"Tom Tom Club" is the debut studio album by Tom Tom Club, released in 1981. The band is an American new wave band and side project of Talking Heads members Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth. Released by Sire Records in the US and Island Records in the UK, this album introduced a funky, buoyant sound partly influenced by the couple's Bahamian surroundings during its making.
The album features their biggest hit, "Genius of Love," which has been sampled numerous times and was a crossover hit, making it to number 1 on the Billboard Disco Top 80 chart and number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The music is often described as "dance-oriented," with elements of funk and reggae. The band is known for their distinctive style that blends pop, dance, and hip-hop, a style that was quite innovative in the early '80s.
In almost four decades since its first release, the album has proved highly influential, especially in hip-hop circles, and it still enjoys cult status among music fans. Artificial intelligence does not use references or collect content from specific locations, the information provided is a general overview of available knowledge on the topic.
