High Hat (album)


High Hat is a 1989 album compiling tracks from Boy George's second and third UK and European solo albums, Tense Nervous Headache and Boyfriend.

Overview

Since neither Tense Nervous Headache or Boyfriend are any longer available, High Hat remains the only place to find any of Boy George's songs from 1988 to 1989. While High Hat has only ten tracks, the two other albums together included eighteen tracks: nine on the vinyl and twelve on the CD and cassette for Tense Nervous Headache; plus eight for Boyfriend, one of which would later re-surface on Jesus Loves You's The Martyr Mantras album.
Tense Nervous Headache was shelved in the UK shortly after release of the first single due to lack of interest, despite the singer getting to No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart the previous year with "Everything I Own". Half of the ten tracks on High Hat were quite unsuccessful singles either taken from Tense Nervous Headache or Boyfriend: "Don't Cry", "Whisper", "Don't Take My Mind on a Trip", "You Found Another Guy" and "Whether They Like It or Not".
The only track actually taken from High Hat as an independent single in America was the US remix of the opener "Don't Take My Mind on a Trip"; the version of which included on High Hat is slightly different from that originally opening Boyfriend. "Don't Take My Mind on a Trip" was a club hit in Canada and the US, charting at No. 5 on the Billboard R&B charts. "You Found Another Guy" went into the top 40 of the same charts also. High Hat nonetheless did a little better than its US predecessor Sold, reaching number 126 on the Billboard charts. It was also released in Australia and Mexico.

Track listing

  1. "Don't Take My Mind on a Trip" – 5:21
  2. "Whisper" – 5:40
  3. "Whether They Like It or Not" – 5:10
  4. "You Found Another Guy" – 4:27
  5. "You Are My Heroin" – 6:21
  6. "I'm Not Sleeping Anymore" – 4:20
  7. "Kipsy" – 6:06
  8. "Don't Cry" – 4:09
  9. "Girl with Combination Skin" – 6:00
  10. "Something Strange Called Love" – 3:59

    Personnel

Tracks 2, 5, 7–10
Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6