Clem Burke – drums
Jimmy Destri –
Wah Wah Watson – guitar on "Live It Up"
Howard Kaylan – vocals on "T-Birds"
Mark Volman – vocals on "T-Birds"
Tom Scott – saxophone on "Rapture" and "Faces", Lyricon on "Do the Dark"
Ollie Brown – percussion on "The Tide Is High"
Emil Richards – percussion on "The Tide Is High"
Alex Acuña – percussion on "The Tide Is High"
Steve Goldstein – piano on "Faces", synthesizers on "Follow Me"
B-Girls – backing vocals on "Live It Up"
Jimmie Haskell – string and horn arrangements on "Here's Looking at You", "The Tide Is High", "Europa" and "Go Through It"
Ray Brown – bass guitar on "Faces"
Scott Lesser – percussion on "Live It Up"
Mike Chapman – production
Lenise Bent – engineering
Doug Schwartz – engineering assistance
Gary Boatner – engineering assistance
Kevin Flaherty – production (2001 reissue
The band released two singles from this album, “The Tide Is High” and “Rapture”. “The Tide Is High” hit Number One in several countries, including the US and the UK. “Rapture” became the first rap song ever to reach number 1 on the singles chart in the US (it also reached #5 in the UK and #4 in Australia).
Tracks
1 Europa (Chris Stein) 03:30
2 Live It Up (Chris Stein) 04:09
3 Here’s Looking At You (Chris Stein; Deborah Harry) 02:58
4 The Tide Is High (John Holt) 04:40
5 Angels On the Balcony (Jimmy Destri; Laura Davis) 03:47
6 Go Through It (Chris Stein; Deborah Harry) 02:42
7 Do The Dark (Jimmy Destri) 03:51
8 Rapture (Chris Stein; Deborah Harry) 06:31
9 Faces (Deborah Harry) 03:52
10 T-Birds (Deborah Harry; Nigel Harrison) 03:57
11 Walk Like Me (Jimmy Destri) 03:45
12 Follow Me (Al Lerner; Frederick Loewe) 03:10
Bass - Nigel Harrison
Drums - Clem Burke
Guitar - Frank Infante
Guitar - Chris Stein
Keyboards - Jimmy Destri
Timpani - Chris Stein
Vocals - Deborah Harry
2 Live It Up
Guitar - Wah Wah Watson
Percussion - Scott Lesser
Background Vocals - B-Girls
4 The Tide Is High
Percussion - Alex Acuna
Percussion - Emil Richards
Percussion - Ollie E. Brown
7 Do The DarkLyricon
Tom Scott8 RaptureSax - Tom Scott9 Faces
Bass - Ray Brown
Piano - Steve Goldstein
Sax - Tom Scott
10 T-Birds
Background Vocals - Howard Kaylan
Background Vocals - Mark Volman
12 Follow MeSynthesizer - Steve Goldstein
Producer – Merwin Belin, Mike Chapman
Arranged By (Strings, Horns) – Jimmie Haskell (Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6)
Engineer – Lenise Bent
Engineer (Assistant) – Doug Schwartz, Gary Boatner
Art Direction – Billy Bass - Artwork By – Karen Knecht
Graphic Design – John Van Hamersveld
Painting – Martin Hoffman
Recorded At – United Western Studios
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Records
Copyright (c) – Chrysalis Records
