Up to You (Blue Peter EP)

Up To You
EP by Blue Peter
Released 1982
Genre New Wave
Label Ready Records ER025[1]
Producer Kevin Doyle, Chris Wardman
Blue Peter chronology
Radio Silence
(1980)		 Up To You (7")
(1982)		 Falling
1983

Up To You was an EP by the Toronto-based New Wave band Blue Peter. Released in 1982, it included the single "Chinese Graffiti"[2], which garnered the band their biggest radio exposure to date, winning a CASBY Award (then known as the "U-Knows") for Single Of The Year.[3] "Chinese Graffiti" had been previously released as a single by the band on their own short-lived independent record label, AWOL Records, in 1981.[4] The EP ranked 29th on CFNY's Top 82 Albums of 1982,[5] and its success led to the following year's album, Falling being produced by Steve Nye.[6]

Contents

Personnel

Blue Peter:[7][4]

Additional personnel:

Track listing

All songs on the album were written by Chris Wardman:
Side A
1. "Up To You" 2:57
2. "Chinese Graffiti" 3:39
3. "Guilty Secret" 3:48
Side B
6. "Around You" 3:49
7. "The World Stops Here" 3:26
8. "Up To U" (instrumental) 3:22[7][4]

Re-issue

In 2007, Up To You was re-issued by Universal Music Canada on compact disc, combined with Version, a 1983 EP of remixes from Falling, and other previously unreleased bonus tracks and demos, as Burning Bridges.[10][11]

References

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  2. ^ "Blue Peter". The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia. CANOE Jam!. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/B/Blue_Peter.html. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
  3. ^ "History". Casbys. 102.1 The Edge. http://www.edge.ca/ConcertsandEvents/Casbys/History.aspx. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
  4. ^ a b c d "Up To You". Discography. Blue Peter. http://bluepeterband.com/up_to_you. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
  5. ^ "Top 82 Albums of 1982". Year End Charts. 102.1 The Edge. http://www.edge.ca/Music/Countdowns/1982Top82Albums.aspx. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
  6. ^ Carruthers, Sean. "Falling review". Blue Peter. AllMusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/falling-r598795/review. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
  7. ^ a b c "liner notes". Blue Peter — Up To You. Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1423131. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
  8. ^ Barclay, Michael (June 2, 2008). "Blue Peter @ Lee's Palace, May 29". Concert Review. EYE Weekly. http://www.eyeweekly.com/liveeye/article/29347. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
  9. ^ "Discography". Kevin Doyle music. http://www.kevindoylemusic.com/discography.htm. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
  10. ^ a b "Burning Bridges". Discography. Blue Peter. http://bluepeterband.com/burning_bridges?page=3. Retrieved 31 January 2011. 
  11. ^ a b "Burning Bridges". Blue Peter Discography. AllMusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/burning-bridges-r1069396/credits. Retrieved 31 January 2011.