Writing on the Wall

Writing on the Wall

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"Writing on the Wall" is an album by pop group Bucks Fizz. [ [http://www.ianbairnson.com/discography/bucksfizzwritingwall/bucksfizzwritingwall.htm Guitarist Ian Bairnson site with song clips] ]

Overview

"Writing on the Wall" was a significant album in the Bucks Fizz catalogue for many reasons. Apart from being their final studio album, it was the first album to feature newly recruited member Shelley Preston, who had replaced Jay Aston a year before. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6618443.stm BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Eurovision Talking Shop: Bucks Fizz ] ] It was also their first album on a different record label — Polydor — after their 5-year contract with RCA had finished.Despite this, the album contained three of its ten songs from the RCA days. These being the first two singles, "You and Your Heart so Blue" and "Magical", along with a remix of "I Hear Talk", which was featured on their 1984 album of the same name, but included here as it had since become a big hit in the clubs in both the UK and US. [ [http://www.ianbairnson.com/discography/bucksfizzheartalk/bucksfizzheartalk.htm Ian Bairnson Official Site Discography - Bucks Fizz - I Hear Talk ] ]

The biggest selling point of the album was the top ten comeback hit "New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)", released in May 1986. The song become their first hit in some time and received some of their biggest critical acclaim. The group elected to release a cover version as the follow-up — a reworking of Stephen Stills' "Love the One You're With". The song stalled at No. 47 and the next single, "Keep Each Other Warm", also failed to sell well. [ [http://www.ianbairnson.com/discography/bucksfizzwritingwall/bucksfizzwritingwall.htm Ian Bairnson Official Site Discography - Bucks Fizz - Writing on the Wall ] ]

The album, released in November 1986, could not sustain the comeback success of the "New Beginning" single and, despite positive reviews [ [http://www.mirror.co.uk/showbiz/entertainment/music/2004/12/10/new-albums-89520-14960982/ NEW ALBUMS - Mirror.co.uk ] ] , didn't make a great impression on the charts. Because of this, a planned early 1987 single release of "Love in a World Gone Mad" was shelved.

The album was re-issued on CD in 2004 with bonus tracks. Between 2004 and 2008, alternate versions of the tracks "New Beginning", "You and Your Heart So Blue", "Magical", "Keep Each Other Warm", "Love the One You're With" and "Love in a World Gone Mad" have been released on various Bucks Fizz compilations.

Track listing

Original album

*Side One
#New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)
#You and Your Heart so Blue
#Soul Motion
#Magical
#Keep Each Other Warm
*Side Two
#Love the One You're With
#Love in a World Gone Mad
#Don't Turn Back
#The Company You Keep
#I Hear Talk (Extended Mix)

*The original cassette version of the album also contained the song "Give a Little Love"

2004 Re-issue

#New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) (Original version)
#Soul Motion
#Love the One You're With (Dance Edit)
#Keep Each Other Warm (7" Version)
#Love in a World Gone Mad (New Version 7")
#Don't Turn Back
#The Company You Keep
#Give a Little Love
#In Your Eyes
#Too Hard
#I Need Your Love
#New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) (Ian Levine Club Mix)
#I Hear Talk (1986 Remix)
#Love in a World Gone Mad (New Extended Mix)
#New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) (Ian Levine Dub Mix)

Personnel

*Bobby G - lead vocals on "You and Your Heart so Blue", "Soul Motion", "Magical", "Keep Each Other Warm", "Love the One You're With", "Don't Turn Back", "I Hear Talk", "Too Hard", "I Need Your Love"
*Cheryl Baker - lead vocals on "Give a Little Love", shared on "Love in a World Gone Mad" and "In Your Eyes"
*Mike Nolan - lead vocals on "The Company You Keep"
*Shelley Preston - shared lead vocal on "Love in a World Gone Mad" and "In Your Eyes"

Producers

*Andy Hill
*Bobby G
*David Motion

Reception and reviews

"Writing on the Wall" received some of the group's best reviews.
*Smash Hits awarded the album an 8 out of 10 rating and singled out tracks "New Beginning", "You and your Heart so Blue" and "I Hear Talk" as being particularly strong.
*No. 1 magazine was impressed by the adult rock sound of many of the tracks, but feared that the album wouldn't stand up to repeated listenings. Nevertheless, they gave the album a 4 out of 5 rating.
*The newly established Q Magazine rated the album 3 out of 5 and favoured the tracks "Keep Each Other Warm" and "The Company You Keep".
*In their year-end polls, No. 1 magazine rated Bucks Fizz as the thirteenth best act of 1986, and placed the single, "New Beginning", fifteenth in the best songs of the year.
*"New Beginning" became a much played song on radio during 1986 and elicited many positive comments from DJs, while the song remains a firm fan favourite - repeatedly being placed as their best ever song. [ [http://www.bucksfizzearlyyears.co.uk/top403.htm Bucks Fizz Top 40The Fans Choice ] ]

Chart Performance

[ [http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3429 Chart Stats - Bucks Fizz ] ]

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