No. That's Being Boring.
Top of the Pops BBC4
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No. That's Being Boring.
And then nobody else bought any of the other singles off the album.
Agreed, couldn’t even tell you what they were.
Tis a good album actually, though nothing as bop-tastic as Ain't No Doubt. Was very surprised EastWest couldn't get at least one more Top 40 hit out of the era.
The best Jimmy Nail moment for me was the song Paddy McAloon wrote for him....Cowboy Dreams anyone?
As much as I love the "Electronic" album from 1991 - I also enjoyed "Raise the pressure" from 1996. Even though upon release it sounded very 1992 and dated - it has aged very well for me. In 1996 everyone was into Britpop but I loved "Raise the pressure" because it reminded me of 1992 Euro/House/Techno pop. It's my ideal clubbing Music alongside Dead or Alive's "Youthquake" from 1985!
Was LSI a drug reference too that I’ve been totally innocent about and oblivious to for 30 years? I recall having “E’s are good” pointed out to me a few weeks or months after it was number 1, but it occurred to me that I may have been a bit naive about their previous hit too. Or is it really just love, sex, intelligence?
Of topic and I DO apologise, but just gotta say how much I am loving your avatar. Naturally.
Yeah it's strange how it goes, he was so big in the mid-90s....of course after Crocodile Shoes II he did a Best Of (the wonderfully named The Nail File) but his profile dropped almost overnight. Maybe he wanted it that way, maybe his book explains it (could be demons at play).
I remember seeing his follow up single 'Laura' on The Chart Show as an exclusive. I guess people expected something equally quirky as 'Ain't No Doubt' and it wasn't so missed the top 40. But as you say, the corresponding album is fairly decent.
It's interesting that Sophie B Hawkins had featured as a TOTP exclusive a couple of weeks before she charted, despite being unknown in the UK at that point and with no previous hits. Usually exclusives come from established acts. I wonder if she was predicted to be a huge star here so was worth the satellite link and then to fly over to London for this performance.
She was probably getting a decent amount of radio play by that point so it seemed like a safe bet to put her on.
Laura was completely the wrong choice. Killed the campaign.
Columbia/Sony's pulling power, I expect. Plus the US success suggested she was going to repeat it here.
Best single of 1992 for me, but it never quite took off as I hoped.
It felt like it should've been such a massive hit. The same goes for Right Beside You when it only got one place higher a couple of years later.
The missing link between Jimmy Nail and Nick Heyward - did Jimmy cover Nick or was it a completely different song?
Thank you!
My avatar's on 1986 UK Number Ones singles this year!
It was a different song.