Tear Down These Walls

Tear Down These Walls
Studio album by Billy Ocean
Released January 1988
Recorded 1987
Genre Pop, soul, R&B, electronic
Length 46:57
Label Jive, Arista
Producer Barry Eastmond, Wayne Brathwaite, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Teddy Riley
Billy Ocean chronology

Love Zone
(1986)		 Tear Down These Walls
(1988)		 Greatest Hits
(1989)
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Tear Down These Walls is the seventh album recorded by Billy Ocean. The album features the hit singles, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" and "The Colour of Love". The album's title is a reference to President Ronald Reagan's "tear down this wall!!" speech.

Track listing

  1. "Tear Down These Walls" (3:41) (Lange, Ocean, Riley)
  2. "Gun for Hire" (4:59) (Braithwaite, Eastmond, Ocean, Jolyon Skinner)
  3. "Stand and Deliver" (5:02) (Braithwaite, Eastmond, Ocean, Skinner)
  4. "The Colour of Love" (4:26) (Braithwaite, Eastmond, Ocean, Skinner)
  5. "Calypso Crazy"* (4:55) (Lange, Ocean)
  6. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"* (5:37) (Lange, Ocean)
  7. "Soon As You're Ready" (4:38) (Braithwaite, Eastmond, Ocean, Skinner)
  8. "Pleasure" (4:55) (Braithwaite, Eastmond, Ocean, Skinner)
  9. "Because of You" (4:53) (Braithwaite, Eastmond, Ocean, Skinner)
  10. "Here's to You" (4:14) (Braithwaite, Eastmond, Ocean, Skinner)

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Notes

  1. ↑ Wynn, Ron. "Tear Down These Walls - Billy Ocean : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-03-28.