Sex (Telex album)
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| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Telex Sound Studio | |||
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| Producer | Telex | |||
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Sex (alternately released as Birds & Bees) is the third album by Belgian electronic group Telex, released in 1981. The album is notable for being the first collaboration between Telex and American pop group Sparks.[1][2]
Contents
Production
Marc Moulin and Dan Lacksman were introduced to Ron Mael and Russell Mael of Sparks by their mutual friend, Lio.[3] Facing pressures to release an album in English, Moulin extended an offer to the Maels to contribute lyrics to their upcoming LP. This prompted a long-term friendship between the two bands, and led directly to Lacksman's assistance with production of the 1983 album In Outer Space and 1986's Music That You Can Dance To.[4]
Due to concerns about censors and the album's title, the album was released in the UK as Birds & Bees (the phrase "the birds and the bees" is often used as a euphemism for "sex", especially by parents explaining to their children what it is). In 1982, a version of Birds & Bees was released which included all nine original tracks plus ten new songs, including "L'amour toujours" (French for "Forever Love"), which would be recreated on Telex's 1984 LP Wonderful World with a quicker tempo.[5][6]
Track listing
Original
All lyrics written by Ron Mael, all music composed by Michel Moers.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Brainwash" | 4:23 |
| 2. | "Drama, Drama" | 3:58 |
| 3. | "Haven't We Met Somewhere Before" | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Long Holiday" | 2:13 |
| 5. | "The Man With the Answer" | 3:14 |
| 6. | "Carbon Copy" | 6:33 |
| 7. | "Exercise Is Good for You" | 3:36 |
| 8. | "Dream-O-Mat" | 4:15 |
| 9. | "Sigmund Freud's Party" | 2:54 |
The 2023 Mute Records reissue inserts "Dummy" between tracks 8 and 9.[7]
Birds & Bees 1982 release
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Brainwash" | 4:23 |
| 2. | "Drama, Drama" | 3:58 |
| 3. | "Haven't We Met Somewhere Before" | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Long Holiday" | 2:13 |
| 5. | "The Man With the Answer" | 3:14 |
| 6. | "Carbon Copy" | 6:33 |
| 7. | "Exercise Is Good for You" | 3:36 |
| 8. | "Dream-O-Mat" | 4:15 |
| 9. | "Sigmund Freud's Party" | 2:54 |
| 10. | "Mati Hari" | 3:44 |
| 11. | "Dummy" | 3:47 |
| 12. | "L'Amour Tojours" | 3:50 |
| 13. | "Loops" | 3:26 |
| 14. | "Cloches et Sifflets" | 3:02 |
| 15. | "Don't Put All Your Dreams in One Basket" | 2:23 |
| 16. | "I Can't Turn You Loose" | 3:15 |
| 17. | "Brainwash (Long Version)" | 5:14 |
| 18. | "The Look of Love" | 3:37 |
| 19. | "Basta" | 2:45 |
References
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External links
- Sex (Telex album) at Discogs (list of releases)
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