Close to the Bone (Tom Tom Club album)

Close to the Bone
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1983
StudioCompass Point, Nassau, Bahamas
Length37:32
Label
ProducerChris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Steven Stanley
Tom Tom Club chronology
Tom Tom Club
(1981)
Close to the Bone
(1983)
Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom
(1988)
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Close to the Bone is the second studio album by the Tom Tom Club that was released in 1983. The Tom Tom Club's musicians were: Wally Badarou, Tyrone Downie, Chris Frantz, Roddy Frantz, Rupert Hine, Raymond Jones, Steve Scales, Steven Stanley, Alex Weir; and sisters Lani, Laura and Tina Weymouth. The album was released on compact disc for the first time on May 19, 2009, as a part of a two-CD deluxe package with the band's first album, Tom Tom Club, as part of Universal Music's deluxe editions series.