Fan the Flame (Part 1)
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| Studio album by Dead or Alive | ||||
| Released | 13 December 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Hi-NRG, synthpop | |||
| Length | 51:38 | |||
| Label | Epic ESCA 5148 |
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| Producer | Dead or Alive, Tim Weidner |
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Fan the Flame (Part 1) is the fifth studio album from dance music band Dead or Alive and was released in 1990.[2] Epic Records released Fan the Flame (Part 1) in Japan only. To this day it is still available only as a Japanese import.
The album contains a slight change in musical style for Dead or Alive, best known for Hi-NRG and disco songs. Fan the Flame (Part 1) contains more mid-tempo songs and melancholy lyrical content. The male background vocals on "Total Stranger" were performed by British pop band Londonbeat and the London Community Gospel Choir provided backing vocals for "Unhappy Birthday".
The songs "Unhappy Birthday" and "Gone 2 Long" were later re-recorded as uptempo dance tracks for Dead or Alive's next album Nukleopatra.
Fan the Flame (Part 2) was recorded but never released, and is often confused with the acoustic album Love Pete, which was made available during a US personal appearance tour in 1992 and has since been widely bootlegged with the title Fan the Flame (Part 2): The Acoustic Sessions.[3][4][5][6] In his biography Pete Burns strongly criticizes its subsequent illegal distribution and those fans who continue to buy it.[7]
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Dead or Alive.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Your Sweetness (Is Your Weakness)" | 5:50 |
| 2. | "Unhappy Birthday" | 6:47 |
| 3. | "Gone 2 Long" | 5:45 |
| 4. | "Total Stranger" | 7:04 |
| 5. | "Lucky Day" | 7:55 |
| 6. | "What Have U Done (2 Make Me Change)" | 6:15 |
| 7. | "And Then I Met U" | 8:04 |
| 8. | "Blue Christmas" | 3:56 |
[edit] Personnel
- Pete Burns - Vocals
- Steve Coy - Drums
- Tracey Ackerman - Backup Vocals
[edit] References
- ^ "Dead or Alive: Fan the Flame [Japan] at Allmusic. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ^ "Dead Or Alive – Fan The Flame (Part 1)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/Dead-Or-Alive-Fan-The-Flame-Part-1/release/137249. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ^ "Dead Or Alive – Fan The Flame (Part II) "Love Pete" (The Acoustic Session)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/Dead-Or-Alive-Fan-The-Flame-Part-II-Love-Pete-The-Acoustic-Session/release/572163. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ^ "Images for Dead Or Alive - Fan The Flame (Part II) "Love Pete" (The Acoustic Session)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=572163. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ^ "Career Timeline". The Right Stuff - The Official Dead Or Alive Web Site. deadoralive.net. http://www.deadoralive.net/timeline/timeline.html. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ^ "Bootlegs". Dead or Alive Discography. katch.ne.jp. http://www.katch.ne.jp/~poivoit/disco/bootlegs.html. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ^ Burns, Pete; Cranna, Ian (2007). Freak unique : my autobiography. London: John Blake. pp. 129–130. ISBN 9781844544387.
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