In the UK, two singles were released, "La-Di-Da" and "I'm in Love Again" both of which charted on the UK Singles Chart.[5] On some editions of the album, "Love Today" and "I'm in Love Again" are swapped around on the track listing.
The album failed to continue the success of the band's previous album and it charted at number 46 on the UK Album Charts.[6] It was also certified silver by the BPI in February 1981.[7] In the US, the album was released by Swan Song Records and it charted at number 160 on the Billboard 200.[8]
Reviewing the album for Record Mirror, Paul Sexton described it as "more of the same. Which is fine, as the band is still relatively young... and there's so much diversity in their music, that it'll take quite a while before they come to the bottom of that particular well. The album doesn't feature any ballads in the form of 'Every Day Hurts', and probably for that reason, won't spawn any hits that big. But 'La Di Da' is already making an impression, and it's indicative of the midpace, happy/sad ambivalence the band specialises in." "It's also good to see vocalist Paul Young, the band's chief lyricist, being able to vary the content of his lyrics, and providing a contrast to the usual love-gone-right and love-gone-wrong fodder".[4]
Track listingedit
All lyrics are written by Paul Young, except where noted
^ ab"Sad Cafe Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
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January 01, 1970
café, album, café, fourth, studio, album, english, rock, band, café, released, october, 1980, records, caféstudio, album, caféreleased3, october, 1980, studiostrawberry, studios, south, dorkinggenrepop, rocklength41, 44labelrcaswan, songproducereric, stewartsa. Sad Cafe is the fourth studio album by English rock band Sad Cafe released in October 1980 by RCA Records Sad CafeStudio album by Sad CafeReleased3 October 1980 1 StudioStrawberry Studios South DorkingGenrePop rockLength41 44LabelRCASwan SongProducerEric StewartSad Cafe chronologyFacades 1979 Sad Cafe 1980 Live in Concert 1981 Singles from Sad Cafe La Di Da Released September 1980 I m in Love Again Released December 1980 No Favours No Way Released October 1981 US promo only Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 3 Record Mirror 4 Contents 1 Release 2 Reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 Charts 6 ReferencesRelease editIn the UK two singles were released La Di Da and I m in Love Again both of which charted on the UK Singles Chart 5 On some editions of the album Love Today and I m in Love Again are swapped around on the track listing The album failed to continue the success of the band s previous album and it charted at number 46 on the UK Album Charts 6 It was also certified silver by the BPI in February 1981 7 In the US the album was released by Swan Song Records and it charted at number 160 on the Billboard 200 8 The album was reissued on CD in 2009 in the US by Renaissance Records 9 Reception editReviewing the album for Record Mirror Paul Sexton described it as more of the same Which is fine as the band is still relatively young and there s so much diversity in their music that it ll take quite a while before they come to the bottom of that particular well The album doesn t feature any ballads in the form of Every Day Hurts and probably for that reason won t spawn any hits that big But La Di Da is already making an impression and it s indicative of the midpace happy sad ambivalence the band specialises in It s also good to see vocalist Paul Young the band s chief lyricist being able to vary the content of his lyrics and providing a contrast to the usual love gone right and love gone wrong fodder 4 Track listing editAll lyrics are written by Paul Young except where notedNo TitleLyricsMusicLength1 La Di Da John Stimpson Young5 002 Digital Daydream Blues Ashley Mulford Young Vic Emerson4 533 What Am I Gonna Do Ian WilsonWilson4 404 Keep It from the Troops Sad Cafe6 125 Love Today Wilson YoungSad Cafe4 426 Losin You MulfordMulford3 547 Dreamin Mulford Stimpson Young Emerson4 138 No Favours No Way Stimpson Young3 579 I m in Love Again Wilson YoungWilson Emerson4 13Total length 41 44Personnel editSad Cafe 10 Paul Young lead vocals percussion congas Ashley Mulford lead guitar slide guitar vocals Ian Wilson electric guitar acoustic guitar vocals percussion John Stimpson bass guitar vocals Vic Emerson piano synthesizer Dave Irving drums vocals percussion Lenni Zaksen saxophone vocals Technical Eric Stewart engineer producer Alwyn Clayden art direction Vic Emerson strings arrangement and synthesisation Lenni Zaksen horns arrangement John Shaw photography Recorded at Strawberry Studios South in Dorking and mastered at Strawberry Mastering in LondonCharts editChart 1980 Peakposition Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 11 28 UK Albums OCC 6 46 US Billboard 200 8 160References edit News PDF Record Mirror 13 September 1980 p 3 Retrieved 10 February 2021 Sad Cafe Sad Cafe Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved 27 April 2020 Larkin Colin 2011 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 5th concise ed Omnibus Press a b Albums PDF Record Mirror 20 11 October 1980 Retrieved 11 February 2021 SAD CAFE full Official Chart History Official Charts Company www officialcharts com Retrieved 27 April 2020 a b Sad Cafe Artist Official Charts UK Albums Chart BRIT Certified Award Sad Cafe Sad Cafe British Phonographic Industry Retrieved 30 April 2020 a b Sad Cafe Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard twilightdawning 17 May 2019 Sad Cafe Discography 1977 2019 twilightdawning Retrieved 27 April 2020 Sad Cafe Sad Cafe Credits AllMusic retrieved 27 April 2020 Swedishcharts com Sad Cafe Sad Cafe Hung Medien Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sad Cafe album amp oldid 1186232707, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
