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The Sound of Sunbathing
UK cover
Studio album by The Sinceros
Released	1979
Studio	Wessex Studios, London
Genre	New wave, power pop
Label	Epic (UK) Columbia (US)
Producer	Joe Wissert
The Sinceros chronology
The Sound of Sunbathing (1979) 2nd Debut (1980)
Alternative cover
US cover

The Sound of Sunbathing is the debut album from the Sinceros, a new wave and power pop band from England. The album, with initial copies pressed on orange vinyl, was released worldwide and achieved moderate commercial success. This is the only album so far released on CD (via Cherry Red Records), the follow-up being Pet Rock. The Sunbathing CD was released on 18 May 2009 with the catalogue number CDM RED 396. One track from this album, "Take Me to Your Leader", has appeared on the compilation albums New Wave Hits of the 70's & 80's and Big Hits, Skinny Ties: New Wave in the UK.

Track listing (UK)

All tracks composed by Mark Kjeldsen; except where noted.

1. "I Still Miss You"
2. "Quick Quick Slow"
3. "My Little Letter"
4. "Hanging On Too Long" (Don Snow)
5. "Worlds Apart"
6. "Take Me to Your Leader"
7. "Little White Lie"
8. "Break Her Heart"
9. "So They Know"
10. "Good Luck (To You)" (Ron François)

Track listing (USA)

All tracks composed by Mark Kjeldsen; except where noted.

1. "Take Me to Your Leader"
2. "Worlds Apart"
3. "Little White Lie"
4. "So They Know"
5. "Hanging On Too Long" (Don Snow)
6. "I Still Miss You"
7. "Quick Quick Slow"
8. "My Little Letter"
9. "Break Her Heart"
10. "Good Luck (To You)" (Ron François)

Personnel

The Sinceros

• Mark Kjeldsen - guitar, vocals
• Ron François - bass guitar, vocals
• Don Snow - keyboards, vocals
• Bobby Irwin - drums

Production credits

• Produced by Joe Wissert
• Engineered by Bill Price
• Recorded at Wessex Studios, London

Critical reception

Trouser Press praised the Sinceros for creating "two great tracks — a quirky bit of silliness called 'Take Me to Your Leader' and a Joe Jackson soundalike, 'Little White Lie'..." but expressed little enthusiasm for the album as a whole, saying that other than those two songs, "it's an amiable pop record with little character".

References

1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 12 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
2. Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (August 23 – September 5, 1979): 25.
3. ^ Robbins, Ira A., ed. (1991). The New Trouser Press Record Guide (4th ed.). New York: Collier/Macmillan. p. 521. ISBN 0-02-036361-3.

• 1979 debut albums
• The Sinceros albums
• Epic Records albums
• Albums produced by Joe Wissert