Voices Carry (album)
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The single release of the eponymous song uses the artwork for its front cover.
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| Studio album by 'Til Tuesday | ||||
| Released | April 20, 1985 | |||
| Studio | R.P.M. Sound Studios, New York, NY | |||
| Genre | Rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 41:52 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Mike Thorne | |||
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| Robert Christgau | B− |
Voices Carry is the first studio album by American band 'Til Tuesday, released in 1985.
'Til Tuesday's debut single was the album's title track, which went to #8 on the Billboard singles chart and remains the band's best-known song. The "Voices Carry" video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist and was played heavily on MTV. It depicts a boyfriend trying to convert Aimee Mann to his upper-class lifestyle; she finally lashes out at him during a concert at Carnegie Hall, standing up from her seat in the audience and belting the lyrics ("He said, shut up! He said, shut up! Oh God, can't you keep it down?...") as she removes her cap to reveal her signature spiky, rat-tailed hair.
Except for one short establishing shot of the exterior of New York City's Carnegie Hall, the video was shot completely on-location in Boston, MA. The Strand Theater in Dorchester's Upham's Corner doubled for the interior of Carnegie Hall during the video's final crane shot.
The album's second and third singles were "Love in a Vacuum" and "Looking over My Shoulder"; the latter peaked at No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Martin Rushent was being considered for the role of producer for Voices Carry.
Voices Carry was released on April 20, 1985. The album entered the Billboard 200 at 152nd place on June 25th. The album spent 31 weeks on the chart peaking at 23.
From contemporary reviews, Spin described the album as "a pleasure, but not a revelation." and that "almost all the tunes are instantly catchy, if not especially inspired."Spin praised the groups vocalist stating that "in lead singer Aimee Mann they may have a star. [...] she has her own look and a voice that's evocative, thought not yet distinctive enough to stake out its own turf in the crowded field of female vocalists."Robert Christgau gave the album a B- rating, stating that the group rolls "out synth-pop hooks like vintage A Flock of Seagulls, but Aimee Mann's throaty warble sounds almost human. And while the generalization level of her aggressively banal lyrics signals product, not expression, every one lands square on a recognizable romantic cliché."
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