Belinda (Belinda Carlisle album)

Infobox Album
Name = Belinda
Type = Studio album
Artist = Belinda Carlisle


Released = June? 1986
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length = 37:08
Label = I.R.S. Records
Producer = Michael Lloyd
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:r1uf6j4h71w0 link]
Last album = —
This album = "Belinda" (1986)
Next album = "Heaven on Earth" (1987)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Original artwork
Type = studio


Lower caption =

"Belinda" is the first solo album by Belinda Carlisle, notable as her first recording after the break-up of new wave band Go-Go's, for whom she was lead singer. Released in mid-1986 it featured a hit single "Mad About You" which went to #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #1 in Canada.

Track listing

#"Mad About You" (Paula Jean Brown, James Whelan, Mitchel Young Evans) - 3:36
#"I Need a Disguise" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg, Susanna Hoffs) - 3:55
#"Since You've Gone" (Charlotte Caffey, Lindsey Buckingham, J. Segal) - 3:12
#"I Feel the Magic" (C. Caffey, J. Segal) - 3:20
#"I Never Wanted a Rich Man" (C. Caffey) - 4:12
#"Band of Gold" (Ron Dunbar, Edyth Wayne) - 3:42
#"Gotta Get to You" (C. Caffey, B. Carlisle, P. J. Brown, J. Whelan) - 4:06
#"From the Heart" (C. Caffey, Tom Caffey) - 3:12
#"Shot In the Dark" (P. J. Brown, J. Whelan) - 3:23
#"Stuff and Nonsense" (Tim Finn) - 4:30
#"Mad About You" (extended version) - 5:26 *
#"Band of Gold" (extended version, featuring Freda Payne) - 6:42 *
#"Band of Gold" (dub mix, featuring Freda Payne) - 7:43 *
#"Band of Gold" (single mix, featuring Freda Payne) - 3:41 *

*Tracks 11-14 are bonus tracks on the 2003 UK CD reissue.

ingles

The following singles were released from the album, with the highest charting positions listed.

Album credits

Personnel

*Belinda Carlisle - vocals
*Charlotte Caffey - guitars
*Laurence Juber - guitars
*Andy Taylor - guitars, solo on "Mad About You"
*David Lindley - guitars
*Paul Leim - drums
*Paula Brown - Bass
*Dennis Belfield - bass
*Phil Shenale - keyboards
*Bobby Martin - keyboards, saxophone on "Gotta Get to You"
*Michael Lloyd - keyboards
*Claudia Godette - keyboards
*Nicky Hopkins - keyboards
*Jim Cox - keyboards
*Paulinho DaCosta - percussion
*John Rosenberg - trumpet on "Stuff and Nonsense"
*John D'Andrea - string arrangements on "Since You've Gone", "Band of Gold" and "Stuff and Nonsense"

Background Vocals

*Charlotte Caffey
*Belinda Carlisle
*Susanna Hoffs
*Paula Brown
*Tom Kelly
*Billy Steinberg
*Nathan Lam
*Jane Wiedlin
*Elisa Fox
*The Waters

Production

*Producer & Arranger: Michael Lloyd
*Engineers: Carmine Rubino
*Associate Producer: Nathan Lam
*Assistant Engineers: Dan Nebenzal
*Remixing: William Orbit
*Strings directed by: Sid Sharp

*Additional Vocal Production: Ellen Shipley & Robert Feist
*Photography: Matthew Rolston & Bradford Bramson
*Art Direction & Design - Belinda Carlisle & Carl Grasso

Chart performance

Album certifications

*U.S. Certification: Gold (500,000 as of Nov. 1986)
*Canada Certification: Platinum (100,000 as of Jan. 1987)