Designer Music

Designer Music
Studio album by Lipps Inc.
Released	1981
Genre	Disco, synthpop
Label	Casablanca NBLP 7262
Producer	Steven Greenberg
Lipps Inc. chronology
Pucker up (1980) Designer Music (1981) Four (1983)

Designer Music is the third album by American disco act Lipps, Inc., and the last featuring Cynthia Johnson on lead vocals. It was released in 1981 on Casablanca Records.

The tracks "Hold Me Down" along with the title track became a hit in 1981 peaking at number eleven on the American dance chart.^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Designer Music" – 5:43
2. "Hold Me Down" – 5:25
3. "The One" – 3:42
4. "The One After" – 2:10

Side two

1. "Everybody Knows" – 4:36
2. "I Need Some Cash" – 4:57
3. "Background Singer" – 2:23
4. "Things Take Time" – 3:51

Personnel

• Cynthia Johnson – lead vocals
• Roger Dumas – synthesizer
• Terry Grant – bass
• Steven Greenberg – synthesizer, bass, drums, keyboards
• Scott Jones – keyboards, vocals
• Ivan Rafowitz – synthesizer, keyboards
• André Cymone – vocals
• Rockie Robbins – vocals
• Melanie Rosales – vocals
• Robert Schnitzer – guitar
• Bobby Vandell – drums

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 156.