Greetings from Timbuk3

Greetings from Timbuk3 is the debut album by American band Timbuk 3, released in 1986.[6][7] The album contains their only charting single, "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades," which reached number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Greetings from Timbuk3
Studio album by Timbuk 3
Released	October 1986
Recorded	Dustbowl Studios (Hollywood) *except "Hairstyles and Attitudes" at Lone Star Studios (Austin, Texas)
Genre	Rock
Length	36:05
Label	I.R.S.[1]
Producer	Dennis Herring[2]
Timbuk 3 chronology
Greetings from Timbuk3 (1986) Eden Alley (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Robert Christgau	A-[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[2]

The songs "Life is Hard" and "Shame on You" were used in the 1986 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and were included on the film's accompanying soundtrack album.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called Greetings from Timbuk3 "surely one of the darkest albums ever to have yielded a hit single."[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Pat MacDonald, except where noted. Copyright Mamdadaddi Music/I.R.S. Music, Inc. admin. by Atlantic Music. (All Songs BMI).

1. "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" – 3:21
2. "Life Is Hard" – 4:08
3. "Hairstyles and Attitudes" – 2:51
4. "Facts About Cats" – 3:16
5. "I Need You" – 3:50
6. "Just Another Movie" – 4:16
7. "Friction" – 3:44
8. "Cheap Black & White" – 2:54
9. "Shame On You" – 5:04 (Barbara K. MacDonald, Pat MacDonald)
10. "I Love You in the Strangest Way" – 2:41

Personnel

• Barbara K. MacDonald – co-lead vocals on tracks 1, 5, 10, lead vocals on tracks 4, 9, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin, mandolin
• Pat MacDonald – co-lead vocals on tracks 1, 5, 10, lead vocals on tracks 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, electric, 12-string and acoustic guitars, bass, drums, percussion, harmonica, violin, mandolin

Production

• Produced by Dennis Herring
• Engineers: Dennis Herring and Mark Teston

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[9]	86
UK Albums Chart[10]	51
US Billboard 200[11]	50

References

1. Plasketes, George (April 22, 2016). Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself: Essays on Debut Albums. Routledge. ISBN 9781317079743 – via Google Books.
2. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1152.
3. AllMusic.com
4. "Robert Christgau: CG: Timbuk 3". www.robertchristgau.com.
5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 8: MUZE. p. 182.CS1 maint: location (link)
6. Sasfy, Joe (October 3, 1986). "Wry" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
7. "Timbuk 3 | Biography & History". AllMusic.
8. "Timbuk 3". Trouser Press. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
9. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 310. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
10. "TIMBUK 3 - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
11. "Timbuk 3 Chart History". Retrieved 31 July 2018.