Waiting (Fun Boy Three album)


Waiting is the second and final studio album by the Fun Boy Three. It was released in 1983 and featured the hit single "Our Lips Are Sealed," co-written by Terry Hall and previously performed by The Go-Go's.
Writer Robert Palmer called it one of the "summer's worthier record releases...that shouldn't be overlooked":
The songs are full of barbed political and social commentary with a decidedly English bias. The harmonies and melodic twists and turns are reminiscent of 1930's pop, and the odd but effective arrangements feature trombone, cello and other orchestral instruments in a kind of music hall.

According to music critic Robert Christgau, "David Byrne's production suits songwriting that has advanced beyond the undernourishment of their breakaway debut."
The track "Murder She Said" is the theme from the four films in the British Miss Marple series from 1961-64 starring Margaret Rutherford.

Track listing

All songs written by Fun Boy Three unless noted.
;Side A
  1. "Murder She Said" 1:57
  2. "The More I See " 3:38
  3. "Going Home" 3:36
  4. "We're Having All The Fun" 2:50
  5. "The Farmyard Connection" 2:46
;Side B
  1. "The Tunnel of Love" 3:08
  2. "Our Lips Are Sealed" 3:36
  3. "The Pressure of Life " 3:06
  4. "Things We Do" 3:36
  5. "Well Fancy That!" 3:06
The version available from many download services, including iTunes, substitutes the 2:52 single mix of "Our Lips Are Sealed".

Original U.S. vinyl release

The tracks were in a different order for the original U.S. vinyl release :
;Side A
  1. "Our Lips Are Sealed" 3:36
  2. "The Tunnel of Love" 3:08
  3. "The Pressure of Life " 3:06
  4. "Things We Do" 3:36
  5. "The Farmyard Connection" 2:46
;Side B
  1. "Murder She Said" 1:57
  2. "The More I See " 3:38
  3. "Going Home" 3:36
  4. "We're Having All The Fun" 2:50
  5. "Well Fancy That!" 3:06

    Personnel

;Fun Boy Three
with:
Thanks to: "Rick Rogers, Jeanette Powell, Peter Barnes, David Jensen and Mike Hawkes."