Silk and Steel
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| Studio album by Five Star | ||
| Released | August 18, 1986 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 43:12 | |
| Label | RCA/Ariola, Tent | |
| Producer(s) | Buster Pearson, Peter Robinson | |
| Five Star chronology | ||
|---|---|---|
| Luxury of Life (1985) |
Silk and Steel (1986) |
Between the Lines (album) (1987) |
Silk and Steel is the name of a number one pop album by British pop group Five Star. It quickly became one of the fastest selling LP's of its time in 1986, selling over 1.2 million copies in the UK alone. Silk and Steel broke two records in its day, the first for making Five Star the youngest act ever to have a UK number one album, with an average age of 19.5 (the record has since been broken by Mcfly, who had an average age of 18 at the time) and secondly for yielding the most amount of singles from one album, a total of seven. (That record was broken by Michael Jackson in 1989 with nine singles from 'Bad'). It charted #1 in the UK, and #80 in the US.
Silk and Steel was recorded in Austria, Germany and London in early 1986 and has been noted for the inclusion of Richard James Burgess as one of its many producers, who used cutting-edge technology from the era to produce a multi-layered sound for tracks such as "The Slightest Touch", a song later remixed by Shep Pettibone for a commercial single release. A photograph on the reverse sleeve of Silk and Steel shows the group outside the world-famous, newly opened Lloyd's Building in London.
Silk and Steel tracklisting:
- Can't Wait Another Minute
- Find the Time
- Rain Or Shine
- If I Say Yes
- Please Don't Say Goodnight
- Stay Out Of My Life
- Show me What You've Got For Me
- Are You Man Enough?
- The Slightest Touch
- Don't You Know I Love It
