Blue Zone UK

Blue Zone
Origin	Rochdale, United Kingdom
Years active	1984–1988
Labels	Arista
Associated acts	Lisa Stansfield
Website	[1]
Past members
Lisa Stansfield Ian Devaney Andy Morris

Blue Zone UK was an 1980s British band (simply called Blue Zone in the UK, Europe and Australia; but adding the "UK" due to a naming dispute in the United States).

About

The group consisted of:

• Lisa Stansfield: lead vocals.
• Ian Devaney: trombone, keyboards, guitar, backing vocals.
• Andy Morris: trumpet, flugelhorn, electronic keyboards and backing vocals.

After the Big Thing album (1988) and the singles "On Fire", "Thinking About His Baby" and "Jackie" (released in 1987), the trio and label Arista decided to focus on Stansfield's solo career. Morris would co-write and co-produce the first three Stansfield albums, before departing the trio. Devaney and Stansfield would eventually marry, and now own a music publishing business, and continue to write and record together.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details
1988	Big Thing Released: 1988 Label: Arista (#209229) Formats: LP, CD, CS

Track list

1. "Jackie" (Steinberg/Kelly) — 3:49
2. "Thinking About His Baby" (Stansfield/Devaney/Morris) — 4:03
3. "Without A Word To Say" (Stansfield/Devaney/Morris) — 3:40
4. "Sugar Tree" (Stansfield/Devaney/Morris) — 4:18
5. "Her Seedy Life" (Stansfield/Devaney/Morris) — 4:51
6. "Perfect Crime" (Stansfield/Devaney/Morris) — 4:16
7. "One Kiss" (Stansfield/Devaney/Morris) — 4:58
8. "Greedy Love" (Stansfield/Devaney/Morris) — 4:39
9. "On Fire" (Stansfield/Devaney/Morris) — 3:47
10. "We Will Cry" (Stansfield/Devaney/Morris) — 4:57
11. "Feel It From Inside" (Stansfield/Devaney/Morris) — 4:40

"There Was I" (Europe) and "Chance It" (US) were the B-sides of "Jackie"; "Big Thing"' was the B-side of "Thinking About His Baby"; and "Be The Sugar" was the B-side of "On Fire".

Singles

Year	Song	SE	UK	U.S.	U.S. Maxi	U.S. Dance	Album
1986	"Love Will Wait"	-	-	-	-	-	single only
	"Finest Thing"	-	-	-	-	-
1987	"Thinking About His Baby"	-	79	-	-	-	Big Thing
	"On Fire"	-	99	-	-	-
1988	"Jackie"	19	-	54	49	37
	"Big Thing"	-	-	-	-	-	single only
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Covers

In 1998, Joanne Accom covered the song "Jackie". It was released under the name 'B.Z featuring Joanne', B.Z referring to Blue Zone. The single peaked at #3 in Australia and #5 in New Zealand.