Fun Boy Three (album)
The Fun Boy Three is the debut album by The Fun Boy Three, a band consisting of three ex-members of the UK ska band The Specials: Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding. It was released in 1982 by Chrysalis Records and was re-released in 1999 by EMI as Fame. Several songs on the album feature backing vocals by the female pop trio Bananarama. Three singles were released from the album: "The Lunatics ", "It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It", and a remix of "The Telephone Always Rings".All songs by Lynval Golding, Terry Hall and Neville Staple except where noted.
- "Sanctuary"
- "Way on Down"
- "The Lunatics "
- "Life in General "
- "Faith, Hope and Charity"
- "Funrama 2"
- "Best of Luck Mate"
- "It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It"
- "The Telephone Always Rings"
- "I Don't Believe It"
- "Alone"
Personnel
- Terry Hall – vocals, producer
- Neville Staple – percussion, vocals, producer
- Lynval Golding – guitar, vocals, producter
- Dick Cuthell – horns
- Keren Woodward – background vocals
- Sara Dallin – background vocals
- Siobhan Fahey – background vocals
- Bananarama - additional lead vocals sung by
- Sean Carasov – voice on the telephone
- Kevin Fuller - lacquer cut
- Frank Elton - cover effects
- Allen Zentz – mastering
- John Sims - visual effects
- Dave Jordan - producer
- Allan Ballard – photography