Drama (Bananarama album)

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Drama
Studio album by Bananarama
Released	2005 (U.K.), 2006 (United States)
Recorded	September 2004-April 2005
Genre	Dance-pop, Disco, Eurodance, Hi-NRG
Length	50:42
Label	A&G Records (United Kingdom), The Lab (United States)
Producer	Mute 8
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Bananarama chronology
Really Saying Something: The Platinum Collection (2005) Drama (2005) The Twelve Inches of Bananarama (2006)

Drama is an album by British girl group Bananarama. It is their ninth studio album (not including hits collections), and the fourth album released by Bananarama as a duo. Drama features eleven newly recorded tracks, along with a remix of their 1986 hit "Venus" (done by Soft Cell's Marc Almond) and a 2005 remix of 1983's "Really Saying Something", an underground bootleg club hit produced by Solasso.

Drama is a comeback of sorts for Bananarama members Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin — first single "Move in My Direction" debuted on the UK singles chart at number fourteen, becoming their first UK top forty hit since 1993. Second single, "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)", also hit the UK top forty and climbed to number two on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart as an import, becoming Bananarama's biggest U.S. dancefloor hit since "Venus" two decades earlier.

The album mostly incorporates pop and eurodance musical styles, with some synthpop elements. Released in the UK in 2005, Drama charted at a lowly number 169. It has since been released in the United States (both in retail stores and as digital downloads) in 2006. While the album performed well on Billboard's Top Electronic Albums chart, peaking at #21, has not yet charted on the Billboard 200, the U.S. Pop albums chart.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Move in My Direction" – 3:20
2. "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)" – 3:26
3. "Waterfall" – 4:18
4. "Frequency" – 3:30
5. "Feel for You" – 3:28
6. "Don't Step on My Groove" – 3:06
7. "Middle of Nowhere" – 3:46
8. "I Love the Way" – 4:18
9. "Lovebite" – 3:32
10. "Rules of Attraction" – 3:16
11. "Your Love Is Like a Drug" – 4:40
12. "Venus" (Marc Almond's Hi-NRG Showgirls Mix) – 6:04
13. "Really Saying Something" (Solasso Bootleg mix) – 5:58

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	169
U.S. Top Electronic Albums	21

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