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All Over the Place (The Bangles album)

1984 studio album by The Bangles

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ1653869 ↗
Source-derived summary

All Over the Place is the debut studio album by American pop rock band the Bangles. Released in May 1984 by Columbia Records, the album was not a major commercial success – peaking at number 80 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It sold respectably, mostly through steady airplay on college radio stations. It also gave the band the chance to perform as an opening act for Cyndi Lauper and Huey Lewis and the News, and brought the group to the attention of Prince, who would write "Manic Monday", their first hit.

Two singles were released from the album: "Hero Takes a Fall", which peaked outside the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Going Down to Liverpool", written by Kimberley Rew of Katrina and the Waves. The video for "Going Down to Liverpool" features Leonard Nimoy, who plays the part of the band's chauffeur.

The album was reissued in 2008 on the Wounded Bird Records label (WOU 9220) adding a bonus track: "Hero Takes a Fall" (Single Remix). In 2010, UK label Cherry Pop re-released the album with one bonus track, their cover of the Grass Roots' "Where Were You When I Needed You", which was originally released as the B-side to "Hero Takes a Fall".

Commercial performance

In the US, All Over the Place spent 30 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart and reached its peak position of number 80 in November 1984.

Critical reception

Reviewing All Over the Place for The Village Voice in October 1984, Robert Christgau found the songs "thoroughly realized in both the writing and playing", with "familiar heart-stopping harmonies", and wrote in conclusion: "Though the style is as derivative and even retro as on EP, they don't seem to be dabbling any more.

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Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984, 2008, 2010—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Over, Place and Bangles is the immediate research focus.
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