I Hear Talk
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| Studio album by Bucks Fizz | |||||
| Released | November, 1984 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Label | RCA | ||||
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I Hear Talk is an album by pop group Bucks Fizz.
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[edit] Overview
Bucks Fizz had been consistently in the public eye for three years by the end of 1983 and so decided to bow out for the first half of 1984 following the low-charting performance of their last single.
The group made a comeback in August with the single "Talking In Your Sleep" - a cover of a song by US band The Romantics. The single revitalised the group's career with its harder-edged rock sound and became a top twenty hit in the UK.[1]
Another single "Golden Days" (a reworking of a recent Cliff Richard song[2]) was released in October, but failed to chart as highly. The album followed soon after and also received a tepid response.
A third and final single (the title track) was released in December, but coincided with a coach crash that the group suffered while on tour. Promotion for the single was limited due to this and although performed better in the charts than the previous single, it didn't restore them to their former glory.
During recording sessions for this album in early '84, the group recorded the song "What's Love Got to Do with It" for possible inclusion. Around the same time the song was also recorded by US star, Tina Turner, who went on to have an International hit it[3]. The Bucks Fizz version went unreleased until 2000, when it was included as a bonus track on a CD re-release of their album, "Are You Ready".
This was the group's final album both with their original record company, RCA and member Jay Aston, who quit the line-up the following year. [4]
"I Hear Talk" was re-released on CD in 2004.[5]
[edit] Track listing
[edit] ORIGINAL ALBUM
Side One
- "I Hear Talk"
- "Indebted To You"
- "Tears On The Ballroom Floor"
- "Cold War"
- "Golden Days"
Side Two
- "Talking In Your Sleep"
- "Breaking Me Up"
- "January’s Gone"
- "She Cries"
- "Thief In The Night"
[edit] RE-ISSUE (2004)
(Bonus tracks:)
- "Don't Think You're Fooling Me"
- "Where Do I Go Now"
- "One Touch Too Much"
- "Pulling Me Under"
- "Invisible"
- "Evil Man"
- "Here's Looking At You"
- "Young Hearts"
[edit] Personnel
Bobby G - lead vocals on "I Hear Talk", "Indebted To You", "Cold War", "Talking In Your Sleep", "Breaking Me Up", "She Cries", "Don't Think You're Fooling Me", "Pulling Me Under"
Jay Aston - lead vocals on "Thief In The Night", "Invisible", "Evil Man"
Cheryl Baker - lead vocals on "Tears On The Ballroom Floor", "Where Do I Go Now", "Young Hearts"
Mike Nolan - lead vocals on "January's Gone"
Producers:
Andy Hill
Brian Tench
Terry Britten
Pip Williams
Bobby G
Cheryl Baker, Adrian Sheppard and Richard Cottle
[edit] Reception and Reviews
While Bucks Fizz were generally criticised in the media, their albums usually received favourable reviews. However, of their five studio albums, "I Hear Talk" seemed to gain the least recommendations.
Record Mirror criticized the album by being too "safe" and claimed that Bucks Fizz were "not trying anything new here". The same magazine however said that alongside new albums by Wham!, Culture Club, Duran Duran and Frankie Goes To Hollywood it was a contender for the top 10.
Reviewing their single "I Hear Talk", pop group Bananarama said that the song was their best in a long time, stating "it has something the last few singles didn't".
In a Smash Hits review, Morrissey said that the song "Golden Days" was "inexcusably dim". While No.1 magazine credited "Talking In Your Sleep" as being "raunchy".
[edit] Chart Performance
| Release date | Single title | UK Chart position |
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| August 1984 | "Talking In Your Sleep" | 15 |
| October 1984 | "Golden Days" | 42 |
| December 1984 | "I Hear Talk" | 34 |
| Release date | Album title | UK Chart position |
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| November 1984 | "I Hear Talk" | 66 |
| June 2004 | "I Hear Talk" (CD re-issue) | - |
