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Results 1 - 48 of 767 - BANANARAMA Please Yourself 2 CD & DVD Sealed Deluxe. Siobhan Fahey Bitter Pill Rare UK 3 Track CD Single NM.
- Personnel: Matt Aitken (guitar, keyboards); Mike Stock (keyboards, background vocals); John O'Hara (keyboards).
- Audio Mixers: Pete Hammond; Phil Harding.
- Liner Note Author: Tom Parker .
- Recording information: PWL Studio One & Two.
- Photographers: Andy Earl; Carrie Branovan.
- Arranger: Stock, Aitken & Waterman.
- Bananarama followed up their hit-laden True Confessions, which spawned their international chart-topping version of 'Venus,' with 1987's Wow! True Confessions witnessed the emerging role of Stock, Aitken & Waterman as the trio's producers -- Wow! was wholly assembled by the hitmaking team, which was also responsible for hits by Rick Astley, Kylie Minogue, Dead or Alive, Donna Summer, and countless others. This album is, therefore, a straightforward 1980s dance set, with several songs that went on to become international hits. The only track from this set to make the U.S. Top Ten was 'I Heard a Rumour,' a sassy, joyous single just as infectious today as when first released. Also included is the sleek, lip-smackin' disco hit 'I Can't Help It,' the engaging, European chart-topper 'Love in the First Degree,' the single 'I Want You Back,' and an extended mix of their version of the Supremes' 'Nathan Jones.' Some of the non-hits pale in comparison to the singles, among those the dated, 12' version of 'Some Girls'; the 12' version of 'Strike It Rich,' which, at some points, resembles an inferior version of 'I Can't Help It'; and 'Bad for Me,' which unintentionally highlights the trio's vocal limitations. Nonetheless, the singles were quite intoxicating, and this hard-to-find set is sure to please fans of Bananarama, or any fans of the Stock, Aitken & Waterman sound, which ruled the airwaves and nightclubs in the mid- to late '80s. ~ Jose F. Promis