Broadcast (Cutting Crew album)

Broadcast
Standard vinyl edition
Studio album by Cutting Crew
Released 22 November 1986
30 July 1987 (US)
Recorded February–July 1986
Genre
Length 48:33
Label
Producer
Cutting Crew chronology
Broadcast
(1986)		 The Scattering[1]
(1989)
US edition
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Broadcast is the debut studio album by English rock band Cutting Crew. It was first released in the United Kingdom on 22 November 1986, and was later released more widely, including in the United States on 30 July 1987 with different packaging and four remixed tracks ("Any Colour", "One for the Mockingbird", "I've Been in Love Before" and "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"), all of which were released as singles. It was the first album to be released in the US by Virgin Records' new American imprint, Virgin Records America.

Broadcast was re-released by Cherry Red Records on 24 May 2010, with bonus tracks including for the first time on CD "For the Longest Time", the B-side of "(I Just) Died In Your Arms".[3]

Critical reception

In a retrospective review, Michael Sutton of AllMusic gave the album four stars. He said the album "never deserved the hacking [it] received from critics," and said that "the slick guitar rock on Broadcast may not have wowed the rock & roll intelligentsia, but it's a guaranteed crowd-pleaser, an underrated collection of simple, heartfelt love songs and up-tempo pop that reside between the stylistic boundaries of new wave and mainstream rock." He concludes the review by saying the album "is not a creative breakthrough", but is "simply an LP absent of any filler."

Track listing

  1. "Any Colour" (Nick Van Eede; Kevin Scott MacMichael) – 4:57
  2. "One for the Mockingbird" (Van Eede) – 4:23
  3. "I've Been in Love Before" (Van Eede) – 5:09
  4. "Life in a Dangerous Time" (Van Eede) – 4:34
  5. "Fear of Falling" (Van Eede; MacMichael) – 4:50
  6. "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" (Van Eede) – 4:39
  7. "Don't Look Back" (Van Eede; MacMichael) – 4:12
  8. "Sahara" (Steve Boorer; Van Eede) – 4:49
  9. "It Shouldn't Take Too Long" (Van Eede; MacMichael; Colin Farley; Martin Beedle; Mac Norman) – 4:05
  10. "The Broadcast" (Van Eede; Chris Townsend) – 6:33

Remastered and expanded version

  1. "Any Colour" (USA Mix) – 4:58
  2. "One for the Mockingbird" (USA Mix) – 4:27
  3. "I've Been in Love Before" – 5:32
  4. "Life in a Dangerous Time" – 4:36
  5. "Fear of Falling" – 4:55
  6. "(I Just) Died in Your Arms (USA Mix)" – 4:46
  7. "Don't Look Back" – 4:11
  8. "Sahara" – 4:52
  9. "It Shouldn't Take Too Long" – 4:05
  10. "The Broadcast" – 6:39
  11. "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" (12" Mix) – 6:46
  12. "I've Been in Love Before" (Live in London) – 5:16
  13. "The Broadcast"/"Any Colour" (Live in the USA) – 8:03
  14. "For the Longest Time" – 4:29

Personnel

Cutting Crew

  • Nick Van Eede – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards
  • Kevin Scott MacMichael – backing vocals, lead guitar, E-mu Emulator
  • Colin Farley – bass, piano, backing vocals
  • Martin Beedle – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional personnel

  • Gary Barnacle – saxophone
  • David LeBoult, Peter Vitesse – keyboards
  • Jimmy Maelen – keyboards & additional percussion
  • Pete Birch – backing vocals

Production

Singles

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Canadian Albums Chart 11
German Albums Chart 49
Norwegian Albums Chart[6] 3
Swedish Albums Chart[7] 30
UK Albums Chart[4] 41
US Billboard 200[8] 16

Certifications and sales

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[9] Gold 50,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[10] Gold 25,000[10]
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "The Scattering - AllMusic page".
  2. ↑ AllMusic review
  3. ↑ "Cherry Pop Records : Cutting Crew". 7 July 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "CUTTING CREW - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 69.
  6. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "norwegiancharts.com - Cutting Crew - Broadcast". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "swedishcharts.com - Cutting Crew - Broadcast". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Cutting Crew Broadcast Chart History". Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Cutting Crew – Broadcast". Music Canada.
  10. 1 2 "Cutting Crew" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  11. ↑ "British album certifications – Cutting Crew – Broadcast". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Enter Broadcast in the search field and then press Enter.
  12. ↑ "American album certifications – Cutting Crew – Broadcast". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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