Post by acidburn on Jan 18, 2008 2:18:55 GMT 1
Who here likes Bananarama, because they are my all time favourite group, they have had some brilliant tracks such as I Heard A Rumour and Love In The First Degree, and I've decided to start a new thread full of facts about them, so please give your opinion.
Plus they are planning to make a comeback this year, they're bringing out a covers album in the summer. Here's a list of all the albums Bananarama has released in the UK.
Here's a list of all the albums they have released and a few facts about the albums.
Tracklist
1. Shy Boy
2. Doctor Love
3. What A Shambles
4. Really Saying Something
5. Cheers Then
6. Aie-A-Mwana
7. Young At Heart
8. Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)
9. Hey Young London
10. Boy Trouble (Don't Call Us)
11. Wish You Were Here
Deep Sea Skiving is Bananarama's debut album and features their first five singles: Aie A Mwana, Really Saying Something, Shy Boy, Cheers Then and Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye. The album was released in March 1983 and peaked at #7 in the charts, it remains Bananarama's biggest selling album behind 1988's Greatest Hits Collection.
Tracklist
1. Cruel Summer
2. Rough Justice
3. King Of The Jungle
4. Dream Baby
5. Link
6. Hotline To Heaven
7. State I'm In
8. Robert De Nir's Waiting
9. Through A Childs Eyes
Bananarama's 2nd album titled "Bananarama" released in April 1984 and reached #16 in the charts. Where, Deep Sea Skiving was a fun pop album, this album is more serious and darker and they try and tackle more challenging topics such as abuse, poverty, rape and drugs. 4 singles were released from this album Cruel Summer, Robert De Niro's Waiting, Rough Justice and Hotline To Heaven.
Tracklist
1. True Confessions
2. Ready Or Not
3. A Trick Of The Night
4. Dance With A Stranger
5. In A Perfect World
6. Venus
7. Do Not Disturb
8. A Cut Above The Rest
9. Promised Land
10. More Than Physical
11. Hooked On Love
True Confessions is Bananarama's third album and their last album to be produced by Jolley and Swain Prior to the recording of this album, Bananarama felt they needed a change of direction and began looking for new collaborators to work with. True Confessions marks an important turning point in Bananarama's career, it started out as a clumsy attempt to move away from their charming teenage appeal, to a more sophisticated glamorous, and inevitably camp. After the first single Do Not Disturb failed to set the charts alight reaching only #31 they enlisted the help of Stock Aitken And Waterman who gave them the mega smash hit Venus but that still didn't save the album, released in July 1986 and only managed #46 in the charts but went top 20 in the USA. two more singles were released from this album More Than Physical and A Trick Of The Night.
Track List
1. I Can't Help It
2. I Heard A Rumour
3. Some Girls
4. Love In The First Degree
5. Once In A Lifetime
6. Strike It Rich
7. Bad For Me
8. Come Back
9. Nathan Jones
10. I Want You Back
In September 1987 Bananarama released they're 4th album WOW The title was inspired by the WOW emblazoned on the girls knickers in the I Heard A Rumour video and was apparently suggested by Dave Stewart. The band also decided that it could be an acronym for "Wild Or What". Wow is the last album to feature the contribution of co-founding member, Siobhan Fahey and produced five UK Top 20 singles: I Heard A Rumour (UK#14) Love In The First Degree (UK#3), I Can't Help It (UK#20), I Want You Back (UK#5), and Nathan Jones (UK#15) with release dates spanning from July 1987 to December 1988. Ever since Bananarama's collaboration with producers Stock/Aitken/Waterman on Venus. WOW was a moderate success reaching #25 in the UK charts.
Tracklist
1. Venus
2. I Heard a Rumour
3. Love in the First Degree
4. I Can't Help It
5. I Want You Back
6. Love, Truth and Honesty
7. Nathan Jones
8. Really Sayin' Somethin'
9. Shy Boy
10. Robert de Niro's Waiting
11. Cruel Summer
12. It Ain't What You Do
13. Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)
14. Rough Justice
15. Trick of the Night
16. Aie a Mwana
Released in October 1988 and reached #3 in the charts and went 3x Platinum. The release coincided with Bananarama's inclusion in the Guinness Book Of World Records as "The Most Successful All Girl Group" with their new single, Love, Truth & Honesty along with new member Jacquie O'Sullivan.
Tracklist
1. Preacher Man
2. Long Train Running
3. Only Your Love
4. What Colour R The Skies Where You Live
5. Is Your Love Strong Enough
6. Tripping On Your Love
7. Ain't No Cure
8. Outta Sight
9. Megalomaniac
10. I Can't Let You Go
11. Heartless
Pop Life is the fifth Bananarama album, and the first issued after the triple platinum Greatest Hits Collection. It is also the first and only album to include vocals by replacement vocalist Jacquie O'Sullivan, and penultimate UK album. The other attribute of this album is that it was also a departure from Bananarama's most successful production collaborators - Stock Aitken Waterman - to friend and indie producer, Youth. The album produced 4 hit singles Only Your Love, Preacher Man, Long Train Running and Tripping On Your Love. The album sold poorly compared to its predecessors peaking at #42.
