Velveteen (album)

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Velveteen
Studio album by Transvision Vamp
Released September 20, 1989
Recorded 1989
Genre Pop/Rock
Length 53:10
Label MCA Records
Producer Duncan Bridgeman
Zeus B. Held[1]
Transvision Vamp chronology
Pop Art
(1988)		 Velveteen
(1989)		 Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble
(1991)
Singles from Velveteen
  1. "Baby I Don't Care"
    Released: 1989
  2. "The Only One"
    Released: 1989
  3. "Landslide of Love"
    Released: 1989
  4. "Born to Be Sold"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars link
Robert Christgau B+[2]
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Velveteen is the second album from UK pop/rock band Transvision Vamp. The album was released in 1989, a year after their debut album Pop Art. Velveteen produced such hits as "Baby I Don't Care" which reached number 3 in the UK and Australia. Velveteen went on to peak at #1 on the UK album charts in 1989 and #2 in Australia where it became the 39th highest selling album of the year (Pop Art was #25).[3]

A video was released to accompany the album. Entitled The Velveteen Singles, it featured the videos for all four singles released from the album, as well as "'behind the scenes' footage".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Baby I Don't Care" – 4:37
  2. "The Only One" – 4:19
  3. "Landslide of Love" – 3:48
  4. "Falling for a Goldmine" (N.C. Sayer/M. Myers) – 4:28
  5. "Down on You" – 4:20
  6. "Song to the Stars" – 1:50
  7. "Kiss their Sons" – 4:16
  8. "Born to Be Sold" – 3:44
  9. "Pay the Ghosts" – 4:37
  10. "Bad Valentine" – 3:45
  11. "Velveteen" – 9:51

All songs by Nick Christian Sayer, except where noted.[1]

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[4] 1
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[5] 2
New Zealand Albums Chart[6] 12
Norwegian Albums Chart[7] 20
Swedish Albums Chart[8] 37
Swiss Albums Chart[9] 16

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b (1989) Album notes for Velveteen by Transvision Vamp. MCA Records Ltd..
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Velveteen". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=6062. 
  3. ^ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-50albums-1989.htm
  4. ^ http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=10575
  5. ^ http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Transvision+Vamp&titel=Velveteen&cat=a
  6. ^ http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Transvision+Vamp&titel=Velveteen&cat=a
  7. ^ http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Transvision+Vamp&titel=Velveteen&cat=a
  8. ^ http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Transvision+Vamp&titel=Velveteen&cat=a
  9. ^ http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Transvision+Vamp&titel=Velveteen&cat=a
Preceded by
Batman soundtrack by Prince		 UK number one album
July 8, 1989 – July 14, 1989		 Succeeded by
Club Classics Vol. I by Soul II Soul
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