Bizarre Fruit

Bizarre Fruit
Studio album by M People
Released November 14, 1994
Genre House
Length 57:45
Label Deconstruction
Producer M People
M People chronology
Elegant Slumming
(1993)		 Bizarre Fruit
(1994)		 Bizarre Fruit II
(1995)
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Singles from Bizarre Fruit
  1. "Sight for Sore Eyes"
    Released: November 5, 1994
  2. "Open Your Heart"
    Released: January 23, 1995
  3. "Search for the Hero"
    Released: June 12, 1995
  4. "Love Rendezvous"
    Released: October 2, 1995
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Bizarre Fruit is the third album by British house music band M People. It was released on 14 November 1994 and charted and peaked at number 4 spending one year on the chart before an expanded version of the album Bizarre Fruit II was released a year later. This album sold 2.8 million copies in the UK and was certified 3x Platinum.

The album's two most popular singles were "Sight for Sore Eyes", which reached #6 in the UK Singles Chart and "Search for the Hero", which peaked at #9 on the same chart. Other singles released from this album were Open Your Heart (#9), Love Rendezvous (#32) [and Itchycoo Park (#11) from the re-released album].

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Sight for Sore Eyes"   Pickering, Heard, Small 6:12
2. "Search for the Hero"   Pickering, Heard 6:11
3. "Open Your Heart"   Pickering, Heard 5:42
4. "Love Rendezvous"   Pickering, Heard 5:24
5. "Precious Pearl"   Pickering, Heard 6:04
6. "Sugar Town"   Pickering, Heard 5:41
7. "Walk Away"   Pickering, Heard 5:48
8. "Drive Time"   Pickering, Heard 5:30
9. "Padlock"   Smith 6:12
10. "And Finally..."   Pickering, Heard, Small 5:04
Total length:
 57:45
2005 Re-release bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
11. "Itchycoo Park"   Marriott, Lane 6:42
12. "Itchycoo Park" (Morales Classic Club Mix) Marriott, Lane 7:53

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
United Kingdom November 14, 1994 Deconstruction LP 74321 24081 1
CD 74321 24081 2
Cassette 74321 24081 4
North America May 12, 1995 Epic LP E 67037
CD EK 67037
Cassette ET 67037
United Kingdom March 7, 2005 Sony BMG CD

References

  1. ^ "Allmusic > Bizarre Fruit > Overview". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r209429. Retrieved May 1, 2010. 
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Heather Small · Mike Pickering · Paul Heard · Shovell
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