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Bananarama - Wow! album

  • Performer: Bananarama
  • Genre: Electronic
  • Title: Wow!
  • Released: 1987
  • Style: Hi NRG, Synth-pop
  • Country: UK
  • MP3 version size: 1715 mb
  • FLAC version size: 1705 mb
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  • Rating: 4.2
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Description

Bananarama: Sara Dallin: vocals and bass on track 4 Siobhan Fahey: vocals Keren Woodward: vocals and bass on tracks 9 and 10. - Other musicians: Mike Stock: keyboards and Linn programmes Matt Aitken: guitar, keyboards and Linn programmes John O'Hara: keyboards A. Linn: drums Pete Waterman: additional drum patterns Ian Curnow: fairlight programming.

Their second album, Bananarama (UK US (1984) was a more socially conscious effort. The group wanted to be taken more seriously, so wrote songs that focused on heavier topics: "Hotline To Heaven" (UK is a stand against the drugs-are-cool culture; and "Rough Justice" (UK deals with social apathy. In the wake of the success of "Venus," Bananarama began work on the album Wow!. The group's sound graduated towards dance-orientated Europop.

WOW! is the fourth album by Bananarama, released in September 1987. Notes on "Some Girls" and "Strike It Rich". The original LP release of the album included album versions of both songs (respectively 4:19 and 3:25). The original CD included 12-inch versions (respectively 5:47 and 6:00). The 2007 re-issue of Wow! contains the album version of "Some Girls" and contains the shortened faded version of "Strike it Rich" (12" Version) from the "Love, Truth & Honesty – The Remixes" 12" Single – 2:18.

Wow! is the fourth studio album by the British pop girl group Bananarama. The album spawned five singles: I Heard a Rumour, Love in the First Degree, I Can’t Help It, I Want You Back, and Nathan Jones. The album charted moderately at the UK and the US, but topped the Australian charts. I Heard a Rumour became their biggest hit of the album peaking at at their native UK charts, on the Billboard Hot 100, and on the Billboard Dance Club Play charts. Wow! is also the final album that Siobhan Fahey left the group due to musical disputes.

WOW! is the fourth album released in September 1987 by Bananarama. It is entirely produced and co-written with the Stock Aitken Waterman production trio and is the last album by the girl group to generate significant chart hits in the US. Tensions between group member Siobhan Fahey and Stock, Aitken, and Waterman regarding songwriting input and lyrical content (particularly with the track "Strike it Rich") prompted Fahey's departure from Bananarama months after its release. While the album was a moderate success in both the UK and US, it was a particularly big hit in Australia, where it topped the charts. Fahey would resurface in 1989 with her new band Shakespear's Sister.

com/Wow! (Bananarama album). @" is a studio album by John Zorn and Thurston Moore. It is the first collaborative album by the duo and was recorded in New York City in February, 2013 and released by Tzadik Records in September 2013.

Condition is Very Good. Shipped with USPS Media Mail. BANANARAMA Wow 4228280611R1 Masterdisk LP Vinyl VG++ Cover VG+ near ++ Sleeve. ABOUT THE RECORD WOW! is the fourth album released in September 1987 by Bananarama; It peaked at on Billboard 200 in the . Bananarama - Wow.

Bananarama - "Stuff like that" dan tempo remix 123 BPM dj dan ross. But they were not siting there! at the time Bananarama was there? It was a world wide seen TV Show. I never forgot Sara, Karen and Siobhan coming in the studio to sing there songs But this was taped in 1985. And that was not the song that they sang, the whole video is very strange. Bananarama - Really saying something (UK TV show) 1982.

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Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 I Can't Help It 3:30
A2 I Heard A Rumour 3:23
A3 Some Girls 4:17
A4 Love In The First Degree 3:30
A5 Once In A Lifetime 4:04
B1 Strike It Rich 3:27
B2 Bad For Me 3:37
B3 Come Back
Written-By – Nick Trevisick, Richard Belman
3:38
B4 Nathan Jones
Written-By – Kathy Wakefield, Leonard Caston
4:49
B5 I Want You Back 3:52

Credits

  • Backing Vocals – Mike Stock
  • Design [Sleeve Design] – Peter Barrett
  • Drum Programming [Additional Patterns] – Pete Waterman
  • Engineer – Mark McGuire
  • Engineer [Additional] – Jamie Bromfield, Karen Hewitt, Mike Duffy
  • Guitar – Matt Aitken
  • Keyboards [Additional] – John O'Hara
  • Keyboards, Programmed By [Linn] – Matt Aitken, Mike Stock
  • Mixed By – Pete Hammond
  • Mixed By [Additional] – Phil Harding
  • Photography By – Andy Earl
  • Producer, Arranged By – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
  • Programmed By [Fairlight] – Ian Curnow
  • Written-By – Keren Woodward (tracks: A1 to B2, B5), Sarah Dallin (tracks: A1 to B2, B5), Siobhan Fahey (tracks: A1 to B2, B5), Stock/Aitken/Waterman* (tracks: A1 to B2, B5)

