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{{short description|1982 studio album by the Go-Go's}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Vacation
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[the Go-Go's]]
| cover      = The Go-Go's - Vacation.png
| alt        = Five women water-skiing in formation, wearing pink swimsuits and white tutus
| released   = {{Start date|1982|07|20}}
| recorded   = March–May 1982
| studio     =
* Studio 55 and [[Sunset Sound Recorders]] ([[Hollywood, California]])
* Indigo Ranch ([[Malibu, California]])
| genre      =
* [[Pop rock]]
* [[New wave music|new wave]]
* [[power pop]]<ref>{{cite book|first= John |last= Clemente |title= Girl Groups: Fabulous Females Who Rocked The World |year= 2013 |publisher= [[AuthorHouse]] |page= 233 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3_ctCvFZDoC&pg=PA233 |isbn= 978-1-4772-8128-4}}</ref>
| length     = 35:41
| label      = [[I.R.S. Records|I.R.S.]]
| producer   = [[Richard Gottehrer]]
| prev_title = [[Beauty and the Beat (The Go-Go's album)|Beauty and the Beat]]
| prev_year  = 1981
| next_title = [[Talk Show (The Go-Go's album)|Talk Show]]
| next_year  = 1984
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Vacation
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[Vacation (The Go-Go's song)|Vacation]]" / "Beatnik Beach
| single1date = June 1982
| single2     = Get Up and Go" / "Speeding
| single2date = September 1982
| single3     = This Old Feeling" / "It's Everything but Partytime
| single3date = December 1982 (US only)
}}
}}
'''''Vacation''''' is the second studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Go-Go's]], released on July 20, 1982, by [[I.R.S. Records]]. The album reached number eight on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref name="US album"/> and has been certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).<ref name="RIAA"/> The [[Vacation (The Go-Go's song)|title track]] reached number eight on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="US singles">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/go-gos/chart-history/billboard-200 |title=Go-Go's Chart History (Hot 100) |magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507123135/https://www.billboard.com/music/Go-Gos/chart-history/hot-100 |archive-date=May 7, 2019}}</ref>
Despite the album's success, the recording period was hampered by several issues. Most of the band's lineup was struggling with drug addiction and were starting to argue more over creative differences. There was also growing discord between songwriter and lead guitarist [[Charlotte Caffey]], lead singer [[Belinda Carlisle]], and guitarist [[Jane Wiedlin]], who had begun to take more of an interest in songwriting. These problems were never resolved and would result in the band's dissolution following the disappointing sales of their third album, ''[[Talk Show (The Go-Go's album)|Talk Show]]''.
The single "Vacation" was also issued in what may possibly have been the first [[cassette single]].{{citation needed|date=October 2023}} In addition to the title track, two more singles were pulled from the album at the time: "Get Up and Go" and "This Old Feeling", the former of which peaked at number 50 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="US singles"/> The song "Speeding", which is not included on the album, is a Caffey/Wiedlin composition used as B-side of the single for "Get Up and Go".
In 2016, [[Edsel Records]] reissued remastered deluxe editions, all with bonus tracks, of the Go-Go's original three releases.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sinclair |first=Paul |title=All systems Go-Go's for deluxe reissues |url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/all-systems-go-gos-for-deluxe-reissues/ |website=Super Deluxe Edition |access-date=September 25, 2021 |date=February 22, 2016 |archive-date=September 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925200958/https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/all-systems-go-gos-for-deluxe-reissues/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/vacation-mw0000651415 | title = The Go-Go's – Vacation | access-date = May 23, 2013 | last = Erlewine | first = Stephen Thomas | author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine | website = [[AllMusic]] | archive-date = April 12, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130412042740/http://www.allmusic.com/album/vacation-mw0000651415 | url-status = live}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="RMreview">{{cite magazine|last=Cooper|first=Mark|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/82/Record-Mirror-1982-08-08.pdf|title=Review: The Go-Go's – Vacation|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|date=August 8, 1982|page=22|via=World Radio History|issn=0144-5804|archive-date=March 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309031252/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/82/Record-Mirror-1982-08-08.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2score = B−<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Go+Gos | title = Album Reviews: Consumer Guide Reviews: Vacation | access-date = May 23, 2013 | last = Christgau | first = Robert | author-link = Robert Christgau | website = RobertChristgau.com | archive-date = September 1, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120901195506/http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Go+Gos | url-status = live}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thegogos/albums/album/117343/review/5941030/vacation | title = Album Reviews: The Go-Go's – Vacation | access-date = May 23, 2013 | last = Tucker | first = Ken | author-link = Ken Tucker | date = September 2, 1982 | magazine = [[Rolling Stone]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070214130554/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thegogos/albums/album/117343/review/5941030/vacation | archive-date = February 14, 2007}}</ref>
}}
