Diamond (Spandau Ballet album)
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Studio album by Spandau Ballet | ||||
Released | 5 March 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1981-82 | |||
Genre | New wave | |||
Length | 39:16 | |||
Label | Chrysalis Records | |||
Producer | Richard James Burgess | |||
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Diamond is the second studio album by Spandau Ballet. It was released on 5 March 1982 by Chrysalis Records.[2] The album was promoted with the single "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)", which was released in 1981, a full year before the album, and it reached #3 in the UK Singles Chart. The last single released, "Instinction", reached #10. The album was re-released in a remastered and expanded 2 CD Special Edition on 8 March 2010.
Releases
Diamond was originally released on vinyl (CDL 1353) and cassette (ZCDL 1353) in the UK in 1982, and a limited edition 4x12" box version of the album (CBOX 1353) soon followed the same year. Most of the tracks included in the box set were extended versions of the album tracks (with "Pharaoh", "Innocence and Science" and "Missionary" only being slightly edited). A colour poster and lyric sheet were also included in the box. Only two of the tracks were issued on a single; these were the extended versions of "She Loved Like Diamond," which is identical to the UK 12" A-side, and the 8 minute "Chant No. 1 (re-mix)," which was later included as a B-side to the UK 12" of "Instinction." The rest of the remixed cuts were unique mixes to be found only in this box, though in 2002 the tracks "Instinction" and "Coffee Club" were included in the "Reformation" 3xCD box and in 2010 all the mixes appeared on Disc 1 of the 2 CD Special Edition of Diamond.
Track listing
All songs written by Gary Kemp.
Original release
- "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)" – 4:07
- "Instinction" – 4:47
- "Paint Me Down" – 3:45
- "Coffee Club" – 5:32
- "She Loved Like Diamond" – 2:56
- "Pharaoh" – 6:37
- "Innocence and Science" – 4:27
- "Missionary" – 7:00
Limited 4 x 12" Box Set – CBOX 1353
12" single 1
- "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) [Remix]" – 8:03
- "Instinction [Remix]"- 6:57
12" single 2
- "Paint Me Down [Remix]" – 6:22
- "Coffee Club [Remix]" – 6:48
12" single 3
- "She Loved Like Diamond [Extended Version]" – 3:37
- "Pharaoh" – 6:37
12" single 4
- "Innocence and Science" – 4:27
- "Missionary" – 7:00
2010 special edition
Disc one
- "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)"
- "Instinction"
- "Paint Me Down"
- "Coffee Club"
- "She Loved Like Diamond"
- "Pharaoh"
- "Innocence and Science"
- "Missionary"
- "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On) (Remix)"
- "Instinction (Remix)"
- "Paint Me Down (Remix)"
- "Coffee Club (Remix)"
- "She Loved Like Diamond (Remix)"
Disc two
- "Feel The Chant" (7" Version)
- "Man With Guitar"
- "Gently"
- "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)" (12" Version)
- "Feel The Chant" (12" Version)
- "Paint Me Down" (12" Version)
- "Re-Paint"
- "Instinction (Trevor Horn Remix)"
- "The Freeze (BBC In Concert)"
- "To Cut A Long Story Short (BBC In Concert)"
- "Glow (BBC In Concert)"
- "Paint Me Down (BBC In Concert)"
- "Instinction/Chant No. 1 (BBC In Concert)"
Personnel
- Tony Hadley – lead vocals, synthesizers
- Gary Kemp – guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
- Martin Kemp – bass, backing vocals
- Steve Norman – guitar, percussion, saxophone, backing vocals
- John Keeble – drums, backing vocals
References
- ↑ LeRoy, Dan. "Spandau Ballet: Diamond > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ↑ Official discography