Fanx Ta-Ra is the first studio album by the English band Sad Café. It was produced and engineered by John Punter and released by RCA Records in September 1977. The album charted at number 56 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was not released in North America; however, a compilation of the band's first two albums was released there in late 1978, titled Misplaced Ideals.

Track listing

Personnel

Sad Café

Paul Young – lead vocals, percussion

Ashley Mulford – lead guitar

Tony Cresswell – drums, percussion, backing vocals

John Stimpson – bass guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals

Vic Emerson – keyboards

Ian Wilson – guitar, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Lenni Zaksen, Chris Gill – saxophones

Dave Hassle – cabasa, bell tree

John Punter – engineer, producer

Vic Emerson – strings arrangement and synthesisation

Gered Mankowitz – photography

References

1977 debut albums

Sad Café (band) albums

Albums produced by John Punter

RCA Records albums

Fanx Ta-Ra