Released August 1982 Label Jive Records | Genre Pop, MOR Producer Tim Friese-Greene | |
Recorded Battery Studios, London | ||
Tight Fit is a 1982 album by the British pop group Tight Fit.
The album featured the No.1 single "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" as well as the top five hit "Fantasy Island". Tracks "Secret Heart" and "I'm Undecided" were released as singles also, but achieved less success. The album itself peaked at a relatively low No.87. This was Tight Fit's second album, albeit the first with this line-up. Soon after the album's release, two of the members, Julie Harris and Denise Gyngell departed the group and were replaced by two other female singers to re-record (and promote) the "I'm Undecided" single. The album was produced by Talk Talk future producer Tim Friese-Greene. Tight Fit was one of the first albums released on the fledgling Jive Record label, which from these humble beginning went on to be a major player in the industry for the next 30 years.
In 1986, Samantha Fox recorded the song "Baby I'm Lost for Words" for her debut album (which was released on the same label). The song "Secret Heart" was reworked into "Time Machine", a track on the 1984 Barbra Streisand album Emotion.
This album was re-released later on the Music for Pleasure label as The Lion Sleeps Tonight with an added track, "High Wire" (a 1983 B-side).
Track listing
Side One
- "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (Albert Stanton, George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, Paul Campbell, Solomon Linda) 3.18
- "Fantasy Island" (Martin Duiser, Piet Souer) 3.26
- "Hearts of Stone Break Hearts of Glass" (Tony Waddington) 3.58
- "One Two Three" (Guy Fletcher, J. Bird) 3.09
- "Secret Heart" (Brian Fairweather, Martin Page) 3.44
Side Two
- "I'm Undecided" (Stevie Lange, Tim Friese-Greene) 3.52
- "Just a Moment Away" (Simon May) 4.04
- "Baby I'm Lost for Words" (Ken Gold, Michael Denne) 3.46
- "One Thing Leads to Another" (Edwin Howell) 3.37
- "Magic Eyes" (Fairweather, Page) 3.34