Tracklist
1. Movin' On
2. Last Thing On My Mind
3. Let Me Love You One More Time
4. More More More
5. Is She Good To You
6. Only Time Will Tell
7. Give It All Up For Your Love
8. You'll Never Know What It Means
9. You're Never Satisfied
10. I Could Be Persuaded
In 1992, after both the departure of both Jacquie O'Sullivan and Hilary Shaw, their long time manager, Bananarama were coming to a point where they were beginning to run out of steam. New ideas were frantically being thrown about as to how new life could be breathed into the group. One such idea, from Pete Waterman was that they should use ABBA as a template and in his words create "ABBABANANA". This was the last album Bananarama did with London Records as they were dropped soon after, the album peaked at a dismal #46 and produced 3 singles Movin' On, Last Thing On My Mind and More More More.
Tracklist
1. Move In My Direction
2. Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango)
3. Waterfall
4. Frequency
5. Feel For You
6. Don't Step On My Groove
7. Middle Of Nowhere
8. I Love The Way
9. Lovebite
10. Rules Of Attraction
11. Your Love Is Like A Drug
12. Venus (Marc Almonds Mix)
13. Really Saying Something (Solasso Mix)
Some 23 years after their first album, Deep Sea Skiving, Bananarama Sara & Keren went back into the studio in 2005 to record their new album, and the first to get an official UK release since 1993's Please Yourself. It had a been a long time coming for the girls who had been searching for a UK deal for a few years. They eventually met with a small independent label in the UK called A&G, introduced through a mutual friend. This led to the news that they would be releasing an all new studio album in 2005. For a long time, Sara & Keren had wanted to return to the UK and felt they still had great material to give. The two previous albums Ultraviolet and Exotica, both suffered from a lack of funding or dodgy production and felt somewhat 'budget' as a result. For reasons which haven't been fully explained the album completely bombed, failing to make the UK top 100. A result which goes against all the signs that it would be a hit. Move in My Direction had reached #14 and Look on the Floor #23 with little or no promotion. There are various theories as to why the album failed to make a splash in the UK but as yet, no official word from A&G.
Plus they are planning to make a comeback this year, they're bringing out a covers album in the summer. Here's a list of all the albums Bananarama has released in the UK.
Here's a list of all the albums they have released and a few facts about the albums.
Tracklist
1. Shy Boy
2. Doctor Love
3. What A Shambles
4. Really Saying Something
5. Cheers Then
6. Aie-A-Mwana
7. Young At Heart
8. Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)
9. Hey Young London
10. Boy Trouble (Don't Call Us)
11. Wish You Were Here
Deep Sea Skiving is Bananarama's debut album and features their first five singles: Aie A Mwana, Really Saying Something, Shy Boy, Cheers Then and Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye. The album was released in March 1983 and peaked at #7 in the charts, it remains Bananarama's biggest selling album behind 1988's Greatest Hits Collection.
Tracklist
1. Cruel Summer
2. Rough Justice
3. King Of The Jungle
4. Dream Baby
5. Link
6. Hotline To Heaven
7. State I'm In
8. Robert De Nir's Waiting
9. Through A Childs Eyes
Bananarama's 2nd album titled "Bananarama" released in April 1984 and reached #16 in the charts. Where, Deep Sea Skiving was a fun pop album, this album is more serious and darker and they try and tackle more challenging topics such as abuse, poverty, rape and drugs. 4 singles were released from this album Cruel Summer, Robert De Niro's Waiting, Rough Justice and Hotline To Heaven.
Tracklist
1. True Confessions
2. Ready Or Not
3. A Trick Of The Night
4. Dance With A Stranger
5. In A Perfect World
6. Venus
7. Do Not Disturb
8. A Cut Above The Rest
9. Promised Land
10. More Than Physical
11. Hooked On Love
True Confessions is Bananarama's third album and their last album to be produced by Jolley and Swain Prior to the recording of this album, Bananarama felt they needed a change of direction and began looking for new collaborators to work with. True Confessions marks an important turning point in Bananarama's career, it started out as a clumsy attempt to move away from their charming teenage appeal, to a more sophisticated glamorous, and inevitably camp. After the first single Do Not Disturb failed to set the charts alight reaching only #31 they enlisted the help of Stock Aitken And Waterman who gave them the mega smash hit Venus but that still didn't save the album, released in July 1986 and only managed #46 in the charts but went top 20 in the USA. two more singles were released from this album More Than Physical and A Trick Of The Night.