Notes

White label. Vinyl manufactured in Greece.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
RAMA 4 Bananarama Wow! ‎(LP, Album) London Records RAMA 4 UK 1987
828 061-2 Bananarama Wow! ‎(CD, Album) Metronome 828 061-2 Germany 1987
WPCR-75258 Bananarama Wow! ‎(CD, Album, RE) London Records WPCR-75258 Japan 2006
KRAM 4 Bananarama Wow! ‎(Cass, Album, Dlx) London Records KRAM 4 UK 1987
RAMAG4, RAMAG 4, RAMA 4, RAMA G4 Bananarama Wow! ‎(LP, Album + 12", Single) London Records, London Records, London Records, London Records RAMAG4, RAMAG 4, RAMA 4, RAMA G4 UK 1988

Tracklist Hide Credits

1 I Can't Help It
Written-By – K. Woodward*, S. Dallin*, S. Fahey*, Stock, Aitken & Waterman
3:33
2 I Heard A Rumor
Written-By – K. Woodward*, S. Dallin*, S. Fahey*, Stock, Aitken & Waterman
3:26
3 Some Girls
Written-By – K. Woodward*, S. Dallin*, S. Fahey*, Stock, Aitken & Waterman
4:21
4 Love In The First Degree
Written-By – K. Woodward*, S. Dallin*, S. Fahey*, Stock, Aitken & Waterman
3:33
5 Once In A Lifetime
Written-By – K. Woodward*, S. Dallin*, S. Fahey*, Stock, Aitken & Waterman
4:05
6 Strike It Rich
Written-By – K. Woodward*, S. Dallin*, S. Fahey*, Stock, Aitken & Waterman
2:20
7 Bad For Me
Written-By – K. Woodward*, S. Dallin*, S. Fahey*, Stock, Aitken & Waterman
3:39
8 Come Back
Written-By – N. Trevisick*, R. Feldman*
3:41
9 Nathan Jones
Written-By – K. Wakefield*, L. Caston*
5:12
10 I Want You Back
Written-By – K. Woodward*, S. Dallin*, S. Fahey*, Stock, Aitken & Waterman
3:53
Bonus Tracks
11 Clean Cut Boy (Party Size)
Written-By – I. Curnow*, K. Woodward*, S. Dallin*, S. Fahey*
4:40
12 Mr Sleaze
Written-By – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
4:45
13 Ecstasy (Wild Style)
Written-By – K. Woodward*, S. Dallin*, S. Fahey*, Stock, Aitken & Waterman
5:37
14 Nathan Jones (WOW 7" Version)
Written-By – K. Wakefield*, L. Caston*
3:03
15 I Want You Back (Single Version)
Written-By – K. Woodward*, S. Dallin*, S. Fahey*, Stock, Aitken & Waterman
3:48
16 Amnesia (The Theme From The Roxy)
Written-By – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
6:29
17 Nathan Jones (Single Version)
Written-By – K. Wakefield*, L. Caston*
3:19

Credits

  • Executive Producer – Kurt Pagan-Davies
  • Mastered By – Dennis Smith
  • Performer – Jacquie O'Sullivan (tracks: 15, 17), Keren Woodward, Sara Dallin*, Siobhan Fahey (tracks: 1 to 14, 16)
  • Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman

Notes

℗ 2007 This compilation: (P) 2007 London Records 90 Ltd

Track 6 is not the album version but the Full Length Club Mix Edit.
Track 14 is stated as the Psycho 7" edit, but it's actually the WOW 7" edit.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
RAMA 4 Bananarama Wow! ‎(LP, Album) London Records RAMA 4 UK 1987
828 061-2 Bananarama Wow! ‎(CD, Album) Metronome 828 061-2 Germany 1987
WPCR-75258 Bananarama Wow! ‎(CD, Album, RE) London Records WPCR-75258 Japan 2006
KRAM 4 Bananarama Wow! ‎(Cass, Album, Dlx) London Records KRAM 4 UK 1987
RAMAG4, RAMAG 4, RAMA 4, RAMA G4 Bananarama Wow! ‎(LP, Album + 12", Single) London Records, London Records, London Records, London Records RAMAG4, RAMAG 4, RAMA 4, RAMA G4 UK 1988

Tracklist

A1 I Can't Help It
A2 I Heard A Rumour
A3 Some Girls (12'' Version)
A4 Love In The First Degree
A5 Once In A Lifetime
B1 Strike It Rich (12'' Version)
B2 Bad For Me
B3 Come Back
B4 Nathan Jones
B5 I Want You Back

