| If I Have to Stand Alone | ||||
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| Studio album by Lonnie Gordon | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1989-1990 | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop, House music | |||
| Label | Cherry Pop (2009 reissue) | |||
| Lonnie Gordon chronology | ||||
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If I Have to Stand Alone is the debut album by Hi-NRG and House singer Lonnie Gordon. It was released in 1991 on Supreme Records. It includes Gordon's breakthrough hit "Happenin' All Over Again", which was a top 10 hit in the UK and a big hit around Europe. However, the two follow-up singles, "Beyond Your Wildest Dreams" and "If I Have To Stand Alone", flopped, causing the album to be shelved in the UK. It was however released in parts of continental Europe, Japan and Australia in 1991, albeit in limited quantity.
Most of the album was produced by British hitmaking team Stock, Aitken & Waterman or their associates Phil Harding and Ian Curnow. The album also includes Gordon's debut single for the label, "It's Not Over", which was released in September 1989. The album incorporates Stock Aitken & Waterman's typical Europop sound, but also adding influences of the Italo house scene that was big in the UK charts in late 1989/1990.
Gordon recorded two more tracks which were not included in the album: "How Could He Do This To Me" (produced by Stock, Aitken & Waterman, and originally the planned follow-up to "Happenin' All Over Again"), and "Just A Matter Of Time" (produced by Harding & Curnow). The former was later issued in the late 90's on a dance compilation. Both were later released through itunes in 2009.
In April 2009, UK label Cherry Pop reissued the album, including several bonus tracks, marking the first time the album is available worldwide. The reissue includes "How Could He Do This To Me", a track Gordon recorded for the album but was not included, as well as several remixes, some of them unreleased.
Track listing
Bonus Tracks