Laura Branigan (album)
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| Studio album by Laura Branigan | |||||
| Released | April 1990 | ||||
| Genre | Pop / Rock | ||||
| Length | 43:07 | ||||
| Label | Atlantic | ||||
| Producer | Richard Perry Laura Branigan Peter Wolf |
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Laura Branigan is the sixth album by singer Laura Branigan, released in 1990.
This album scored an AC hit for Branigan with its second single, "Never In A Million Years." The album also brought the singer back to the tops of the Hi-NRG charts and gay dancefloors with its first single, "Moonlight On Water," and a trendy update of Vicki Sue Robinson's disco-era "Turn the Beat Around." The latter was the first of many songs on which Branigan added producing to her list of credits. A slew of promo remixes were embraced by many of the DJs that first brought her to fame with "Gloria", but "Turn the Beat Around" did not make the broader national dance chart and did not receive an official single release.
While a sexy video supported the lead-off single (which was subtitled "Sex On The Beach" on DJ pressings), Laura Branigan became her first album since 1983's Branigan 2 to be promoted by only one music video. While the album would be Laura's last to be commercially available as a vinyl LP, "Moonlight On Water" and "Never In A Million Years" were also Branigan's first singles not to be released in the 7" vinyl format. This would be Branigan's first album not to launch a Top 40 Hot 100 hit.
The song "Unison" was recorded by Celine Dion that same year. The album's closer was another Branigan production, a subdued cover of Bryan Adams' "The Best Was Yet To Come."
[edit] Track listing
- "Moonlight On Water" (Goldmark, Kipner) – 4:39
- "Bad Attitude" (Bliss, Kipner) – 4:00
- "Never in a Million Years" (Farrell, Robbins, Stephenson) – 4:08
- "Smoke Screen" (Kipner, Magness) – 4:06
- "Let Me In" (Gordon, Matkosky) – 5:18
- "Turn the Beat Around" (Jackson, Jackson) – 4:22
- "Unison" (Goldmark, Roberts) – 4:40
- "No Promise, No Guarantee" (Karlyle, Robinson) – 5:00
- "Reverse Psychology" (Kipner, Magness) – 3:33
- "The Best Was Yet to Come" (Adams, Vallance) – 3:21
[edit] Personnel
- Laura Branigan - vocals, background vocals, arrangements
- Howie Rice - guitar, synth guitar, keyboards, drum programming, percussion
- James Harrah - guitar
- Ramsey Embick - keyboards, synth sax, percussion
- Steve Lindsey - keyboards, synthesizer, synth strings, drum programming, co-production
- Andy Goldmark - keyboards, drum programming
- Steve Kipner - drum programming
- Michael Dunlap - bass, keyboards
- Richard Perry - drum programming
- Peter Wolf - keyboards, keyboard bass, percussion, arrangements
- Peter Maunu - guitar
- Clif Magness - guitar, keyboards, drum programming
- Steve Goldstein - keyboards
- Brandon Fields - saxophone
- Jeff Porcaro - drums
- Dennis Matkosky - keyboards, drum programming, arrangements
- Larry Klein - bass
- Khris Kellow - keyboards, synth strings, drum programming, arrangements
- John Robinson - high-hat
- Aaron Zigman - keyboards, synth strings
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion
- Lenny Castro - percussion
- Rick Chudacoff - keyboards, arrangements
- Peter Bunetta - background vocals, drum programming, percussion programming, arrangements
- Robbie Buchanan - keyboards
- Greg Phillinganes - keyboards
- Dann Huff - guitar
- Brenda Russell - background vocals
- Donna Delory - background vocals
- Danny Peck - background vocals
- Bill Champlain - background vocals
- Leslie Hall - background vocals
- Monalisa Young - background vocals
- Leslie Smith - background vocals
- Joey Diggs - background vocals
- Ivory Stone - background vocals
- Patti Henley - background vocals
- Michael Williams - background vocals
- Ina Wolf - background vocals
- Maxi Anderson - background vocals
- Joe Pizullo - background vocals
- Phillip Ingram - background vocals
- Dorian Holley - background vocals
- Alfie Silas - background vocals
- Peggi Blu - background vocals
- Jean Johnson - background vocals
- Kate Markowitz - background vocals
- Francine Howard - background vocals
- Bernadette Barlow - background vocals
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1990 | The Billboard 200 | 133 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1990 | "Moonlight on Water" | Billboard Dance chart | 44 |
| 1990 | "Moonlight on Water" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 59 |
| 1990 | "Turn The Beat Around" | Promo 12" only | |
| 1991 | "Never In A Million Years" | Adult Contemporary | 22 |
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