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Released
  
1989

Blast (1989)
  
Hollelujah (1989)

Release date
  
1989

Genre
  
Dance music

Length
  
42:55

Artist
  
Holly Johnson

Label
  
Uni Records

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Producers
  
Andy Richards, Dan Hartman, Stephen Hague

Similar
  
Soulstream, Dreams That Money C, Hollelujah, Europa, Unleashed From the Pleasuredome

Holly johnson blast 1989 full album


Blast is an album by the British musician Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It was released in 1989 and reached number 1 in the UK Albums Chart and sold over 300,000 copies making it platinum. The album stayed on the charts for 17 weeks. The album features the hits "Love Train", "Americanos", "Atomic City" and "Heavens Here". The album was re-released in November 2009 and again in November 2010.

Contents

As part of the early 2011 fan questions, Johnson marked "Love Will Come" and "Heaven's Here" as his favourite tracks from the album. The album's title Blast came from The Vorticists.

In a 2014 interview with The Arts Desk, Johnson spoke of his reaction to the success of Blast following the stressful nature of his court case with record label ZTT: "The week it got to No.1 I was very... vindicated. That was a transient moment of victory in retrospect. I'd been on the promotional trail, touring and on the endless European television shows that existed in those days, for years and years, since the beginning of '84. Towards the end of '89, with a couple of hit singles and a platinum-selling album. I started to get health worries that ultimately came to consume my life for quite a number of years."

Holly johnson blast expanded edition


Original release

All tracks written by Johnson except "Atomic City" (Johnson, Dan Hartman).

  1. "Atomic City" – 6:15 (UK #18)
  2. "Heaven's Here" – 4:16 (UK #62)
  3. "Americanos" – 3:35 (UK #4)
  4. "Deep in Love" – 3:58
  5. "S.U.C.C.E.S.S." – 3:31
  6. "Love Train" – 4:02 (UK #4)
  7. "Got It Made" – 3:49
  8. "Love Will Come" – 4:28
  9. "Perfume" – 3:33
  10. "Feel Good" – 5:28

Disc 1 - The Blast Album Remastered

  1. "Atomic City" – 6:14
  2. "Heaven's Here" – 4:18
  3. "Americanos" – 3:37
  4. "Deep in Love" – 4:00
  5. "S.U.C.C.E.S.S." – 3:33
  6. "Love Train" – 4:03
  7. "Got It Made" – 3:50
  8. "Love Will Come" – 4:29
  9. "Perfume" – 3:35
  10. "Feel Good" – 5:25

Disc 1 continued - B-Sides and Rarities

  1. "Murder in Paradise" (B-Side of "Love Train") – 6:25
  2. "Americanos (Mambo Dub)" (B-Side of "Americanos") – 4:14
  3. "Beat the System" (B-Side of "Atomic City") – 3:48
  4. "Hollelujah" (B-Side of "Heaven's Here"/From the album "Hollelujah") – 4:08
  5. "Love Me Tender" – 3:09
  6. "Perfume (Aromatherapy Mix)" (From the album "Hollelujah") – 5:58
  7. "Perfume (Aromatherapy Instrumental Mix)" (Previously unreleased) – 4:13

Disc 3 - DVD - The Blast Promotional Videos

  1. "Love Train (Promo Video)"
  2. "Americanos (Promo Video)"
  3. "Atomic City (Promo Video)"
  4. "Heaven's Here (Promo Video)"
  5. "Atomic City (Enviro-Mental 12" Mix) (Promo Video)"

Personnel

  • Holly Johnson - vocals, synthesizer
  • Neil Taylor, Johnny Willett, Vini Reilly, Steve Byrd - guitar
  • Brian May - guitar solo on "Love Train"
  • Nick Bagnall, Andy Richards, Marius de Vries, Steve Howell - keyboards
  • Chris Whitten - drums
  • Danny Cummings, Luís Jardim - percussion
  • Chyna Gordon, Dee Lewis, Suddenly Denise, Stevie Lange, Lance Ellington, Mark Williamson, Vicky Brown - background vocals
  • Guy Barker, John Barclay, John Thirkell, Phil Todd, Stuart Brooks - brass

    • Songs

    1Atomic City6:16
    2Heaven's Here4:14
    3Americanos3:36

    References

    Blast (album) Wikipedia
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