Speak (Londonbeat album)
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Released | 1988 | |||
Label | Anxious, RCA | |||
Producer | Willy M (William Henshall) | |||
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Speak is the debut album by British-American dance-pop band Londonbeat, released in 1988. It includes the singles "There's a Beat Going On" (No. 88 in the United Kingdom,[1] No. 19 in the Netherlands,[2] No. 35 in New Zealand),[3] "9 A.M. (The Comfort Zone)" (UK No. 19,[1] Netherlands No. 33)[2] and "Failing in Love Again" (UK No. 60,[1] Netherlands No. 11).[2]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks written by William Henshall, Jimmy Helms, George Chandler and Jimmy Chambers.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "There's a Beat Going On..." | 4:03 |
2. | "Beat Patrol" | 3:28 |
3. | "Failing in Love Again" | 2:30 |
4. | "9am (The Comfort Zone)" | 4:13 |
5. | "Drop!!" | 3:22 |
6. | "Nice Here When It's Nice" | 4:26 |
7. | "Get Wet" | 4:29 |
8. | "One Blink" | 4:14 |
9. | "Talent on the Make" | 3:16 |
10. | "Please Baby (Can I Have My Heart Back Please?)" | 2:47 |
11. | "Katey" | 5:19 |
12. | "Jerk" | 3:12 |
13. | "Bribe the Bride" | 3:52 |
14. | "There's a Deep House Going On" (12") | 8:32 |
Note
- Tracks 12–14 on CD only.
Personnel
[edit]Adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]
Musicians
[edit]- Jimmy Helms, Jimmy "Chirpy" Chambers, George Chandler – vocals
- Willy M (William Henshall) – all instruments
- Gary James – drums (track 11)
- Luís Jardim – drums (tracks 2, 9)
- Michael Kamen – string arrangement on "9AM (The Comfort Zone)"
- Ollie Marland – keyboards, piano (tracks 7, 11)
- Doc Savage – drums
- David A. Stewart – slide dobro (track 11)
- John G. Turnbull – guitar solo, fuzz guitar solo (tracks 7, 11)
- Paul Waller – drums (tracks 3, 8)
Production
[edit]- Willy M – producer, original engineer, mixer
- Ian Caple – engineer, extra track laying
- Fred Defaye – engineer, extra track laying and mix engineer, string overdub engineer
- Ben Fenner – mixer, mix engineer
- Robert Goldstein – photography
- Doc Savage – extra programming, mixer
- Mark "Spike" Stent – engineer, mix engineer
- Paul Waller – mixer
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "LONDONBEAT | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
- ^ a b c Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Top 40". Top40.nl.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "charts.org.nz - Discography Londonbeat". charts.nz.
- ^ Speak (liner notes). Londonbeat. Anxious. 1988.
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