Blast (album)

Blast
Studio album by Holly Johnson
Released 1989
Genre Dance
Length 42:55
Label MCA
Producer Andy Richards, Dan Hartman, Stephen Hague, Steve Lovell
Holly Johnson chronology
- Blast
(1989)		 Hollelujah
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Blast is an album by the British musician Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It was released in 1989 and reached number 1 in the UK charts and sold over 300,000 copies making it platinum. The album stayed on the charts for 17 weeks. The album featured hits "Love Train", "Americanos", "Atomic City" and "Heavens Here". The album was re-released in November 2009 and again in November 2010.[2]

Johnson recently marked "Love Will Come" and "Heaven's Here" as his favourite tracks from the album. The album's title Blast came from The Vorticists.[3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Johnson except Atomic City (Johnson, Dan Hartman).

  1. "Atomic City" – 6:15 (UK #18)
  2. "Heaven's Here" – 4:16 (UK #62)
  3. "Americanos" – 3:35 (UK #4)
  4. "Deep in Love" – 3:58
  5. "S.U.C.C.E.S.S." – 3:31
  6. "Love Train" – 4:02 (UK #4)
  7. "Got It Made" – 3:49
  8. "Love Will Come" – 4:28
  9. "Perfume" – 3:33
  10. "Feel Good" – 5:28

Chart performance

Chart (1989) Peak
position		 Total
weeks
Austrian Albums Chart[4] 12 16
German Albums Chart[5] 5
Italian Albums Chart 12
New Zealand Albums Chart 11 13
Norwegian Albums Chart[6] 10 8
Swedish Albums Chart[7] 11 8
Swiss Albums Chart[8] 10 15
UK Albums Chart[9] 1 17

The Blast Album Remastered - 'B-Sides' And Rarities

Will be Released via SFE on 22/11/10 catalogue number (sfe009t)

Disc One 1."Atomic City" 2."Heaven's Here" 3."Americanos" 4."Deep In Love" 5."S.U.C.C.E.S.S." 6."Love Train" 7."Got It Made" 8."Love Will Come" 9."Perfume" 10."Feel Good" 11."Murder In Paradise ('B' side of Love Train)" 12."Americanos (Mambo Dub) ('B' side of Americanos)" 13."Beat The System ('B' side of Atomic City)" 14."Hollelujah ('B' side of Heaven's Here)" 15."Love Me Tender" 16."Perfume (Aromatherapy Mix - Remixed by Martin Philips and Madame X)" 17."Perfume (12 Remix Instrumental)"

Disc two 1."love Train (Americana Big Beat - Remixed By Frankie Knuckles)" 2."Love Train (Iron Horse Instrumental - Remixed By Frankie Knuckles)" 3."Love Train (12" Americana Big Beat Radio Mix - Remixed By Frankie Knuckles)" 4."Love Train (Big Beat Radio Mix - Remixed By Frankie Knuckles)" 5."Love Train (7" Americana Mix - Remixed By Frankie Knuckles)" 6."Love Train (Ride The A Train)" 7."Americanos (The Perfect Taco Mix - Remixed By Ian Curnow and Phil Harding For Pwl)" 8."Americanos (Liberty Mix)" 9."Americanos (Justin Stauss Mix)" 10."Americanos (Magimix)" 11."Americanos (7" Magimix Version)" 12."Atomic City (bona biodegradeable mix a.k.a. Environmental Mix - Remixed By Julian Mendelsohn)" 13."Heaven's Here (mount olympus Mix - Remixed By Julian Mendelsohn)"

Disc three DVD - The Blast Promotional Videos 1."Love Train" 2."Americanos" 3."Atomic City" 4."Heaven's Here" 5."Atomic City (12" version)"

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r41887
  2. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/
  3. ^ http://www.frankie-say.de/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1293909847
  4. ^ http://www.austriancharts.at/
  5. ^ http://www.charts.de/album.asp?artist=Holly+Johnson&title=Blast&cat=a&country=de
  6. ^ http://www.norwegiancharts.com/
  7. ^ http://www.swedishcharts.com/
  8. ^ http://www.swisscharts.com/
  9. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/
Holly Johnson
Studio albums
Blast (1989) • Dreams That Money Can't Buy (1991) • Soulstream (1999)
Remix albums
Hollelujah (1989)
Singles
"Yankee Rose" • "Hobo Joe" • "Love Train" • "Americanos" • "Atomic City" • "Heaven's Here" • "Where Has Love Gone?" • "Across the Universe" • "The People Want to Dance" • "Legendary Children" • "Hallelujah!" • "Disco Heaven" • "The Power of Love" •
As featured artist singles
"Ferrry Across the Mersey" (1989)  • "Love & Hate" (1994)
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