Hormonally Yours

Infobox Album | Name = Hormonally Yours
Type = Album
Artist = Shakespears Sister


Released = 1992
Recorded = 1991
Genre = Pop
Length = 49m 52s
Label = London Records
Producer = Shakespears Sister
Alan Moulder
Reviews = *Allmusic (4.5 out of 5 stars) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:npknu3q5anxk link]
Last album = "Sacred Heart"
(1989)
This album = "Hormonally Yours"
(1992)
Next album = "#3"
(2004)

"Hormonally Yours" is the second album released by pop duo Shakespears Sister. The album, released on London Records in 1992, became a critical and commercial success in both the UK and the U.S. The title of the album was derived from the emotional state of band members Siobhan Fahey and Marcella Detroit, who were both pregnant at the time of the recording.

"Hormonally Yours" presented Shakespears Sister as a duo, rather than as a musical project focused on lead singer Fahey, as was the case with their debut album. The songs were co-written by Shakespear's Sister, Robert Feldman (the co-producer of "Sacred Heart") and Fahey's then-husband David A. Stewart, using the pseudonym "Manu Guiot". Fahey and Detroit co-produced "Hormonally Yours" with Alan Moulder.

The first single selected was album opener "Goodbye Cruel World", which had little success globally despite its campy, acclaimed promo video that depicted Fahey and Detroit spoofing classic melodramas such as "Sunset Boulevard" and "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane". The track did manage to crack the "Billboard" Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, a first in the U.S. for the duo.

"Stay", the album's second single, became a huge success, spending eight weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.

The album itself peaked at no.3 in the UK and generated three additional top forty singles (including a remixed version of the album's first single, "Goodbye Cruel World"). The album was certified Double Platinum by th BPI in February 1993. The band toured extensively throughout Europe and North America to promote the album.

"Hormonally Yours" was the last album recorded by Shakespears Sister as a duo. Marcella Detroit exited the act before a third album was recorded.

Track listing

# "Goodbye Cruel World" (Fahey/Guiot/Ferrera)
# "I Don't Care" (Fahey/Detroit/Feldman/Shearmur)
# "My 16th Apology" (Fahey/Detroit/Feldman)
# "Are We In Love Yet" (Fahey/Detroit)
# "Emotional Thing" (Fahey/Detroit)
# "Stay" (Fahey/Detroit/Guiot)
# "Black Sky" (Fahey/Detroit/Ferrera/Guiot)
# "The Trouble With André" (Fahey/Detroit/Ferrera)
# "Moonchild" (Fahey/Detroit)
# "Catwoman" (Fahey/Detroit)
# "Let Me Entertain You" (Fahey/Detroit/Ferrera)
# "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)" (Fahey/Detroit/Guiot)

ingles

* "Goodbye Cruel World" #59 UK
* "Stay" #1 UK, #4 U.S. Ireland #1 Sweden #1
* "I Don't Care" #7 UK, #55 U.S.
* "Goodbye Cruel World" (remix) #32 UK
* "Hello" #14 UK
* "My 16th Apology" #61 UK

Miscellanea

* The synth intro of "Moonchild" was sampled by British hip-hop artist Tricky as the musical backdrop of "Overcome", the opening track on his album "Maxinquaye".

* Fahey and Dave Stewarts's son Django wore the 'SEX' sweatshirt (as worn by Fahey) from the album sleeve; at the 2008 Grammy Awards in LA