Track List
1. I Can't Help It
2. I Heard A Rumour
3. Some Girls
4. Love In The First Degree
5. Once In A Lifetime
6. Strike It Rich
7. Bad For Me
8. Come Back
9. Nathan Jones
10. I Want You Back
In September 1987 Bananarama released they're 4th album WOW The title was inspired by the WOW emblazoned on the girls knickers in the I Heard A Rumour video and was apparently suggested by Dave Stewart. The band also decided that it could be an acronym for "Wild Or What". Wow is the last album to feature the contribution of co-founding member, Siobhan Fahey and produced five UK Top 20 singles: I Heard A Rumour (UK#14) Love In The First Degree (UK#3), I Can't Help It (UK#20), I Want You Back (UK#5), and Nathan Jones (UK#15) with release dates spanning from July 1987 to December 1988. Ever since Bananarama's collaboration with producers Stock/Aitken/Waterman on Venus. WOW was a moderate success reaching #25 in the UK charts.
Tracklist
1. Venus
2. I Heard a Rumour
3. Love in the First Degree
4. I Can't Help It
5. I Want You Back
6. Love, Truth and Honesty
7. Nathan Jones
8. Really Sayin' Somethin'
9. Shy Boy
10. Robert de Niro's Waiting
11. Cruel Summer
12. It Ain't What You Do
13. Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)
14. Rough Justice
15. Trick of the Night
16. Aie a Mwana
Released in October 1988 and reached #3 in the charts and went 3x Platinum. The release coincided with Bananarama's inclusion in the Guinness Book Of World Records as "The Most Successful All Girl Group" with their new single, Love, Truth & Honesty along with new member Jacquie O'Sullivan.
Tracklist
1. Preacher Man
2. Long Train Running
3. Only Your Love
4. What Colour R The Skies Where You Live
5. Is Your Love Strong Enough
6. Tripping On Your Love
7. Ain't No Cure
8. Outta Sight
9. Megalomaniac
10. I Can't Let You Go
11. Heartless
Pop Life is the fifth Bananarama album, and the first issued after the triple platinum Greatest Hits Collection. It is also the first and only album to include vocals by replacement vocalist Jacquie O'Sullivan, and penultimate UK album. The other attribute of this album is that it was also a departure from Bananarama's most successful production collaborators - Stock Aitken Waterman - to friend and indie producer, Youth. The album produced 4 hit singles Only Your Love, Preacher Man, Long Train Running and Tripping On Your Love. The album sold poorly compared to its predecessors peaking at #42.
Tracklist
1. Movin' On
2. Last Thing On My Mind
3. Let Me Love You One More Time
4. More More More
5. Is She Good To You
6. Only Time Will Tell
7. Give It All Up For Your Love
8. You'll Never Know What It Means
9. You're Never Satisfied
10. I Could Be Persuaded
In 1992, after both the departure of both Jacquie O'Sullivan and Hilary Shaw, their long time manager, Bananarama were coming to a point where they were beginning to run out of steam. New ideas were frantically being thrown about as to how new life could be breathed into the group. One such idea, from Pete Waterman was that they should use ABBA as a template and in his words create "ABBABANANA". This was the last album Bananarama did with London Records as they were dropped soon after, the album peaked at a dismal #46 and produced 3 singles Movin' On, Last Thing On My Mind and More More More.
Tracklist
1. Move In My Direction
2. Look On The Floor (Hypnotic Tango)
3. Waterfall
4. Frequency
5. Feel For You
6. Don't Step On My Groove
7. Middle Of Nowhere
8. I Love The Way
9. Lovebite
10. Rules Of Attraction
11. Your Love Is Like A Drug
12. Venus (Marc Almonds Mix)
13. Really Saying Something (Solasso Mix)
Some 23 years after their first album, Deep Sea Skiving, Bananarama Sara & Keren went back into the studio in 2005 to record their new album, and the first to get an official UK release since 1993's Please Yourself. It had a been a long time coming for the girls who had been searching for a UK deal for a few years. They eventually met with a small independent label in the UK called A&G, introduced through a mutual friend. This led to the news that they would be releasing an all new studio album in 2005. For a long time, Sara & Keren had wanted to return to the UK and felt they still had great material to give. The two previous albums Ultraviolet and Exotica, both suffered from a lack of funding or dodgy production and felt somewhat 'budget' as a result. For reasons which haven't been fully explained the album completely bombed, failing to make the UK top 100. A result which goes against all the signs that it would be a hit. Move in My Direction had reached #14 and Look on the Floor #23 with little or no promotion. There are various theories as to why the album failed to make a splash in the UK but as yet, no official word from A&G.
Poor brave ruined I Heard A Rumour.