...And Don't the Kids Just Love It

...And Don't The Kids Just Love It

Studio album by Television Personalities

Released

January 1981

Recorded

Mount Pleasant 4-Track Studios 1980

Genre

Post-punk, indie pop

Length

37:21

Label

Rough Trade (original UK release)
Fire (1990 & 2009 UK reissues)
Razor & Tie (1995 US release)

Producer

Vic Hammersmith-Broadway

Television Personalities chronology

...And Don't The Kids Just Love It
(1981)

Mummy Your Not Watching Me
(1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

...And Don't The Kids Just Love It is the first album by Television Personalities, recorded in 1980 and released in 1981. The first full album by Television Personalities, it was recorded after a four-year series of singles recorded under a variety of names, including the O-Level and the Teenage Filmstars. The songs are performed by Dan Treacy, Ed Ball, and Mark Sheppard. The album's cover features a photograph of British model/actress/singer Twiggy and actor Patrick Macnee, best known for his role as the secret agent John Steed in the British television series The Avengers.

Pitchfork Media listed ...And Don't The Kids Just Love It as 64th best album of the 1980s.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dan Treacy.

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Angry Silence""	2:39
2.	"The Glittering Prizes"	3:01
3.	"World of Pauline Lewis"	2:38
4.	"A Family Affair"	2:36
5.	"Silly Girl"	2:49
6.	"Diary of a Young Man"	3:59
7.	"Geoffrey Ingram"	2:15

Side Two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives"	2:34
2.	"Jackanory Stories"	3:04
3.	"Parties in Chelsea"	1:41
4.	"La Grande Illusion"	3:33
5.	"A Picture of Dorian Gray"	2:13
6.	"The Crying Room"	1:59
7.	"Look Back in Anger"	2:40

Personnel

Musicians: Daniel Treacy, Mark Sheppard and Edward Ball.
The producer-credits ("Vic Hammersmith-Broadway") refer to The Jam's producer Vic Coppersmith-Heaven. The album was in fact produced by bandmembers.

References

↑ ...And Don't the Kids Just Love It at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 October 2012
↑ "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. 20 November 2002. Retrieved 22 October 2012.

Television Personalities

Dan Treacy Texas Bob Juarez Mike Stone Arnau Obiols 'Slaughter Joe' Foster Edward Ball John Bennett Gerard Bennett Mark 'Empire' Sheppard Bernard Fox Dave Musker Mark Flunder Jeffrey Bloom Jowe Head Victoria Yeulet Mathew Sawyer Graeme Wilson

Studio albums	...And Don't the Kids Just Love It Mummy Your Not Watching Me They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles The Painted Word Privilege Closer to God I Was a Mod Before You Was a Mod Don't Cry Baby, It's Only a Movie My Dark Places Are We Nearly There Yet? A Memory Is Better Than Nothing

Extended plays	Where's Bill Grundy Now? The Strangely Beautiful How I Learned to Love the Bomb

Compilation albums	Yes Darling, But is it Art? (Early Singles & Rarities) Prime Time 1981–1992 Part Time Punks – The Very Best of the Television Personalities The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming Fashion Conscious (The Little Teddy Years) And They All Lived Happily Ever After Singles 1978–1987

Singles	"14th Floor" "Smashing Time!" "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives" "Painting by Numbers" "Three Wishes" "Biff Bang Pow!" "A Sense of Belonging" "How I Learned to Love the Bomb" "The Prettiest Girl in the World" "I Still Believe in Magic" "Salvador Dali's Garden Party" "She's Never Read My Poems" "Your Class" "We Will Be Your Gurus" "Favourite Films" "Goodnight Mr Spaceman" "The Happening" "Time Goes Slowly When You're Drowning" "I Was a Mod Before You Was a Mod" "Bike" "Now That I'm a Junkie!" "When I Grow Up I Want To Be..." "All the Young Children on Crack" "The Good Anarchist" "My New Tattoo" "People Think That We're Strange" "You're My Yoko" "Wonder What It Was"

Related articles	'O' Level The Times Teenage Filmstars

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