Utah Saints (album)
Appearance
Utah Saints | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 8 December 1992 (US) 24 May 1993 (UK) | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 56:30 (North America version), 61:33 (UK version) | |||
Label | London | |||
Producer | Utah Saints | |||
Utah Saints chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | A−[2] |
Los Angeles Times | [3] |
Rolling Stone | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Utah Saints is the self-titled debut album by British electronic band Utah Saints. It was released in the United States in 1992 on London Records, and in 1993 the album was released 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 U.S. release
- "Something Good" (Jez Willis, Kate Bush)
- "I Want You" (Willis, Jeff Hanneman, Tom Araya)
- "What Can You Do for Me" (Willis, David A. Stewart, Annie Lennox, Gwen Guthrie)
- "Soulution" (Willis)
- "States of Mind" (Willis)
- "New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)" (Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Mick MacNeil)
- "Kinetic Synthetic" (Willis)
- "My Mind Must Be Free" (Ida Reid, Patrick Cowley, Sylvester James, Dave Crawford)
- "Trance Atlantic Glide" (Willis)
- "Too Much to Swallow (Part I)" (Willis)
1993 U.K. release
- "New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)"
- "What Can You Do for Me"
- "Soulution"
- "Believe in Me"
- "Too Much to Swallow (Part I)"
- "Something Good"
- "I Want You"
- "States of Mind"
- "Trance Atlantic Glide"
- "Kinetic Synthetic"
- "What Can You Do for Me? (1926 Melodic Mix)"
- "My Mind Must Be Free"
Samples
- "Something Good" features a sample of Kate Bush's "Cloudbusting"
- "I Want You" features a sample of Slayer's "War Ensemble"
- "What Can You Do for Me" features samples of Eurythmics' "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)", Gwen Guthrie's "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" and KISS' Alive II album
- "My Mind Must Be Free" features samples of Candi Staton's "Young Hearts Run Free" and Sylvester's "Do Ya Wanna Funk?"
- "Believe in Me" features samples of The Human League's "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" and Crown Heights Affair's "You Gave Me Love".
Production
Adapted from album liner notes.[6]
- 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 |
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UK Albums Chart[7] | 10 |
US Billboard 200[8] | 165 |
References
- ^ DiGravina, Tim. "Utah Saints – Utah Saints". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hochman, Steve (7 February 1993). "Utah Saints, 'Utah Saints,' London". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Hunter, James (21 January 1993). "Utah Saints: Utah Saints". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 16 November 2002. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Utah Saints (liner notes). Utah Saints. London. 1992.
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "UTAH SAINTS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com.
- ^ "Utah Saints - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com.