Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?

Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
Studio album by The Waitresses
Released	January 11, 1982
Recorded	Autumn-Winter, 1981
Genre	Rock
Label	Polydor PD-1-6346
Producer	Chris Butler, Kurt Munkacsi
The Waitresses chronology
Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? (1982) I Could Rule the World if I Could only Get the Parts (1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B+[2]

Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? is the debut album of The Waitresses, originally released in 1982 on ZE Records and subsequently licensed by Polydor.

The album peaked at number 41 in the Billboard 200 chart and included the earlier single "I Know What Boys Like".

Track listing

The original US release contained:^[3]

1. "No Guilt" — 3:46
2. "Wise Up" — 3:20
3. "Quit" — 5:10
4. "It's My Car" — 3:20
5. "Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?" — 3:40
6. "I Know What Boys Like" — 3:11
7. "Heat Night" — 3:43
8. "Redland" — 2:55
9. "Pussy Strut" — 4:12
10. "Go On" — 2:49
11. "Jimmy Tomorrow" — 5:37

• All songs written by Chris Butler.^[4]

Personnel

• Patty Donahue – Vocals
• Mars Williams – Reeds
• Tracy Wormworth – Bass
• David Hofstra – Bass
• Billy Ficca – Drums
• Dan Klayman – Keyboards
• Chris Butler – Guitars
• Ariel Warner - backing vocals

with:

• Ralph Carney - saxophone on "No Guilt" and "I Know What Boys Like"
• Don Christensen - drums on "No Guilt"
• Rick Dailey - piano on "I Know What Boys Like"
• Stuart Austin - drums on "I Know What Boys Like"
• Andrew Fuhrmann - art direction

References

1. Tausig, Ben. "Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?". Allmusic. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
2. Christgau, Robert. "The Waitresses: Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
3. Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? at Discogs (list of releases)
4. Arar, Yardena (April 7, 1982). "The Waitresses: They Know What Boys Like". Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, CA). AP. Retrieved August 5, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.