Hormonally Yours

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Hormonally Yours
Studio album by Shakespear's Sister
Released	1992
Recorded	1991-1992
Genre	Pop
Length	49m 52s
Label	London Records
Producer(s)	Shakespear's Sister Alan Moulder
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4.5 out of 5 stars) link
Shakespear's Sister chronology
Sacred Heart (1989)	Hormonally Yours (1992)	#3 (2004)

Hormonally Yours is the second album released by pop duo Shakespear's Sister. The album, released on London Records in 1992, became a critical and commercial success in both the UK and the U.S. The title of the album was derived from the emotional state of band members Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit, who were both pregnant at the time of the recording.

Hormonally Yours presented Shakespear's Sister as a duo, rather than as a musical project focused on lead singer Fahey, as was the case with their debut album. The songs were co-written by Shakespear's Sister, Robert Feldman (the co-producer of Sacred Heart) and Fahey's then-husband David A. Stewart, using the pseudonym "Manu Guiot". Fahey and Detroit co-produced Hormonally Yours with Alan Moulder.

The first single selected was album opener "Goodbye Cruel World", which had little success globally but did manage to crack the Billboard magazine Modern Rock Tracks chart, a first in the U.S. for the duo. "Stay", the album's second single, became a huge success, spending eight weeks at number one on the UK singles chart and peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. The album itself hit number three in the UK and generated three additional top forty singles. The band toured extensively throughout Europe and North America to promote the album.

Hormonally Yours was the last album recorded by Shakespear's Sister as a duo. Marcella Detroit exited the act before a third album was released.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Goodbye Cruel World" (Fahey/Guiot/Ferrera)
2. "I Don't Care" (Fahey/Detroit/Feldman/Shearmur)
3. "My 16th Apology" (Fahey/Detroit/Feldman)
4. "Are We In Love Yet" (Fahey/Detroit)
5. "Emotional Thing" (Fahey/Detroit)
6. "Stay" (Fahey/Detroit/Guiot)
7. "Black Sky" (Fahey/Detroit/Ferrera/Guiot)
8. "The Trouble With André" (Fahey/Detroit/Ferrera)
9. "Moonchild" (Fahey/Detroit)
10. "Catwoman" (Fahey/Detroit)
11. "Let Me Entertain You" (Fahey/Detroit/Ferrera)
12. "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)" (Fahey/Detroit/Guiot)

[edit] Singles

• "Stay" #1 UK, #4 US
• "I Don't Care" #7 UK, #55 US
• "Goodbye Cruel World" #32 UK
• "Hello" #14 UK
• "My 16th Apology"

[edit] Miscellanea

• The synth intro of "Moonchild" was sampled by British hip-hop artist Tricky as the musical backdrop of "Overcome", the opening track on his album Maxinquaye.