass Roots "Where Were You When I Needed You", which was originally released as the b-side to "Hero Takes a Fall".

  1. ^ "The 50 Best New Wave Albums". Paste Magazine. August 30, 2016.
  2. ^ "Bangles singles".
  3. ^ "Bangles singles".
  4. ^ Deming, Mark. "All Over the Place – Bangles". AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2008.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  6. ^ Evans, Paul; Lechner, Ernesto (2004). "The Bangles". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). London: Fireside Books. pp. 43–44. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  7. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  8. ^ "Going Down to Liverpool by Bangles - Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved January 26, 2021.