Speak (Londonbeat album)

Speak
Studio album by
Londonbeat
Released1988
LabelAnxious, RCA
ProducerWilly M (William Henshall)
Londonbeat chronology
Speak
(1988) 		In the Blood
(1990)

Speak is the debut album by British-American dance-pop band Londonbeat, released in 1988. It includes the singles "There's a Beat Going On" (No. 88 in the United Kingdom,[1] No. 19 in the Netherlands,[2] No. 35 in New Zealand),[3] "9 A.M. (The Comfort Zone)" (UK No. 19,[1] Netherlands No. 33)[2] and "Failing in Love Again" (UK No. 60,[1] Netherlands No. 11).[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by William Henshall, Jimmy Helms, George Chandler and Jimmy Chambers.

No.TitleLength
1."There's a Beat Going On..."4:03
2."Beat Patrol"3:28
3."Failing in Love Again"2:30
4."9am (The Comfort Zone)"4:13
5."Drop!!"3:22
6."Nice Here When It's Nice"4:26
7."Get Wet"4:29
8."One Blink"4:14
9."Talent on the Make"3:16
10."Please Baby (Can I Have My Heart Back Please?)"2:47
11."Katey"5:19
12."Jerk"3:12
13."Bribe the Bride"3:52
14."There's a Deep House Going On" (12")8:32

Note

  • Tracks 12–14 on CD only.

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]

Musicians

  • Jimmy Helms, Jimmy "Chirpy" Chambers, George Chandler – vocals
  • Willy M (William Henshall) – all instruments
  • Gary James – drums (track 11)
  • Luís Jardim – drums (tracks 2, 9)
  • Michael Kamen – string arrangement on "9AM (The Comfort Zone)"
  • Ollie Marland – keyboards, piano (tracks 7, 11)
  • Doc Savage – drums
  • David A. Stewart – slide dobro (track 11)
  • John G. Turnbull – guitar solo, fuzz guitar solo (tracks 7, 11)
  • Paul Waller – drums (tracks 3, 8)

Production

  • Willy M – producer, original engineer, mixer
  • Ian Caple – engineer, extra track laying
  • Fred Defaye – engineer, extra track laying and mix engineer, string overdub engineer
  • Ben Fenner – mixer, mix engineer
  • Robert Goldstein – photography
  • Doc Savage – extra programming, mixer
  • Mark "Spike" Stent – engineer, mix engineer
  • Paul Waller – mixer

References

  1. ^ a b c "LONDONBEAT | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  2. ^ a b c Top 40, Stichting Nederlandse. "Top 40". Top40.nl.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "charts.org.nz - Discography Londonbeat". charts.nz.
  4. ^ Speak (liner notes). Londonbeat. Anxious. 1988.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)