Mosaic (Wang Chung album)

Mosaic
Mosaic
Studio album by Wang Chung
Released	14 October 1986
Recorded	1986
Studio	Videosonics (London, England); Sound Mill Studios (Vienna, Austria);
Genre	Dance-pop
Length	40:06
Label	Geffen; 24115
Producer	Peter Wolf
Wang Chung chronology
Alternative cover
	Alternate album cover
Singles from Mosaic
	"Everybody Have Fun Tonight"; Released: September 1986; "Let's Go!"; Released: 6 January 1987; "Hypnotize Me"; Released: 5 May 1987;

Mosaic is the fourth studio album by the English new wave band Wang Chung, released on 14 October 1986 by Geffen Records. The album was commercially successful, producing three US Top 40 songs: "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" (peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100), "Let's Go!" (No. 9 on the Hot 100), and "Hypnotize Me" (No. 36 on the Hot 100). Mosaic earned a Gold certification by the RIAA and peaked at No. 41 on the Billboard 200 album charts.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Cover art

The album cover features photographs of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Hues and bassist Nick Feldman, with a mosaic effect applied to the pictures. The resulting graphic is a literal representation of the album's title. The sleeve features Hues on the front cover with the track listing of side one, while the reverse is upside down and shows Feldman with the track listing of side two. On some CD editions, both photographs have been laid horizontally on the front cover, and the full track listing appears on the back cover.

Track listing

All songs produced and arranged by Wang Chung and Peter Wolf; all songs written by Wang Chung, unless noted otherwise.

CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Everybody Have Fun Tonight"	Wang Chung Peter Wolf	4:47
2.	"Hypnotize Me"		4:42
3.	"The Flat Horizon"		4:49
4.	"Betrayal"	Wang Chung Wolf	4:40
5.	"Let's Go!"		4:30
6.	"Eyes of the Girl"		4:50
7.	"A Fool and His Money"	Michael Lesson Peter Vale Jack Hues Wolf	4:44
8.	"The World in Which We Live"		7:04
Total length:			40:06

Cassette/LP

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Everybody Have Fun Tonight"	Wang Chung Wolf	4:47
2.	"Hypnotize Me"		4:42
3.	"The Flat Horizon"		4:49
4.	"Betrayal"	Wang Chung Wolf	4:40
Total length:			18:58

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Let's Go!"		4:30
2.	"Eyes of the Girl"		4:50
3.	"A Fool and His Money"	Michael Lesson Peter Vale Jack Hues Wolf	4:44
4.	"The World in Which We Live"		7:04
Total length:			21:08

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	94
US Billboard 200	41

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)	Position
US Billboard 200	81

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
RIAA – USA	Gold	2 October 1997

Personnel

Wang Chung

Jack Hues – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards
Nick Feldman – lead vocals (on "Let's Go!"), additional vocals, bass, guitars, keyboards

Other guest musicians

Michael McDonald - guest vocal in A Fool and His Money
Peter Wolf – drums, keyboards, Synclavier, choral voices
Dann Huff – guitars on "Hypnotize Me"
Herbert Graf, Otmar Klein, Hannes Kottek and Harry Sokal – horns
Kevin Dorsey, Siedah Garrett, Phil Perry, Joe Pizzulo, Michael McDonald, Julia Waters, Oren Waters and Ina Wolf – backing vocals

Production and artwork

Engineered by Brian Malouf and Peter Muller
- Assisted by Tim Alban, Jim Dineen, Steve Ford and Marvin Wolf
Recorded at Videosonics, London; Sound Mill Studios, Vienna
Mixed at CAN-AM Recorders, Tarzana, California; Mama Jo's, North Hollywood, California ("Hypnotize Me" only)
Mixed by Paul Gomersall, Martyn "Max" Heyes and Tim Weidener
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood
CDD pre-mastering by WCI Record Group
Photography by Simon Fowler
Art direction and design by Norman Moore
John Kalodner : John Kalodner
Management: David Massey for Domino Directions, Ltd.

References

^ ^a ^b Mosaic at AllMusic
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 332. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

External links

Mosaic at Discogs (list of releases)

[AllMusic-1] Mosaic at AllMusic

[aus-2] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 332. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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