Blast (album)
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| Studio album by Holly Johnson | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | Dance | |||
| Length | 42:55 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Andy Richards, Dan Hartman, Stephen Hague, Steve Lovell | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Blast is an album by the British musician Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It was released in 1989 and reached number 1 in the UK charts and sold over 300,000 copies making it platinum. The album stayed on the charts for 17 weeks. The album featured hits "Love Train", "Americanos", "Atomic City" and "Heavens Here". The album was re-released in November 2009 and again in November 2010.[2]
Johnson recently marked "Love Will Come" and "Heaven's Here" as his favourite tracks from the album. The album's title Blast came from The Vorticists.[3]
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All tracks written by Johnson except Atomic City (Johnson, Dan Hartman).
- "Atomic City" – 6:15 (UK #18)
- "Heaven's Here" – 4:16 (UK #62)
- "Americanos" – 3:35 (UK #4)
- "Deep in Love" – 3:58
- "S.U.C.C.E.S.S." – 3:31
- "Love Train" – 4:02 (UK #4)
- "Got It Made" – 3:49
- "Love Will Come" – 4:28
- "Perfume" – 3:33
- "Feel Good" – 5:28
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
Total weeks |
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| Austrian Albums Chart[4] | 12 | 16 |
| German Albums Chart[5] | 5 | |
| Italian Albums Chart | 12 | |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 11 | 13 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart[6] | 10 | 8 |
| Swedish Albums Chart[7] | 11 | 8 |
| Swiss Albums Chart[8] | 10 | 15 |
| UK Albums Chart[9] | 1 | 17 |
[edit] Blast remastered - B-sides and rarities
Released via SFE in November 2010 (catalogue number sfe009t) Disc one 1."Atomic City" 2."Heaven's Here" 3."Americanos" 4."Deep In Love" 5."S.U.C.C.E.S.S." 6."Love Train" 7."Got It Made" 8."Love Will Come" 9."Perfume" 10."Feel Good" 11."Murder In Paradise ('B' side of Love Train)" 12."Americanos (Mambo Dub) ('B' side of Americanos)" 13."Beat The System ('B' side of Atomic City)" 14."Hollelujah ('B' side of Heaven's Here)" 15."Love Me Tender" 16."Perfume (Aromatherapy Mix - Remixed by Martin Philips and Madame X)" 17."Perfume (12 Remix Instrumental)"
Disc two 1."love Train (Americana Big Beat - Remixed By Frankie Knuckles)" 2."Love Train (Iron Horse Instrumental - Remixed By Frankie Knuckles)" 3."Love Train (12" Americana Big Beat Radio Mix - Remixed By Frankie Knuckles)" 4."Love Train (Big Beat Radio Mix - Remixed By Frankie Knuckles)" 5."Love Train (7" Americana Mix - Remixed By Frankie Knuckles)" 6."Love Train (Ride The A Train)" 7."Americanos (The Perfect Taco Mix - Remixed By Ian Curnow and Phil Harding For Pwl)" 8."Americanos (Liberty Mix)" 9."Americanos (Justin Stauss Mix)" 10."Americanos (Magimix)" 11."Americanos (7" Magimix Version)" 12."Atomic City (bona biodegradeable mix a.k.a. Environmental Mix - Remixed By Julian Mendelsohn)" 13."Heaven's Here (mount olympus Mix - Remixed By Julian Mendelsohn)"
Disc three DVD - promotional videos 1."Love Train" 2."Americanos" 3."Atomic City" 4."Heaven's Here" 5."Atomic City" (12" version)
[edit] References
- ^ "Blast". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r41887. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ^ "UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
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- ^ Steffen Hung. "Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich". austriancharts.at. http://www.austriancharts.at/. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ^ "charts.de". charts.de. http://www.charts.de/album.asp?artist=Holly+Johnson&title=Blast&cat=a&country=de. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ^ Steffen Hung (2006-06-15). "Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. http://www.norwegiancharts.com/. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ^ Steffen Hung (2012-01-06). "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. http://www.swedishcharts.com/. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". swisscharts.com. http://www.swisscharts.com/. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ^ "UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
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