Rage (T'Pau album)

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Rage

Studio album by T'Pau

Released

November 1988 in UK/September 1989 in Canada

Recorded

1988 & 1989

Genre

Rock
Pop

Label

Virgin

Producer

Thomas Baker,
Tim Burgess,
Carol Decker

Professional reviews

All Music Guide

T'Pau chronology

Bridge of Spies
(1987)

Rage
(1988)

The Promise
(1991)

Rage is the second album by late-1980s British rock group T'Pau. It reached Number Four on the UK album chart and gave the group three hit singles - "Secret Garden" (a UK Top 20), "Road To Our Dream" and "Only The Lonely" (not a cover of the Roy Orbison song).

[edit] Track listing

"Arms of Love"
"Only the Lonely"
"Running Away"
"Between the Lines"
"Road to Our Dream"
"Island"
"Heaven"
"Taking Time Out"
"Secret Garden"
"Time Will Tell"
"This Girl"

The Canadian release came out later than the UK version with four songs noticeably remixed: "Arms of Love", "Only the Lonely", "Running Away", and "Island". "This Girl" was omitted. The songs on the UK CD have a more live sound to them. The most different sounding track is "Island" which almost sounds like a different song, reviewers have commented that the UK version is the weaker of the two, as is the case with the other UK song versions as well. The artwork is also totally different on the Canadian CD, but change was less well received. This album was not released in the US.

The song "Only the Lonely" on the UK CD has the lyrics "and here we go spending our money, Filling the house with things we hope will bring us happiness again" at the end of the first verse, but they have been omitted from the remixed version on the Canadian CD. This remixed and slightly shorter version of the song was also used for its UK and Canadian single releases (listed as as "The Guitar Remix" on the single's cover and accompanied by a rockier, extended "Nightmare Mix" on the 12" and CD singles, and was presumably prepared as a [radio edit] to take listeners more quickly to the chorus.

The song "This Girl" was on the UK CD only, but was also released as "Secret Garden" single B-side, and on the albums "Heart And Soul/The Very Best Of T'Pau" and "The Greatest Hits"