Half-Mute is the debut studio album by American post-punk band Tuxedomoon, released on March 15, 1980, by Ralph Records. It was their first long-form record, after two EPs, 1978's No Tears and 1979's Scream with a View. Half-Mute was reissued on CD in 1985 by Cramboy, bundled together with Scream with a View. The album's cover art is by Patrick Roques.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the Half-Mute liner notes.

Tuxedomoon

  • Steven Brown – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming, lead vocals
  • Peter Dachert <small>(as Peter Principle)</small>&nbsp;– bass guitar, guitar, synthesizer, drum programming
  • Blaine L. Reininger&nbsp;– violin, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming, spoken word <small>(A2)</small>

Production and additional personnel

  • Jim Renney&nbsp;– engineering
  • Patrick Roques&nbsp;– cover art
  • Tuxedomoon&nbsp;– production, arrangement

Charts

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col"| Chart (1980)

! scope="col"| Peak<br />position

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! scope="row"| UK Independent Albums (Record Business)

| style="text-align:center;"| 10

|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col"| Chart (2016)

! scope="col"| Peak<br />position

|-

|-

|}

Release history

{| class="wikitable"

! Region

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog

|-

| United States

| rowspan="2"| 1980

| Ralph

| rowspan="3"| LP

| TX8004

|-

| France

| Celluloid

| 529806

|-

| rowspan="2"| Belgium

| rowspan="2"| 1985

| rowspan="2"| Cramboy

| CBoy 1010

|-

| rowspan="3"| CD

| CBoy 1040

|-

| United States

| 1988

| Ralph

| 80042

|-

| Belgium

| 2016

| Cramboy

| CBoy 1011

|}

References