Bananarama (album)

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Bananarama
Bananarama cover
Studio album by Bananarama
Released April 1984
Recorded April 1983 - February 1984
Genre New Wave
Length 34:14
Label London
Producer Tony Swain, Steve Jolley
Professional reviews
Bananarama chronology
Deep Sea Skiving
(1983)		 Bananarama
(1984)		 True Confessions
(1986)

Bananarama is the second album released by British girl group Bananarama. The group continued its association with producers Tony Swain and Steve Jolley (who had produced a couple of tracks on their debut album, Deep Sea Skiving). With this album Bananarama had its first significant U.S. success with the single "Cruel Summer", which became a top ten hit. The group also attempted to display a more "serious artists" image, as the British press had repeatedly labeled them as talentless, frivolous and controlled by their producers. "Rough Justice" is a song inspired by the shooting death of their good friend Thomas Reilly in Belfast.

On March 19, 2007, Bananarama's first six studio albums were re-issued by Rhino Records. All re-issues are remastered and each includes several bonus tracks, consisting of B-sides and remixes.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Cruel Summer" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:35
  2. "Rough Justice" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 5:07
  3. "King of the Jungle" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:28
  4. "Dream Baby" (Ecstasy, Holliday) — 3:01
  5. "Link" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 1:31
  6. "Hot Line to Heaven" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 7:19
  7. "State I'm In" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 2:48
  8. "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:43
  9. "Through a Child's Eyes" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:40

(Some mid-80's US LP and CD versions add "The Wild Life" (from the movie of the same name) and replace the full length version of "Hotline To Heaven" with the 7 inch edit version. "Link" was not identified as an individual track on original LP issues, and had originally appeared, also uncredited, preceding "Push" on the B-side of the UK 12" of "Robert De Niro's Waiting".)

[edit] 2007 re-issue bonus tracks

  1. "Cairo" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:47 (B-side of "Cruel Summer")
  2. "Push!" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 4:08 (B-side of "Robert De Niro's Waiting")
  3. "Rough Justice" (7-inch version) — 3:36
  4. "Live Now" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:02 (B-side of "Rough Justice")
  5. "Hotline to Heaven" (7-inch version) — 3:53
  6. "The Wild Life" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:54

[edit] Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 16
U.S. Billboard 200 30


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Bananarama
Sara Dallin • Keren Woodward
Siobhan Fahey • Jacquie O'Sullivan
Studio albums
Compilations
Singles
"Aie a Mwana" • "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" • "Really Saying Something" • "Shy Boy" • "Cheers Then" • "He's Got Tact" • "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" • "Cruel Summer" • "Robert DeNiro's Waiting" • "Rough Justice" • "King of the Jungle" • "Hot Line to Heaven" • "The Wild Life" • "Do Not Disturb" • "Venus" • "More Than Physical" • "A Trick of the Night" • "Set on You" • "I Heard a Rumour" • "Love in the First Degree" • "I Can't Help It" • "I Want You Back" • "The Bananarama Mega-Mix" • "Love, Truth and Honesty" • "Nathan Jones" • "Help!" • "Cruel Summer '89" • "Megarama '89" • "Only Your Love" • "Preacher Man" • "Long Train Running" • "Tripping on Your Love" • "Movin' On" • "Last Thing on My Mind" • "More, More, More" • "I Found Love" • "Every Shade of Blue" • "Take Me to Your Heart" • "Careless Whisper" • "If" • "Really Saying Something (Solasso Remix)" • "Move in My Direction" • "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)
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