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Infobox Album | Name = Different Light | Type = Studio album | Artist = The Bangles | Cover = The Bangles - Different Light.jpg | Released = January 1986 (U.S.) March 3, 1986 (U.K.) | Recorded = Summer-Autumn, 1985 | Genre = Rock music|Rock | Length = 38:48 | Label = Columbia Records|Columbia CK-40039 Liberation Music|Liberation flagicon|AUS | Producer = David Kahne | Reviews = | Last album = All Over the Place (album)|All Over the Place (1984)| This album = Different Light (1986) | Next album = Everything (The Bangles album)|Everything (1988) Extra musicsample|type=song |filename = Manic Monday.ogg |format = Ogg |title="Manic Monday"| Album ratings| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = Rating|3|5Allmusic |class=album |tab=review |id=r1279 |first=Mark |last=Deming |accessdate=date|2007-04-04 | rev2 = Robert Christgau | rev2Score = Rating-Christgau|Bcite web |publisher= Robert Christgau |title=The Bangles > Consumer Guide Reviews |url= http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php? id=1378& name=The+Bangles |first=Robert |last=Christgau |accessdate=date|2008-04-28 | rev3 = The Phoenix (newspaper)| The Phoenix | rev3Score = Rating|2.5|5cite news |title=Off the record |work=The Boston Phoenix|first=Mark |last=Moses |date=February 16, 1986 |accessdate=August 10, 2010 |work= The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Phoenix |publisher= Phoenix Media/Communications Group | rev4 = Rolling Stone | rev4Score = (favorable)cite news |newspaper= Rolling Stone |issue=469 |date=March 13, 1986 |first=Laura |last=Fissinger |title=The Bangles Different Light > Album Review |url= http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebangles/albums/album/301864/review/5940772/different_light |accessdate=date|2007-07-26 |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080208134743/ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebangles/albums/album/301864/review/5940772/different_light |archivedate=date|2008-02-08 | rev5 = Rolling Stone Album Guide | rev5Score = Rating|2.5|5cite book |chapter=The Bangles |pages=43–44 |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-first=Christian |author-separator=& nbsp;with |title= The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |year=2004 |publisher=Fireside |location=London |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |url= http://books.google.com/books? id=t9eocwUfoSoC& lpg=PA547& dq=rolling%20stone%20the%20bangles& client=firefox-a& pg=PA43#v=onepage& q& f=false |accessdate=date|2011-10-12 | rev6 = Slant Magazine | rev6Score = Rating|4|5cite web |publisher= Slant Magazine |date=September 23, 2003 |first=Sal |last=Cinquemani |title=The Bangles Different Light > Album Review |url= http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-bangles-different-light/331 |accessdate=date|2007-10-23 | rev7 = | rev7Score = | noprose = yes
Different Light is an album by The Bangles released in January 1986. It is their best known album, with a Top 5 hit single and a No. 1 hit. The album's Top 40 sound was a departure from their earlier Sixties|60s -style sound. This was the first album in which bassist Michael Steele sings lead vocals on some tracks.
Three of five singles were written by someone other than The Bangles: " Manic Monday " (written by Prince (musician)|Prince under the pseudonym Christopher),Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 Nr. 1 hits uit de Top 40, Page 234, 9023009444 " If She Knew What She Wants " and " Walk Like an Egyptian ". The other two singles were " Following (The Bangles song)|Following " and " Walking Down Your Street ".
The 2008 reissue CD on the Wounded Bird Records label (WOU 4039) adds a bonus track: "Walk Like An Egyptian" (Extended Dance Mix).