Credits

  • A&R [Editor In Chief] – Siniša Škarica
  • A&R [Editor] – Velijko Despot*
  • Arranged By – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
  • Backing Vocals – Mike Stock
  • Drum Machine [Additional Patterns] – Pete Waterman
  • Engineer – Mark McGuire
  • Engineer [Additional] – Jamie Bromfield, Karen Hewitt, Mike Duffy
  • Guitar – Matt Aitken
  • Keyboards – Matt Aitken, Mike Stock
  • Keyboards [Additional] – John O'Hara
  • Management – Hillary Shaw Management
  • Management [American Management] – Bennett Freed, Ron Weisner
  • Mixed By – Pete Hammond
  • Mixed By [Additional Mixes] – Mixmaster-Phil Harding*
  • Photography [Additional] – Carrie Branovan
  • Photography By – Andy Earl
  • Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
  • Programmed By [Fairlight Programming] – Ian Curnow
  • Programmed By [Linn Programmer] – Matt Aitken, Mike Stock
  • Sleeve – Peter Barrett
  • Sleeve [Assistant] – Andrew Biscomb
  • Written-By – Wakefield* (tracks: B4), Woodward* (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, B2, B5), Caston* (tracks: B4), Nick Trevisick (tracks: B3), Richard Belman (tracks: B3), Dallin* (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, B2, B5), Fahey* (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, B2, B5), Stock, Aitken & Waterman (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, B2, B5)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 042282806147

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
RAMA 4 Bananarama Wow! ‎(LP, Album) London Records RAMA 4 UK 1987
828 061-2 Bananarama Wow! ‎(CD, Album) Metronome 828 061-2 Germany 1987
WPCR-75258 Bananarama Wow! ‎(CD, Album, RE) London Records WPCR-75258 Japan 2006
KRAM 4 Bananarama Wow! ‎(Cass, Album, Dlx) London Records KRAM 4 UK 1987
RAMAG4, RAMAG 4, RAMA 4, RAMA G4 Bananarama Wow! ‎(LP, Album + 12", Single) London Records, London Records, London Records, London Records RAMAG4, RAMAG 4, RAMA 4, RAMA G4 UK 1988

Tracklist

1 I Can't Help It
2 I Heard A Rumour
3 Some Girls
4 Love In The First Degree
5 Once In A Lifetime
6 Strike It Rich
7 Bad For Me
8 Come Back
9 Nathan Jones
10 I Want You Back
11 Some Girls (12" Version)
12 Strike It Rich (12" Version)
13 The Bananarama Mega Mix 7:31

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – London Records
  • Copyright (c) – Liberation Records
  • Made By – Disctronics B
  • Manufactured By – Disctronics B

Credits

  • Drums [Additional Drum Patterns] – Pete Waterman
  • Engineer – Mark McGuire
  • Engineer [Additional] – Jamie Bromfield, Karen Hewitt, Mike Duffy
  • Keyboards [Additional] – John O'Hara
  • Keyboards, Programmed By [Linn Programmes], Backing Vocals – Mike Stock
  • Keyboards, Programmed By [Linn Programmes], Guitar – Matt Aitken
  • Mixed By – Mixmaster Pete Hammond*, Mixmaster Phil Harding*
  • Producer – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
  • Programmed By [Fairlight Programming] – Ian Curnow
  • Written-By – Woodward*, Dallin*, Fahey*, Stock, Aitken & Waterman

Notes

Track 13: The Bananarama Megamix 1987 (12" Long Version) 7:31 *
Includes:
I Can't Help It,
Love In The First Degree,
Some Girls,
I Heard A Rumour,
Bad For You
* exclusive to this Australian CD Release

WOW ! (MEGAMIX) / THE BANANARAMA MEGA-MIX [NON-UK SINGLE]
Written by Dallin/Fahey/Woodward/Stock/Aitken/Waterman
Produced by Stock, Aitken, Waterman for PWL Productions
Megamixed by Tony King for PWL Ltd

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: MADE BY DISCTRONICS B **CDLIB5146** 701

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
RAMA 4 Bananarama Wow! ‎(LP, Album) London Records RAMA 4 UK 1987
828 061-2 Bananarama Wow! ‎(CD, Album) Metronome 828 061-2 Germany 1987
WPCR-75258 Bananarama Wow! ‎(CD, Album, RE) London Records WPCR-75258 Japan 2006
KRAM 4 Bananarama Wow! ‎(Cass, Album, Dlx) London Records KRAM 4 UK 1987
RAMAG4, RAMAG 4, RAMA 4, RAMA G4 Bananarama Wow! ‎(LP, Album + 12", Single) London Records, London Records, London Records, London Records RAMAG4, RAMAG 4, RAMA 4, RAMA G4 UK 1988

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