Was (Not Was) – Born To Laugh At Tornadoes

Was (Not Was)

Was (Not Was) –Born To Laugh At Tornadoes

1983

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Version Information

Labels
Geffen Records
ZE Records
Catalog number
GHS 4016
Original year
1983
Version year
1983
Region
US
Format

1 x Vinyl
Winchester Pressing
LP
Album

Version notes

Sleeve:
Compton's © 1953
Produced in Detroit
Cover illustration by permission of Compton's © 1953 F.E. Compton Co., division of Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
Available on cassette
Manufactured exclusively by Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Made in USA.

Spine:
Printed in USA

Inner sleeve:
© 1983 The David Geffen Company.
Made in USA.

Produced in Detroit November 1982-June 1983
All songs mixed with nerves of steel at Record Plant NYC except "Shake Your Head", "Man Vs. The Empire Brain Building" and "The Party Broke Up" mixed at Sound Suite, Detroit.
Mr. Horton's drums engineered at Media Sound, NYC.
Originally mastered at Artisan Sound Recorders, L.A.
Additional overdubs: Media Sound, NYC; Record Plant, NYC; 39th St. Music Studios, NYC; Criteria, Miami; Sigma, NYC and Gnome, Detroit

Marshall Crenshaw appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
Felix and Jarvis appear courtesy of Quality Records
Ozzy Osbourne appears courtesy of CBS Records and Jet Records
Anthony Kaczynski, Mike Smith and Chris Ewen appear courtesy of Metro-America Records Inc.
Sweet Pea Atkinson and Chris Blackwell appear courtesy of Island Records
Branford Marsalis appears courtesy of Columbia Records
Hannibal Petersen appears courtesy of Sunrise Records

Runouts are etched except which is stamped.


Tracklist
A1.Knocked Down, Made Small (Treated Like A Rubber Ball) 3:05
A2.Bow Wow Wow Wow 3:09
A3.Betrayal 3:02
A4.Shake Your Head (Let's Go To Bed) 3:52
A5.Man Vs. The Empire Brain Building 4:00
B1.(Return To The Valley Of) Out Come The Freaks 4:20
B2.Professor Night 4:10
B3.The Party Broke Up 2:14
B4.Smile 3:12
B5.Zaz Turned Blue 4:18

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