Happy Families

Happy Families is the title of the debut studio album by British duo Blancmange, released in September 1982. Although the album achieved only modest commercial success on its release, it has since become to be considered to be a classic album of the synth-pop genre. It was re-released as a remastered and expanded CD edition in 2008, and in a special Media Book 3-disc edition, with demos, sessions and live recordings in 2017.

The album spawned two hit singles, Living On the Ceiling and a re-recording of Waves. Previous to these, three other tracks had also been released as singles (see Singles section below).

Happy Families was re-released on CD in 2008 with six bonus tracks, and again in 2017 as a 3xCD 'Media Book' edition.

A complete re-recording of the entire album entitled Happy Families Too was released in 2014.

Tracklisting
original 1982 album, SH 8552

Side One

Side Two
 * 1) I Can't Explain (4:01)
 * 2) Feel Me (5:07)
 * 3) I've Seen the Word (3:00)
 * 4) Wasted (4:18)
 * 5) Living on the Ceiling (4:11)
 * 1) Waves (4:07)
 * 2) Kind (3:56)
 * 3) Sad Day (4:05)
 * 4) Cruel (4:52)
 * 5) God's Kitchen (2:54)