Slow Children (album)

Slow Children is the debut album by American new wave band Slow Children, released in 1981.

Slow Children
Studio album by Slow Children
Released	1981
Genre	New wave
Label	Ensign
Producer	Stephen Hague & Jules Shear
Slow Children chronology
Slow Children (1981) Mad About Town (1982)

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There was a release in the UK with an album cover art concept that was adapted from Jean Cocteau's "The Blood of a Poet". There was also a U.S. release with a different cover featuring photos by Robert Mapplethorpe and a different track listing.

The track "Staring at the Ceiling" was released as a single in the UK the same year.

Track listing, UK

1. "Brazilian Magazines"
2. "I Got a Good Mind"
3. "Talk About Horses"
4. "Malicious" (UK only)
5. "She's Like America"
6. "President Am I"
7. "Too Weak to Eat"
8. "Home Life"
9. "Staring at the Ceiling"
10. "Ticket to France" (UK only)
11. "Stuck in Transit"

Track listing, U.S.

1. "President Am I" 3:15
2. "Talk About Horses" 3:02
3. "Too Weak to Eat" 3:00
4. "Brazilian Magazines" 3:03
5. "Stuck in Transit" 3:02
6. "Spring in Fialta" 3:20 (U.S. only)
7. "Staring at the Ceiling" 3:16
8. "Home Life" 2:54
9. "I Got a Good Mind" 3:03
10. "She's Like America" 3:25

External links

• Official Slow Children website