Pop Life (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Pop Life
Type = Album
Artist = Bananarama


Released = May 1991
Recorded = September 1990- April 1991
Genre = Pop/Dance
Length =
Label = London
Producer = Youth
Stock/Aiken/Waterman
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wmf2zf0heh3k link]
Last album = "Greatest Remixes Collection"
(1990)
This album = "Pop Life"
(1991)
Next album = "Please Yourself"
(1993)

"Pop Life" is the fifth studio album released by British girl group Bananarama in 1991 and is the only album released which features Jacquie O'Sullivan, who replaced Siobhan Fahey in Bananarama upon her departure in 1989. This album marks the end of the group's association with the Stock Aitken Waterman production team (they produced only two songs) as most of "Pop Life" was produced by Youth (real name Martin Glover). UK singer Zoë provided backing vocals on "Long Train Running".

Upon its release "Pop Life" did earn some positive reviews from critics but was a commercial failure, peaking at number forty-two in the UK. Four mid-charting singles were issued from the album, and following the release of "Tripping on Your Love", O'Sullivan left the group, leaving members Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward to continue as a duo.

The album was a departure from their previous albums as it incorporates a much more diverse range of musical genres, including flamenco guitar (a cover of the Doobie Brothers song "Long Train Running" featuring Alma de Noche, a pseudonym for the Gypsy Kings), retro-rock ("Only Your Love", "Outta Sight"), acid house ("Tripping on Your Love"), reggae ("What Colour R the Skies Where U Live?"), experimental club ("Megalomaniac"), and their hallmark Eurodisco sound ("Preacher Man", "Ain't No Cure").

On March 19, 2007, Bananarama's first six studio albums were re-issued by Rhino Records. All re-issues are remastered and each includes several bonus tracks, consisting of B-sides and remixes.

Track listing

#"Preacher Man" (Caine/Dallin/Youth) — 3:15
#"Long Train Running" (Johnson) — 3:31
#"Only Your Love" (Dallin/Glover/Youth) — 3:58
#"What Color R the Skies Where U Live?" (Caine/Dallin/O'Sullivan/Youth) — 4:27
#"Is Your Love Strong Enough" (Dallin/Jolley) — 5:07
#"Tripping on Your Love" (Caine/Dallin/Schoeger/Youth) — 3:20
#"Ain't No Cure" (Aitken/Dallin/Stock/Waterman) — 3:27
#"Outta Sight" (Caine/Dallin/Youth) — 4:31
#"Megalomaniac" (Caine/Dallin/Waller/Youth) — 6:16
#"I Can't Let You Go" (Caine/Dallin/O'Sullivan/Woodward/Youth) — 6:10
#"Heartless" (Caine/Dallin/Woodward) — 3:22
#"Preacher Man" (Ramabanana Alternative Mix) — 7:31

2007 re-issue bonus tracks

#"Heartless"
#"Only Your Love" (7-inch mix)
#"Preacher Man" (Alternative 7-inch mix)
#"Megalomaniac" (edit)
#"Tripping on Your Love" (Single mix)
#"What Color R the Skies Where U Live?" (Jagged Mix)
#"Ain't No Cure" (Alternative version)