| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Smash Hits | 7½/10[2] |
Dumb Waiters is the second studio album by English pop band The Korgis. It was released on Rialto Records in the UK in 1980.
The album peaked #40 at UK chart and includes the singles "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime", UK #5, U.S. #18, Australia #18; "If It's Alright With You Baby" UK #56; "Dumb Waiters" and "Rover's Return".
Dumb Waiters was re-issued on CD by Edsel Records in 1999 but is currently out of print.
Track listing
Side A:
- "Silent Running" (Warren) - 3:05
- "Love Ain't Too Far Away" (Davis) - 3:29
- "Perfect Hostess" (Davis) - 3:21
- "Drawn and Quartered" (Warren) - 3:20
- "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (Warren) - 4:24 (N.B. 1999 CD edition includes alternate version)
Side B:
- "Intimate" (Davis) - 3:08
- "It's No Good Unless You Love Me" (Warren) - 3:24
- "Dumb Waiters" (Warren) - 2:42
- "If It's Alright With You Baby" (Warren) - 4:06
- "Rover's Return" (Davis) - 3:34
Charts
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 72 |
Personnel
- James Warren - lead vocals, background vocals, bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
- Stuart Gordon - acoustic guitar, violin
- Andy Davis - electric guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, background vocals
- Phil Harrison - keyboards, percussion
Additional personnel
- David Lord - percussion
- Stephen Paine - programming
- Jo Mullet - background vocals
- Ali Cohn - background vocals
Production
- The Korgis - producers
- David Lord - producer, sound engineer
- Nick Heath - direction
- Tim Heath - direction
- Jeffery Edwards - cover painting
- Tim Simmons - photography
- Nick Heath George Rowbottom - art direction
- Julian Balme - art direction
- Recorded at Crescent Studios, Bath, Somerset, England from October 1979 to March 1980.
Release history
- 1980 LP Rialto Records TENOR 104 (UK)
- 1980 LP Asylum Records 290 (US)
- 1999 CD Edsel Records EDCD 622
Single releases
Format: 7" unless otherwise noted
- "Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime" / "Dirty Postcards" (Rialto TREB 115, April 1980)
- "If It's Alright With You Baby" / "Love Ain't Too Far Away" (TREB 118, July 1980)
- "If It's Alright With You Baby" (Remix) - 3:46 / "Love Ain't Too Far Away" (12" TREBL 118, July 1980)
- "Dumb Waiters" / "Perfect Hostess" (TREB 122, October 1980)
- "Rovers Return" / "Wish You A Merry Christmas" (non-album track) (Warren/Harrison) - 2:53 (TREB 131, December 1980)
References
- ^ Dumb Waiters at AllMusic
- ^ Cranna, Ian. "Albums". Smash Hits (July 10–23, 1980): 31.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 170. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.