Set (Thompson Twins album)

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Set
Studio album by Thompson Twins
Released	1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	Alternative, Post-punk
Producer	Steve Lillywhite
Thompson Twins chronology
A Product of ... (Participation) (1981) Set (1982) In the Name of Love (1982)

Set is the second album recorded by English pop group Thompson Twins. Released in February 1982, it was the second album they recorded for their own T Records imprint, which was released by Arista Records/Hansa.

Compared to their first album, A Product of ... (Participation), Set featured a more polished sound thanks to producer Steve Lillywhite, and it was received positively by the British music press^{[citation needed]}. Keeping true to form with their shifting line-up, Thompson Twins had now swelled to seven members, adding Matthew Seligman on bass guitar to free up Tom Bailey for full frontman duties and keyboards. Former sax player Jane Shorter was replaced by Alannah Currie, who was Bailey's girlfriend at the time (they later married and remained together until 2004). Three of the songs featured on Set do not feature Bailey on lead vocals, but rather are sung by Joe Leeway. While not an official member of the band, Thomas Dolby was also on hand to lend additional keyboards to three of the tracks.

While the album was given praise in the press, the band found itself on the verge of yet another personnel change. The track "In the Name of Love" was written by Bailey simply as album filler, but was ultimately chosen as the lead-off single from the album. While not a notable presence in the UK pop charts, the single was released in the United States as a club single, and from there it went straight to number one on Billboard magazine's dance chart, where it remained unseated for five weeks (from May 22 to June 19, 1982).

The success of the track opened many doors for the band, who suddenly had the potential to be more than just an underground sensation. Together with the band's manager, John Hade, Bailey then reinvented the band as a trio, keeping Currie and Leeway while firing the others.

Set was also released in the United States on the Arista label as In the Name of Love, which saw three of the album's tracks replaced by two songs from the band's first album, A Product of ... (Participation).

In September 2008, A Product of ... (Participation) and Set were re-released as a double-CD set. Each disc included early singles, non-album tracks, and extended remixes.

Track listing

Original Album

1. "In the Name of Love"
2. "Living in Europe"
3. "Bouncing"
4. "Tok Tok"
5. "Good Gosh"
6. "The Rowe"
7. "Runaway"
8. "Another Fantasy"
9. "Fool's Gold"
10. "Crazy Dog"
11. "Blind"

2008 Re-Issue Bonus Tracks

1. "In the Name of Love" (12" Dance Extension)
2. "In the Beginning"
3. "Coastline"
4. "Open Your Eye"
5. "Runaway" (extended remix)
6. "Bouncing" (extended remix)
7. "In the Name of Love" (Big Value Version/New Super Synthesized Version)
8. "Living in Europe" (Live at the Hammersmith Palais, April 1982)

Personnel

• Tom Bailey - vocals, synths, percussion, piano
• Chris Bell - drums
• Alannah Currie - percussion, sax
• Peter Dodd - guitar, synths, percussion
• Joe Leeway - congas, vocals, percussion
• John Roog - guitar
• Matthew Seligman - bass
• Thomas Dolby - additional synths (tracks 6, 7, 9)

See also

• Thompson Twins discography

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