Slant Magazine listed the album at #78 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980's". http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-albums-of-the-1980s/308/page_3
Track listing
Track listing| total_length = | writing_credits = yes | title1 = Manic Monday | writer1 = "Christopher" ( Prince (musician)|Prince ) | length1 = 3:06 | title2 = In a Different Light | writer2 = Susanna Hoffs , Vicki Peterson | length2 = 2:52 | title3 = Walking Down Your Street | writer3 = Louis Gutierrez, Hoffs, David Kahne | length3 = 3:04 | title4 = Walk Like an Egyptian | writer4 = Liam Sternberg | length4 = 3:24 | title5 = Standing in the Hallway | writer5 = Hoffs, Kahne, Debbi Peterson , V. Peterson | length5 = 2:56 | title6 = Return Post | writer6 = Hoffs, V. Peterson | length6 = 4:22 | title7 = If She Knew What She Wants | note7 = cover of Jules Shear, 1985 | writer7 = Jules Shear | length7 = 3:49 | title8 = Let It Go | writer8 = Hoffs, D. Peterson, V. Peterson, Michael Steele (musician)|Michael Steele | length8 = 2:32 | title9 = September Gurls | note9 = cover of Big Star , 1974 | writer9 = Alex Chilton | length9 = 2:45 | title10 = Angels Don't Fall in Love | writer10 = Hoffs, V. Peterson | length10 = 3:23 | title11 = Following (song)|Following | writer11 = Steele | length11 = 3:21 | title12 = Not Like You | writer12 = Hoffs, Kahne, D. Peterson | length12 = 3:06
Singles
Manic Monday
Single entry
Name = Manic Monday
Cover = The_Bangles_Manic_Monday.jpg
Released = 1986
Recorded =
Christopher
Producer = David Kahne
Info = main|Manic Monday" Manic Monday " was the first hit single from Different Light by the girl group The Bangles. It was written by Prince (musician)|Prince in 1984 as a duet for the Apollonia 6 album.
Chart position =
#2 US (April 1986) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do? model.vnuArtistId=4040& model.vnuAlbumId=594047 Billboard.com The Bangles singles chart history Accessed: November 4, 2006
#2 UK (February 1986) http://www.everyhit.co.uk Everyhit.co.uk UK Top 40 database Accessed: November 4, 2006
Info = Main|If She Knew What She Wants" If She Knew What She Wants " was the second single from Different Light and was originally recorded by Jules Shear on his 1985 Eternal Return album. The song was originally written in the first person, however the Bangles rewrote the lyrics in the third person since they were a group and considered it more appropriate.
Chart position =
#29 US (July 1986)
#20 CH (July 13, 1986) http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp? key=1455& cat=s SwissCharts.com "If She Knew What She Wants" page. Accessed: November 4, 2006
#31 UK (April 1986)
Walk Like an Egyptian
Single entry
Name = Walk Like an Egyptian
Cover = The_Bangles_Walk_Like_An_Egyptian.jpg
Released = 1986
Recorded =
Writer = Liam Sternberg
Producer = David Kahne
Info = main|Walk Like an Egyptian" Walk Like an Egyptian " is one of the most successful singles of The Bangles' to date. The song was written by Liam Sternberg after seeing people on a ferry walking awkwardly to keep their balance as figures do in Ancient Egyptian reliefs.
Chart position =
#1 (4 weeks) US (December 20, 1986)
#1 DE (December 1986) http://ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~topsi/deu1986/deu_dec86.html Infinity charts German Top 20 - The Chart Of December 1986 Accessed: November 2, 2006
Engineers: Tchad Blake , David Leonard, Peggy McLeonard
Assistant engineers: Dave Glover, Mike Kloster
Mixing: David Leonard
Charts
Country
Date
Peak position
Certification
Comments
United States
1986
#2 http:/ / www.billboard.com/ bbcom/ retrieve_chart_history.do? model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums& model.vnuArtistId=4040& model.vnuAlbumId=594047 Billboard.com The Bangles album chart history Accessed: November 4, 2006
3x Platinum
& nbsp;
United Kingdom
October 1986
#3
Platinum http:/ / www.bpi.co.uk/ platinum/ platinumright.asp? rq=search_plat& r_id=21208 BPI.co.uk Certification Different Light Accessed: November 4, 2006
The covers of the most of the album's U.S. cassette pressings and the sheet music songbook only show 12 (out of 16) of the "different" snapshots, eliminating the third column to best fit the rectanglular layout of cassette cases and book.
The back cover of European-made CDs replicates the back cover of the vinyl LP edition, with all 16 snapshots and the track index at the top. The back cover of the U.S. version, however, only shows the first column of 4 snapshots, with the track index list occupying the rest of the space - a rare deviation for Columbia's CD issues during the 1980s.
References
reflist Additional sources used:
www.aurealm.com/bangdisc.htm (No longer online)
External links
http://www.thebangles.com The Bangles official website
The Bangles Category:1986 albums Category:The Bangles albums Category:Albums produced by David Kahne
