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Breaking Glass (album)

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Released
  
1980

Release date
  
1980

Producer
  
Tony Visconti

Artist
  
Hazel O'Connor

Movie
  
Breaking Glass

Label
  
A&M Records

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Genres
  
Alternative rock, New-age music

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Breaking Glass is the debut album by the English singer Hazel O'Connor. It is the soundtrack album to the film Breaking Glass, featuring songs written and performed by O'Connor who also stars in the film. It was released in 1980 by A&M Records.

Contents

The album reached number 5 in the UK Album Charts, remaining on the chart for 38 weeks and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry. Several songs from the album were released as singles, the most successful being "Eighth Day" and "Will You" which both reached the UK Top 10.

When O'Connor toured the UK to promote the album, she selected as her opening act a then-unknown group called Duran Duran which gave them the exposure to secure a recording contract.

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Track listing

All tracks written by Hazel O'Connor and published by Albion Music Ltd.

Side 1

  1. "Writing On The Wall" – 3:20
  2. "Monsters In Disguise" – 3:22
  3. "Come Into The Air” – 3:42
  4. "Big Brother" – 3:04
  5. "Who Needs It" – 3:09
  6. "Will You?" – 4:49

Side 2

  1. "Eighth Day" – 3:11
  2. "Top Of The Wheel" – 3:15
  3. "Calls The Tune" – 3:00
  4. "Blackman" – 3:44
  5. "Give Me An Inch" – 3:08
  6. "If Only" - 4:15

The Band

  • Bob Carter – Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
  • Wesley Magoogan – Saxophones
  • Rick "Pinky" Ford – Bass
  • Andy Duncan – Drums, Percussion
  • Tony Visconti – Keyboards, Vocals
  • Hazel O'Connor – Keyboards, Vocals
  • Production

  • Produced and Arranged by Tony Visconti
  • Recorded and Mixed at Good Earth Studios, London
  • Engineered by Tony Visconti, Kit Woolven and Gordon Fordyce
  • Album Design and Art Direction by Chuck Beeson
  • Album Photography by George Whitear
  • Film

  • Executive Producer – Dodi Fayed
  • Produced by Davina Belling and Clive Parsons
  • Written and Directed by Brian Gibson
  • Film Studio – Allied Stars Ltd
  • Songs

    1Writing on the Wall3:21
    2Monsters in Disguise3:25
    3Come Into the Air3:45

    References

    Breaking Glass (album) Wikipedia