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Dumb Waiters
Studio album by
The Korgis
ReleasedJuly 1980 (1980-07)
RecordedOctober 1979 – March 1980
Genre
Length34:33
LabelRialto Records (UK)
Asylum Records (U.S.)
ProducerThe Korgis, David Lord
The Korgis chronology
The Korgis
(1979) 		Dumb Waiters
(1980) 		Sticky George
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Smash Hits7½/10[2]

Dumb Waiters is the second studio album by English pop band the Korgis. It was released on Rialto Records in the UK in 1980.

The album peaked #40 at UK chart and includes the singles "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime", UK #5, U.S. #18, Australia #18; "If It's Alright with You Baby" UK #56; "Dumb Waiters" and "Rover's Return".

Dumb Waiters was re-issued on CD by Edsel Records in 1999 but is currently out of print.

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Silent Running"Warren3:05
2."Love Ain't Too Far Away"Davis3:29
3."Perfect Hostess"Davis3:21
4."Drawn and Quartered"Warren3:20
5."Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (1999 CD edition includes alternate version)Warren4:24
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Intimate"Davis3:08
7."It's No Good Unless You Love Me"Warren3:24
8."Dumb Waiters"Warren2:42
9."If It's Alright with You Baby"Warren4:06
10."Rover's Return"Davis3:34

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 72

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

Release history

Single releases

Format: 7" unless otherwise noted

References

  1. ^ Dumb Waiters at AllMusic
  2. ^ Cranna, Ian. "Albums". Smash Hits (July 10–23, 1980): 31.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 170. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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