Bizarre Fruit
Bizarre Fruit is the third album by the British dance band M People. It was released on 14 November 1994 and charted and peaked at number 4 on the UK Albums Chart, spending one year on the chart before an expanded version of the album, Bizarre Fruit II, was released a year later. In 1996 it was announced that Bizarre Fruit had reached 1.1 million copies sold worldwide.[3] The album Bizarre Fruit and Bizarre Fruit II was certified 5× Platinum in the UK for sales of 1.5 million.[4]
Bizarre Fruit | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 14 November 1994 | |||
Studio | Strongroom Studios (London) | |||
Genre | House, pop | |||
Length | 57:45 | |||
Label | Deconstruction | |||
Producer | M People | |||
M People chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
North American cover | ||||
Singles from Bizarre Fruit | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Spin | 7/10[2] |
The album's two most popular singles were "Sight for Sore Eyes", which reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart and "Search for the Hero", which peaked at No. 9 on the same chart. Other singles released from this album were "Open Your Heart" (#9), "Love Rendezvous" (#32) and "Itchycoo Park" (#11) from the re-released album. In the US, remixes for the song "Padlock" were supplied to club DJs and appeared as the B-side to the CD maxi single of "Search for the Hero". The track reached No. 13 on the Billboard Dance chart.[5]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sight for Sore Eyes" | Pickering, Heard, Small | 6:12 |
2. | "Search for the Hero" | Pickering, Heard | 6:11 |
3. | "Open Your Heart" | Pickering, Heard | 5:42 |
4. | "Love Rendezvous" | Pickering, Heard | 5:24 |
5. | "Precious Pearl" | Pickering, Heard | 6:04 |
6. | "Sugar Town" | Pickering, Heard | 5:41 |
7. | "Walk Away" | Pickering, Heard | 5:48 |
8. | "Drive Time" | Pickering, Heard | 5:30 |
9. | "Padlock" | Tamy Smith | 6:12 |
10. | "And Finally..." | Pickering, Heard, Small | 5:04 |
Total length: | 57:45 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Itchycoo Park" | Marriott, Lane | 6:42 |
12. | "Itchycoo Park" (Morales Classic Club Mix) | Marriott, Lane | 7:53 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Renaissance" (M People Master Mix) | 6:30 |
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1994–96) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] | 28 |
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] | 14 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] | 30 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[9] | 4 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10] | 3 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] | 29 |
UK Albums (OCC)[12] | 3 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13] | 17 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1995) | Position |
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German Albums Chart[14] | 47 |
Release history
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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United Kingdom | 14 November 1994 | Deconstruction | LP | 74321 24081 1 |
CD | 74321 24081 2 | |||
Cassette | 74321 24081 4 | |||
North America | 12 May 1995 | Epic | LP | E 67037 |
CD | EK 67037 | |||
Cassette | ET 67037 | |||
United Kingdom | 7 March 2005 | Sony BMG | CD |
References
- Cooper, William. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- Walters, Barry (June 1995). "Spins". Spin. 11 (3): 99. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- "Who's Selling Where". Billboard. 17 February 1996. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- "BPI Awards". BPI. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- "Search for the Hero (4:09)". last.fm. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- "Austriancharts.at – M People – Bizarre Fruit" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- "Australiancharts.com – M People – Bizarre Fruit". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- "Offiziellecharts.de – M People – Bizarre Fruit" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- "Charts.nz – M People – Bizarre Fruit". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- "Swisscharts.com – M People – Bizarre Fruit". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
- "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- "M People Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 13 August 2018.