Body & Soul (Rick Astley album)

Body & Soul
Studio album by Rick Astley
Released	20 September 1993 (1993-09-20)
Recorded	August 1992 – June 1993
Genre	Dance-pop pop electronic
Length	45:12
Label	RCA
Producer	Gary Stevenson Rick Astley
Rick Astley chronology
Free (1991) Body & Soul (1993) Keep It Turned On (2001)
Singles from Body & Soul
"The Ones You Love" Released: 23 August 1993 "Hopelessly" Released: 1 November 1993

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Body & Soul is the fourth studio album by English singer Rick Astley released in 1993. It was commercially unsuccessful and became the first album released by Astley to miss the UK album chart. It did enter the Italian album chart at #28. Two singles were released to support the album, "Hopelessly" which charted in the UK at #33 and "The Ones You Love" which peaked at #48.

Following the release of this album, Astley took a hiatus from music for several years until the release of the 2001 single "Sleeping".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Ones You Love"	Rick Astley Dave West	4:40
2.	"Waiting for the Bell to Ring"	Astley West	4:53
3.	"Hopelessly"	Astley Rob Fisher	3:34
4.	"A Dream for Us"	Astley Bruce Roberts	6:07
5.	"Body and Soul"	Astley	4:09
6.	"Enough Love"	Astley Andy Morris Ian Devaney Lisa Stansfield	4:07
7.	"Nature's Gift"	Astley Morris Devaney Stansfield	4:26
8.	"Remember the Days"	Astley Fisher	3:57
9.	"Everytime"	Astley West Gary Stevenson	4:53
10.	"When You Love Someone"	Astley	4:14
Total length:			45:12

Japanese release bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Stop Breaking Your Heart"	Astley Stevenson	4:13
Total length:			49:25

2010 reissue

On 3 May 2010 an expanded edition of Body and Soul was released in a package together with Free, containing remastered and expanded editions of both albums across two discs.

Body & Soul... Plus bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Stop Breaking Your Heart"	Astley Stevenson	4:13
12.	"The Ones You Love" (single edit)	Astley West	4:22
13.	"Hopelessly" (live)	Astley Fisher	3:49
14.	"Move Right Out" (12" mix)	Astley Fisher	6:35
15.	"Never Knew Love" (The 3 Day mix)	Derek Bordeaux John Paul	8:37
16.	"The Ones You Love" (instrumental)	Astley West	4:51

Personnel

Musicians

• Rick Astley – lead vocals, backing vocals (5–7, 9)
• Dave West – keyboards, drum programming, bass (1–3, 10), organ (10)
• Richard Cottle – electric piano (3), keyboards (4, 5, 8), Wurlitzer electric piano (4, 5, 8), synth bass (4, 5, 8)
• Jim Williams – classical guitar (3)
• Tony Patler – guitars (6, 7, 9), Moog bass (6, 7, 9)
• Felix Krish – bass guitar (8)
• Mark Brzezicki – live drums (1)
• Ian Thomas – percussion (2, 4, 6–9)
• Nigel Hitchcock – saxophone (2, 4, 6, 8), guitars (8)
• Derek Green – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6–10)
• Paul "T.J." Lee – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6–10)
• Beverley Skeete – backing vocals (1, 2)
• Gina Foster – backing vocals (10)

Production

• Rick Astley – producer
• Gary Stevenson – producer, engineer
• Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
• Norman Moore – art direction, design
• Paul Cox – photography

Charts

Chart performance for Body & Soul

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)	28
US Billboard 200	185