Waiting is the second and final studio album by the Fun Boy Three

Fun Boy Three

Fun Boy Three were a short-lived but successful English New Wave Pop band which ran from 1981 to 1983 and was formed by singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding after they left The Specials.-History:...

. It was released in 1983

1983 in music

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 and featured the hit single "Our Lips Are Sealed

Our Lips Are Sealed

"Our Lips are Sealed" is a song written by Go-Go's guitarist Jane Wiedlin and Specials and Fun Boy Three singer Terry Hall. It was first recorded by The Go-Go's as the opening track on their 1981 album Beauty and the Beat and served as their debut American single...

," co-written by Terry Hall

Terry Hall (singer)

Terry Hall is the lead singer of The Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas. He has released two solo albums and has also collaborated with many artists including David A...

 and previously performed by The Go-Go's

The Go-Go's

The Go-Go’s are an all-female American rock band formed in 1978. They made history as the first all-female band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts....

.

Writer Robert Palmer called it one of the "summer's worthier record releases...that shouldn't be overlooked":

The songs are full of barbed political and social commentary with a decidedly English bias. The harmonies and melodic twists and turns are reminiscent of 1930's pop, and the odd but effective arrangements feature trombone, cello and other orchestral instruments in a kind of music hall

Music hall

Music Hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960. The term can refer to:# A particular form of variety entertainment involving a mixture of popular song, comedy and speciality acts...

 mélange.

According to music critic Robert Christgau

Robert Christgau

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, "David Byrne

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's production suits songwriting that has advanced beyond the undernourishment of their breakaway debut."

Track listing

All songs written by Fun Boy Three unless noted.

Side A

1. "Murder She Said" (Instrumental) (R.W. Goodwin) 01:57
2. "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" 03:38
3. "Going Home" 03:36
4. "We're Having All the Fun" 02:51
5. "The Farm Yard Connection" 02:46

Side B

1. "The Tunnel of Love" (Golding/Hall/Staples) 03:05
2. "Our Lips Are Sealed
   Our Lips Are Sealed
   "Our Lips are Sealed" is a song written by Go-Go's guitarist Jane Wiedlin and Specials and Fun Boy Three singer Terry Hall. It was first recorded by The Go-Go's as the opening track on their 1981 album Beauty and the Beat and served as their debut American single...
   
   " (Hall, Jane Wiedlin
   Jane Wiedlin
   Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and actress. She is best known as the rhythm guitarist of the all-female New Wave band The Go-Go's.-Early life:...
   
   ) 03:32
3. "The Pressure of Life (Takes the Weight Off the Body)" 03:06
4. "Things We Do" 03:32
5. "Well Fancy That!" 02:59

Original U.S. vinyl release

The tracks were in a different order for the original U.S. vinyl release (B6V 41417):

Side A

1. "Our Lips Are Sealed
   Our Lips Are Sealed
   "Our Lips are Sealed" is a song written by Go-Go's guitarist Jane Wiedlin and Specials and Fun Boy Three singer Terry Hall. It was first recorded by The Go-Go's as the opening track on their 1981 album Beauty and the Beat and served as their debut American single...
   
   " (Hall, Jane Wiedlin
   Jane Wiedlin
   Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and actress. She is best known as the rhythm guitarist of the all-female New Wave band The Go-Go's.-Early life:...
   
   ) 03:36
2. "The Tunnel of Love" 03:08
3. "The Pressure of Life (Takes the Weight Off the Body)" 03:10
4. "Things We Do" 03:36
5. "The Farm Yard Connection" 02:46

Side B

1. "Murder She Said" (Instrumental) (R.W. Goodwin) 01:57
2. "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" 03:38
3. "Going Home" 03:36
4. "We're Having All the Fun" 02:51
5. "Well Fancy That!" 02:59

Personnel

• Terry Hall
  Terry Hall (singer)
  Terry Hall is the lead singer of The Specials, and formerly of Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield, Terry, Blair & Anouchka and Vegas. He has released two solo albums and has also collaborated with many artists including David A...
  
   - vocals
• Neville Staple - percussion, vocals
• Lynval Golding
  Lynval Golding
  Lynval Golding is a British musician. He is best known as a rhythm guitarist and vocalist with the British 2 Tone Records band, The Specials....
  
   - guitar, vocals

• David Byrne
  David Byrne (musician)
  David Byrne is a musician and artist, best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the American new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography,...
  
   - guitar, producer, mixing
• Nicky Holland - keyboards, vocals, arranger
• Ingrid Schroeder - vocals
• Bethan Peters - bass guitar, vocals
• June Miles-Kingston
  June Miles-Kingston
  June Miles-Kingston is a singer and drummer.-Career:Miles-Kingston was an art student who studied at the National Film School. She helped Julien Temple make the Sex Pistols' film The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle...
  
   - drums, vocals
• Dick Cuthell
  Dick Cuthell
  Dick Cuthell is a British musician and record producer. He plays flugelhorn, cornet, and trumpet, amongst a range of other brass instruments, including tenor horn and valve trombone. Cuthell is best known for his work with The Specials and Rico Rodriguez. He also collaborated with bands such as...
  
   - cornet
• Annie Whitehead
  Annie Whitehead
  Annie Whitehead is an English jazz trombone player.-Career:Annie learned trombone at school; at 14 she was already busy playing with brass bands, local dance groups and the Manchester Youth Jazz Orchestra and began her professional career at sixteen. Among her initial influences were Miles Davis,...
  
  - trombone
• Caroline LaVelle - cello
• Geraldo d'Arbilly - percussion
• Jeremy Green - engineer, mixing
• David Storey - design
• Mike Owen - photography