Wish Thing | ||||
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Released | 1984 | |||
Genre | New wave, synthpop, dance-pop | |||
Label | I.R.S.[1] | |||
Producer | Torch Song | |||
Torch Song chronology | ||||
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Wish Thing is Torch Song's first album, released in 1984.[2][3] At the time, Torch Song consisted of William Orbit, Laurie Mayer (lead vocals), and Grant Gilbert.
The track "Prepare to Energize" was a surprise dance-floor hit[citation needed], as well as appearing in the 1984 Tom Hanks movie Bachelor Party.
Trouser Press called the album "an ethereal set of instrumentally subtle synth-dance tracks, given most of their character by Laurie Mayer’s delicate voice and the gimmicky production."[2] Musician wrote that the album was "an engagingly new twist" to the "synthrock approach."[4]