Bananarama – Wow!

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Wow! is the fourth studio album by English group Bananarama, released on 4 September 1987 by London Records. The album was entirely produced and co-written with the Stock Aitken Waterman production trio. Tensions between group member Siobhan Fahey and Stock, Aitken, and Waterman regarding songwriting input and lyrical content (particularly with the track “Strike It Rich”[citation needed]) prompted Fahey’s departure from Bananarama five months after its release.

The group’s sound successfully shifted towards dance-oriented Europop under the direction of Pete Waterman, but the creative process on the project was often fraught, with Matt Aitken describing the band’s contribution to songwriting as minimal outside of suggesting song titles. Karen Hewitt, who was the engineer at the songwriting sessions made clear that Bananarama very much tried to be involved in the creative process but that this was not made easy by Mike and Matt who wanted to work very quickly. Bananarama was, however, very assertive and opinionated during the sessions.

By the time the album’s fourth single, “I Want You Back”, was released in March 1988, Fahey had been replaced with Jacquie O’Sullivan, who re-recorded the vocals for the single version of the song. Fahey would resurface later in 1988 with her new band, Shakespeare Sister.

The album reached number 26 on the UK Albums Chart and number 44 on the US Billboard 200, while peaking at number one in Australia. The album was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on 3 February 1988.

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London Records RAMA 4, 828 061-1 Stereo LP, Album UK 1987-09-07

Side 1.

1. I Can’t Help It
2. I Heard A Rumour
3. Some Girls
4. Love In The First Degree
5. Once In A Lifetime

Side 2.

1. Strike It Rich
2. Bad For Me
3. Come Back
4. Nathan Jones
5. I Want You Back

Credits:

Drum Programming [Additional Drum Patterns] – Pete Waterman
Engineer – Mark McGuire
Engineer [Additional] – Jamie Bromfield, Karen Hewitt, Mike Duffy
Keyboards [Additional] – John O’Hara
Keyboards, Drum Programming [Linn Programmes], Backing Vocals – Mike Stock
Keyboards, Drum Programming [Linn Programmes], Guitar – Matt Aitken
Management – Hillary Shaw Management
Management [American] – Bennett Freed, Ron Weisner
Mixed By – Mixmaster Pete Hammond
Mixed By [Additional Mixes By] – Mixmaster Phil Harding
Photography By – Andy Earl
Photography By [Additional] – Carrie Branovan
Producer, Arranged By – Stock, Aitken & Waterman
Programmed By [Fairlight] – Ian Curnow
Sleeve, Design – Peter Barrett
Sleeve, Design [Assisted By] – Andrew Biscomb
Written-By – Wakefield, Woodward, Caston, Nick Trevisick, Richard Belman, Dallin, Fahey, Stock/Aitken/Waterman

Media Condition: Mint- (M-)
Sleeve Condition: Mint- (M-)

Issued with a photo/credits inner sleeve.

Matt sleeve with spot-varnished title on front and rear cover.

 

 

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 0 42282 80611 6
Matrix / Runout PACLZ 4092
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Matrix / Runout RAMA 4 A // 1 ▽ 420 R 12 1
Matrix / Runout RAMA 4 B // 1 ▽ 420 R 12 1
Matrix / Runout RAMA 4 A [B crossthrough] // 1 ▽ 420-R 11 1 1 [crossthrough]
Matrix / Runout RAMA 4 B [A crossthrough] // 1 ▽ 420 R 1 1 1

 

 

 

 

Additional information

Weight 0,5 kg