Shooting Stars (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Shooting Stars
Type = studio
Artist = Dollar

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Released = September 1979
Recorded = 1978-1979
Genre = Pop, MOR
Length =
Label = Carrere Records
Producer = Christopher Neil
Reviews =
Last album = -
This album = Shooting Stars
(1979)
Next album = "The Paris Collection"
(1980)

"Shooting Stars" is the debut album by the group Dollar. [http://www.dollarsite.co.uk/]

Released in 1979, the album contained the group's first three singles, "Shooting Star", "Who Were You With in the Moonlight" and "Love's Gotta Hold on Me". The album was released on Carrere Records and reached No.36 in the charts. [http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=4722] Five of the nine tracks were written by Dollar members David Van Day and Thereza Bazar, the album was produced by Christopher Neil.

Track "Love Street" was released as an unofficial single after the group had left the label. All of the tracks have been released on CD on various compilation albums. [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shooting-Stars-Dollar-Collection/dp/B00005UBIG]

Track listing

Side One
#Overture
#Shooting Star
#Tokyo
#Star ControlSide Two
#Who Were You With in the Moonlight
#I Need Your Love
#Ring Ring
#Love's Gotta Hold on Me
#Love Street

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Infobox Album
Name = The Very Best of Dollar
Type = compilation
Artist = Dollar


Released = April 1982
Recorded = 1978-1979
Genre = Pop, MOR
Length =
Label = Carrere Records
Producer = Christopher Neil
Reviews =
Last album = "The Paris Collection"
(1980)
This album = The Very Best of Dollar
(1982)
Next album = "The Dollar album "
(1982)

"The Very Best of Dollar"

Dollar left Carrere Records in early 1980 and signed to WEA Records where they went on to find even greater success. Eager to cash in on this, their original label re-released "Shooting Stars" as "The Very Best of Dollar" with a new cover and added track - their fourth and final hit with the label, "I Want To Hold Your Hand". A single was released to co-incide with the album, track "Ring Ring", which clashed with Dollar's latest official single "Give Me Back My Heart". [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=9852] [http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=9855] The album actually improved on its original chart performance,reaching No.31, which was surprising considering that it featured none of Dollar's recent hits and received no promotion from the group themselves. [http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=6898]

Track listing

Side One
#Who Were You With in the Moonlight
#I Need Your Love
#Ring Ring
#Love's Gotta Hold on Me
#Love StreetSide Two
#Overture
#Shooting Star
#Tokyo
#Star Control
#I Want To Hold Your Hand

Chart performance

{| class="wikitable"
-! Release date! Album title! UK Chart position
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September 1979
"Shooting Stars"
36
-
April 1982
"The Very Best of Dollar" "(unofficial release)"
31

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