Mange Tout

Mange Tout is the second studio album by the English synth-pop duo Blancmange, released on 18 May 1984 by London Records. It was Blancmange's most successful studio album, peaking at number eight on the UK Albums Chart^[2] and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 25 January 1985 for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.^[3] The album contained four UK top-40 singles, two of which reached the top 10.^[4] The fourth single to be released and final track on the album is a cover version of ABBA's song "The Day Before You Came".

In addition to the usual vinyl and cassette release, a limited-edition vinyl picture disc was also released. The album was later released on CD, and a remastered deluxe edition was released by Edsel Records in 2008, which featured a second disc of remixes and B-sides.

Personnel

Blancmange

• Neil Arthur – voice; drums; clarinet
• Stephen Luscombe – electric keyboards; piano; trumpet
• Blancmange – arrangement (track 4)

Additional musicians

• Pandit Dinesh – tabla (tracks 1, 6, 8, 10); madal (track 1); percussion (track 8)
• Deepak Khazanchi – sitar (tracks 1, 6); santoor (track 10)
• Bobby Collins – bass guitar (track 2)
• David Rhodes – guitars (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
• The Uptown Horns – horns (track 3)
• Neil Jason – bass guitar (tracks 3, 9)
• Bashiri Johnson – percussion (tracks 3–5); bells (track 4)
• Dolette McDonald – background voices (tracks 3, 6)
• Brenda Jay Nelson – background voices (track 3)
• Jocelyn Brown – background voices (track 3)
• Gavyn Wright – violins (track 4)
• Roy Gillard – violins (track 4)
• Garf Jackson – viola (track 4)
• Nigel Warren Green – cello (track 4)
• Andy Findon – flute (track 4)
• Linton Naiff – arrangement (track 4)
• Joe Mosello – trumpet (tracks 5, 9)
• Vinnie Della-Rocca – saxophones (tracks 5, 9)
• Jim Clouse – saxophones (tracks 5, 9)
• Keith O'Quinn – trombone (tracks 5, 9)
• Jack Gale – trombone (tracks 5, 9)
• James Biondolillo – maestro (tracks 5, 9)
• Jerry Marotta – percussion (tracks 5, 9)
• Tawatha Agee – background voices (track 5)
• Brenda White – background voices (track 5)
• Vernice – background voices (track 5)
• Malcolm Ross – guitars (track 6)
• David McClymont – bass guitar (track 6)
• Michelle Cobbs – background voices (track 6)
• Janice Pendarvis – background voices (track 6)
• Dave Allen – bass guitar (track 8)
• Blair Cunningham – hi-hat (track 8); percussion (track 9)
• Valery Ponomarev – trumpet solo (track 10)

Technical

• Peter Collins – production (track 1)
• Blancmange – production (track 2)
• John Owen Williams – production (track 2); remix (track 9)
• John Luongo – production (tracks 3–10)
• Dennis Weinreich – remix (track 9)
• Jay Mark – engineering (tracks 2, 3, 5–10)
• Femi Jiya – engineering in London (tracks 2, 3, 5–10)
• Matthew Wallace – engineering assistance in London (tracks 2, 3, 5–10)
• Richard Digby Smith – engineering (track 4)
• Stephen Street – engineering assistance (track 4)
• Julian Mendelsohn – engineering (track 1)
• James Doherty – engineering in New York (tracks 2, 3, 5–10)
• Michael Hutchinson – engineering in New York (tracks 2, 3, 5–10)
• John Potoker – engineering in New York (tracks 2, 3, 5–10)
• Linda Randazzo – engineering assistance in New York (tracks 2, 3, 5–10)
• Jimmy Santis – engineering assistance in New York (tracks 2, 3, 5–10)
• Elisa Gura – engineering assistance in New York (tracks 2, 3, 5–10)
• Melanie West – engineering assistance in New York (tracks 2, 3, 5–10)
• Glenn Rosenstein – engineering assistance in New York (tracks 2, 3, 5–10)

Artwork

• Martyn Atkins – design
• Marcx – design

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Notes

1. ^ Except "Don't Tell Me" and "Time Became the Tide"
2. ^ "Time Became the Tide"
3. ^ "Don't Tell Me"

References

1. ^ "New Albums". Music Week. 12 May 1984. p. 31. Retrieved 14 October 2025. – via World Radio History.
2. ^ ukchart
3. ^ BPI
4. ^ "Blancmange | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
5. ^ "European Top 100 Albums". Eurotipsheet. Vol. 1, no. 11. 11 June 1984. p. 12. OCLC 29800226. Archived 7 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 May 2022. – via World Radio History.
6. ^ "Top 100 Albums (January 3–December 29, 1984)". Music Week. 26 January 1985. p. 42. ISSN 0265-1548. Archived 9 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 May 2022. – via World Radio History.