 | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Wish Thing" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Wish Thing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by Torch Song | ||||
| Released | 1984 | |||
| Genre | New wave, synthpop, dance-pop | |||
| Label | I.R.S. | |||
| Producer | Torch Song | |||
| Torch Song chronology | ||||
| ||||
Wish Thing is Torch Song's first album, released in 1984. At the time, Torch Song consisted of William Orbit, Laurie Mayer (lead vocals), and Grant Gilbert.
The track "Prepare to Energize" was a surprise dance-floor hit, as well as appearing in the 1984 Tom Hanks movie Bachelor Party.
Critical reception
Trouser Press called the album "an ethereal set of instrumentally subtle synth-dance tracks, given most of their character by Laurie Mayer’s delicate voice and the gimmicky production." Musician wrote that the album was "an engagingly new twist" to the "synthrock approach."
Track listing
- "Don't Look Now"
- "Telepathy"
- "Ode to Billie Joe"
- "Another Place"
- "Prepare To Energize"
- "Tattered Dress"
- "Sweet Thing"
- "You Said You Were Coming"
- "Water Clock Secrets"
References
- Thompson, Dave (1 September 2002). The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting. Backbeat Books. ISBN 9781617132025 – via Google Books.
- ^ "William Orbit". Trouser Press. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6. MUZE. p. 327.
- "Rock Short Takes". Musician (72): 98. 1984.