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Sports Car (album)

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Sports Car
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1980
RecordedFebruary 1980
StudioThe Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England
GenrePop rock
Length38:05
LabelRocket
ProducerPaul Muggleton, Mike Paxman, Judie Tzuke
Judie Tzuke chronology
Welcome to the Cruise
(1979)
Sports Car
(1980)
I Am the Phoenix
(1981)
Singles from Sports Car
  1. "The Choices You've Made" / "Ladies Night"
    Released: 1980
  2. "Understanding" / "It's the Night"
    Released: 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Smash Hits7½/10[1]

Sports Car is the second album by the British singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke, released in 1980. The album peaked at no.7 in the UK,[2] Tzuke's only Top Ten record and highest ever chart position. It was certified Silver in 1981 by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 60,000 copies.[3]

Initially released on vinyl album and cassette by The Rocket Record Company, Sports Car was reissued on CD in 2000 by Tzuke's own record company, Big Moon Records.

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Judie Tzuke and Mike Paxman, except "Rain on the Hills" by Tzuke, Paxman and Paul Muggleton

Side one
  1. "Sports Car" – 5:42
  2. "Nightline" – 3:30
  3. "Chinatown" – 4:41
  4. "Understanding" – 3:40
Side two
  1. "The Choices You've Made" – 4:08
  2. "The Rise of Heart" – 4:50
  3. "Living on the Coast" – 4:51
  4. "Molly" – 3:04
  5. "Rain on the Hills" – 3:30

Personnel

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Band members
Production
  • Paul Hart – arrangements on tracks 3, 5, 7 and 8
  • Steve Taylor – engineer, mixing
  • Steve Prestage, Alan Douglas, Nick Thomas, Richard Manwaring – assistant engineers
  • Chalkie Davies – cover photography

Charts

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Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 67
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 7

References

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  1. ^ Cranna, Ian. "Albums". Smash Hits (15–28 May 1980): 31.
  2. ^ "Judie Tzuke Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ^ "BPI Awards Database: Search for Judie Tzuke". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 313. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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