Utah Saints (album)

Utah Saints
Studio album by
Utah Saints
Released8 December 1992
Genre
Length56:30 (North America version)
61:33 (UK version)
LabelLondon
ProducerUtah Saints
Utah Saints chronology
Utah Saints
(1992) 		Two
(2000)
Alternative cover
Cover for the 1993 release
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA−[2]
Los Angeles Times[3]
NME4/10[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Select[7]
Smash Hits[8]

Utah Saints is the debut album by British electronic band Utah Saints. It was released in the United States on 8 December 1992 on London Records, and on 24 May 1993 in the United Kingdom on FFRR, featuring a different track listing, cover, and two additional songs. The album reached number 10 on the UK Albums Chart; singles released from this album include "Something Good", "I Want You", and "What Can You Do for Me".

Track listing

1992 US release

  1. "Something Good" (Jez Willis, Kate Bush)
  2. "I Want You" (Willis, Jeff Hanneman, Tom Araya)
  3. "What Can You Do for Me" (Willis, David A. Stewart, Annie Lennox, Gwen Guthrie)
  4. "Soulution" (Willis)
  5. "States of Mind" (Willis)
  6. "New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)" (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Mick MacNeil)
  7. "Kinetic Synthetic" (Willis)
  8. "My Mind Must Be Free" (Ida Reid, Patrick Cowley, Sylvester James, Dave Crawford)
  9. "Trance Atlantic Glide" (Willis)
  10. "Too Much to Swallow (Part I)" (Willis)

1993 UK release

  1. "New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)"
  2. "What Can You Do for Me"
  3. "Soulution"
  4. "Believe in Me"
  5. "Too Much to Swallow (Part I)"
  6. "Something Good"
  7. "I Want You"
  8. "States of Mind"
  9. "Trance Atlantic Glide"
  10. "Kinetic Synthetic"
  11. "What Can You Do for Me? (1926 Melodic Mix)"
  12. "My Mind Must Be Free"

Samples

Production

Adapted from album liner notes.[9]

  • Produced by Utah Saints
  • Mixed by Utah Saints & Guy Hatton
  • Engineered by Guy Hatton, assisted by Phil Evans
  • Art direction: Edward ODowd
  • Design: Johnny Barbis
  • Photography: Allastair Thain
  • Computer illustration: Robert Eberhardt

Charts

Chart (1992–93) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 111
UK Albums Chart[11] 10
US Billboard 200[12] 165

References

  1. ^ DiGravina, Tim. "Utah Saints – Utah Saints". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Utah Saints: Utah Saints". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. ^ Hochman, Steve (7 February 1993). "Utah Saints, 'Utah Saints,' London". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ^ Dalton, Stephen (5 June 1993). "Long Play". NME. p. 35. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  5. ^ Hunter, James (21 January 1993). "Utah Saints: Utah Saints". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 16 November 2002. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ^ Harris, Keith (2004). "Utah Saints". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 839. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  7. ^ Maconie, Stuart (July 1993). "New Albums". Select. p. 95. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
  8. ^ Southwell, Tim (26 May 1993). "New Albums". Smash Hits. p. 48. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  9. ^ Utah Saints (liner notes). Utah Saints. London. 1992.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 4 November 1991". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  11. ^ "UTAH SAINTS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
  12. ^ "Utah Saints - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com.


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