Slow Children (album)

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)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Slow Children was Slow Children's 1981 debut album. There was a release in the U.K with an album cover art concept that was adapted from Jean Cocteau's "The Blood of a Poet" (as seen in the info box).

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, but didn't chart.

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

Audio sample

	Slow Children - Staring At The Ceiling excerpt An excerpt from Staring At The Ceiling
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References

1. Slow Children (album) at AllMusic

External links

• Official Slow Children Web Site
• Slow Children Fan Site
• Pal Shazar's MySpace
• Download both Slow Children albums plus all of the band's rare b-sides here (transferred from the original vinyl