Vacation (The Go-Go's album)

Vacation
Studio album by The Go-Go's
Released	August 11, 1982
Recorded	March–May 1982
Studio	Studio 55 and Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California, Indigo Ranch, Malibu, California
Genre	Pop rock, new wave
Length	32:17
Label	I.R.S.
Producer	Richard Gottehrer
The Go-Go's chronology
Beauty and the Beat (1981) Vacation (1982) Talk Show (1984)
Singles from Vacation
"Vacation" / "Beatnik Beach" Released: June 1982 "Get Up and Go" / "Speeding" Released: September 1982 "Girl of 100 Lists" / "I Think It's Me" Released: November 1982 (UK only)[1] "This Old Feeling" / "It's Everything but Partytime" Released: December 1982

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	(B−)[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Vacation is the second studio album by the American rock band The Go-Go's, released in 1982 on the I.R.S. Records label. The album reached No. 8 in the U.S. Billboard 200,^[5] and was certified gold.^[6] The title track was a U.S. summer smash, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard pop singles chart.^[7] The Go-Go's were riding high at the time of the album's first release, their prospects to all outward appearances looking bright. Future problems were beginning to take shape, as the members' drug use and internal fighting began to escalate.

The single "Vacation" was also issued as perhaps the first cassette single ever. In addition to the title track, two more singles were pulled from the album at the time: "Get Up and Go" and "This Old Feeling", the former of which was a minor hit (Hot 100 No. 50^[7]) in the United States. The song "Speeding", which is not on the album, is a Caffey/Wiedlin composition used as B-side of the single for "Get Up and Go". It also appeared in the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High, as well as on the film's soundtrack.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Vacation"	Kathy Valentine, Charlotte Caffey, Jane Wiedlin	Valentine, Caffey	2:59
2.	"He's So Strange"	Wiedlin	Caffey, Leonard Phillips, Glen Curtis	2:58
3.	"Girl of 100 Lists"	Wiedlin	Wiedlin	2:20
4.	"We Don't Get Along"	Valentine	Valentine	2:46
5.	"I Think It's Me"	Belinda Carlisle, Caffey	Caffey	2:42
6.	"It's Everything but Partytime"	Wiedlin	Wiedlin, Gina Schock	3:21

Side two
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
7.	"Get Up and Go"	Wiedlin, Caffey	Caffey	3:18
8.	"This Old Feeling"	Wiedlin	Caffey	3:06
9.	"Cool Jerk" (The Capitols cover)	Donald Storball	Storball	2:53
10.	"The Way You Dance"	Wiedlin, Valentine	Caffey	2:56
11.	"Beatnik Beach"	Caffey, Carlisle	Caffey	2:53
12.	"Worlds Away"	Wiedlin, Valentine	Wiedlin, Valentine	4:00

Personnel

Band members

• Belinda Carlisle – lead vocals
• Charlotte Caffey – lead guitar, keyboards, background vocals
• Gina Schock – drums, percussion, background vocals
• Kathy Valentine – bass guitar, background vocals
• Jane Wiedlin – rhythm guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

• Steve Berlin – saxophone on "This Old Feeling"

Production

• Richard Gottehrer – production
• Thom Panunzio – engineer, mixing at Record Plant, New York City, and Indigo Ranch, Malibu, California
• James A. Ball, Stuart Furusho, David Leonard, Neil Pedinoff – assistant engineers
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City
• Mick Haggerty – art direction, design and photography
• Ginger Canzoneri – art direction

Charts

Album Year Chart Position 1982 Billboard 200 (USA)[5] 8 Swedish Albums Chart[8] 18 RPM100 Albums (Canada)[9] 24 Dutch Albums Chart[10] 32 Australian Albums Chart[11] 71 UK Albums Chart[12] 75

Singles Year Song U.S. Hot 100 U.S. MSR U.S. Dance CAN singles 1982 "Vacation" 8 [7] 13[7] 17[7] 23[13] 1982 "Get Up and Go" 50[7] 46[7] - - 1982 "He's So Strange" - 46[7] - -

Certifications

Country	Organization	Year	Sales
USA	RIAA	1982	Gold (+ 500,000)[6]

See also

• Fast Times at Ridgemont High

References

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