Under the Blue Moon

Infobox Album
Name = Under the Blue Moon
Type = Tribute album
Artist = New Edition
Background = thistle


Released = May 22, 1986 flagicon|United States (United States)
June 27, 1986 flagicon|United Kingdom (United Kingdom)
September 27, 1986 flagicon|Barbados (Barbados)
October 25, 1986 flagicon|China (China)
December 30, 1986 flagicon|France (France)
January 23, 1987 flagicon|Seychelles (Seychelles)
Recorded = January 18, 1986 – April 19, 1986, Los Angeles, California, Manhattan, New York, New York City, USA
Genre = R&B/doo-wop
Label = MCA
Length = 33:31
Producer = Bill Dernn, Freddie Perren, Ric Jr. Wyatt
Reviews =
Last album = "Christmas All Over the World"
(1985)
This album = "Under the Blue Moon"
(1986)
Next album = "Heart Break"
(1988)

"Under the Blue Moon" is a tribute album released by R&B group New Edition on the MCA label on May 22, 1986. Their fourth album and third with MCA and first album after New Edition member Bobby Brown was voted out of the group, the group was going a transitional phase during this period. It is the their only album as a quartet.

The album was certified triple platinum by the RIAA on May 23, 1987. (a day and a year later when the album was released.)

Overview

History

According to the group members in a recent documentaryFact|date=May 2007, a reason why New Edition released so many albums between 1984's "New Edition" and this album, after selling over two million records of "New Edition", they discovered they were not signed to MCA the label per se, but to a production company named Jump-Shoot Productions, which also had inked a deal with MCA. Shelving money they earned from touring, they often went back in the studio to renege their deal with Jump-Shoot and eventually re-signed with MCA.

Release and reaction

The album went gold based on the airplay of their cover of the seminal 1950s hit, "Earth Angel", which was featured off the soundtrack of the first sequel to "The Karate Kid". In the video, the boys pursue a hard-to-get woman, who has no idea that the boys singing to her and trying in vain to get her attention are actually New Edition until she catches them signing autographs for female seekers and finds out too late as the band heads back on their limo. This would be the group's final album while negotiating with MCA, with which they would later re-sign with. In late 1986 it was announced that Johnny Gill would fill former group member Bobby Brown's position in the group.

Track listing

#"Earth Angel" (Williams/Williams) (3:59)
#"A Million to One" (Medley) (2:34)
#"Duke of Earl" (Dixon/Edwards/Williams) (3:02)
#"(Hey There) Lonely Girl" (Carr/Shuman) (3:39)
#"A Thousand Miles Away" (Miller/Sheppard) (2:56)
#"What's Your Name?" (Johnston) (4:36)
#"Tears on My Pillow" (Bradford/Lewis) (3:56)
#"Blue Moon" (Hart/Rodgers) (2:23)
#"Since I Don't Have You" (Beaumont/Rock) (2:47)
#"Bring Back the Memories" (Perren/Wyatt) (3:39)

Credits

*Ricky Bell: vocals
*Michael Bivins: vocals
*Ronnie DeVoe: vocals
*Ralph Tresvant: vocals