''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' called "Get Up and Go" a "rousing pop/rocker", saying that "the rhythm is as peppy as the title would indicate."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/80s/1982/CB-1982-09-25-OCR-Page-0008.pdf|volume=XLIV|issue=18|date=September 25, 1982|page=8|issn=0008-7289|via=World Radio History}}</ref>  ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' called it a "spirited pop/rock anthem" that is "invigorating" despite not being as "seamless" or having as much "mass appeal" as the preceding hit single "Vacation".<ref name=bb>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=2023-02-07|title=Top Single Picks|date=October 2, 1982|page=63|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=giQEAAAAMBAJ}}</ref>  ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'' critic [[Gary Graff]] called it a "beach party pop tune."<ref>{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2023-02-07|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Graff, Gary|title=The little sisters grow up|date=September 10, 1982|page=4C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118159201/detroit-free-press/}}</ref>
''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' critic Ken Tucker called "This Old Feeling" a "perfect pop song: an ethereal melody is anchored by Kathy Valentine's bass as Carlisle's voice skims the surface of a pleasant memory just beyond reach" and said that "Rarely has the woozy pleasure of a good daydream been rendered more movingly in rock music."<ref>{{cite web|title=Vacation|author=Tucker, Ken|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=September 2, 1982|accessdate=2023-02-07|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thegogos/albums/album/117343/review/5941030/vacation|archive-date=February 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214130554/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thegogos/albums/album/117343/review/5941030/vacation|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = [[Vacation (The Go-Go's song)|Vacation]]
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|[[Kathy Valentine]]|[[Charlotte Caffey]]|[[Jane Wiedlin]]}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Valentine|Caffey}}
| length1 = 2:57
| title2 = He's So Strange
| lyrics2 = Wiedlin
| music2 = {{hlist|Caffey|[[Leonard Graves Phillips|Leonard Phillips]]|Glen Custis}}
| length2 = 2:55
| title3 = Girl of 100 Lists
| lyrics3 = Wiedlin
| music3 = Wiedlin
| length3 = 2:16
| title4 = We Don't Get Along
| lyrics4 = Valentine
| music4 = Valentine
| length4 = 2:42
| title5 = I Think It's Me
| lyrics5 = {{hlist|[[Belinda Carlisle]]|Caffey}}
| music5 = Caffey
| length5 = 2:40
| title6 = It's Everything but Partytime
| lyrics6 = Wiedlin
| music6 = {{hlist|Wiedlin|[[Gina Schock]]}}
| length6 = 3:18
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title7 = Get Up and Go
| lyrics7 = {{hlist|Wiedlin|Caffey}}
| music7 = Caffey
| length7 = 3:15
| title8 = This Old Feeling
| lyrics8 = Wiedlin
| music8 = Caffey
| length8 = 3:04
| title9 = [[Cool Jerk]]
| note9 = [[the Capitols]] cover
| lyrics9 = Donald Storball
| music9 = Storball
| length9 = 2:52
| title10 = The Way You Dance
| lyrics10 = {{hlist|Wiedlin|Valentine}}
| music10 = Caffey
| length10 = 2:54
| title11 = Beatnik Beach
| lyrics11 = {{hlist|Caffey|Carlisle}}
| music11 = Caffey
| length11 = 2:50
| title12 = Worlds Away
| lyrics12 = {{hlist|Wiedlin|Valentine}}
| music12 = {{hlist|Wiedlin|Valentine}}
| length12 = 3:58
}}
==Personnel==
===The Go-Go's===
* [[Charlotte Caffey]] – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
* [[Belinda Carlisle]] – lead vocals
* [[Gina Schock]] – drums, percussion, backing vocals
* [[Kathy Valentine]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
* [[Jane Wiedlin]] – [[rhythm guitar]], backing vocals
===Additional musicians===
* [[Steve Berlin]] – saxophone on "This Old Feeling"
===Technical===
* [[Richard Gottehrer]] – production
* [[Thom Panunzio]] – recording, mixing{{efn|Mixed at the [[Record Plant]] (New York City) and Indigo Ranch ([[Malibu, California]])}}
* James Ball, Stuart Furusho, [[David Leonard (record producer)|David Leonard]], Neil Pedinoff – recording assistance
* [[Greg Calbi]] – mastering{{efn|Mastered at [[Sterling Sound]] (New York City)}}
===Artwork===
* [[Mick Haggerty]] – art direction, design, photography
* Ginger Canzoneri – art direction
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Vacation''
! scope="col"| Chart (1982)
! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |edition=illustrated |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |publisher=Australian Chart Book |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| 71
|-
{{album chart|Canada|24|chartid=6520|rowheader=true|access-date=July 16, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|44|artist=Go-Go's|album=Vacation|rowheader=true|access-date=July 16, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|24|artist=Go-Go's|album=Vacation|rowheader=true|access-date=July 16, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|75|date=19820822|rowheader=true|access-date=July 16, 2022}}
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="US album">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/go-gos/chart-history/billboard-200 |title=Go-Go's Chart History (''Billboard'' 200) |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=July 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722191956/https://www.billboard.com/music/go-gos/chart-history/billboard-200 |archive-date=July 22, 2018}}</ref>
| 8
|}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Vacation''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Go Go's|title=Vacation|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1982|certyear=1982|date=October 4, 1982|access-date=July 16, 2022|refname="RIAA"}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Go-Go's}}
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[[Category:Albums produced by Richard Gottehrer]]
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