Ocean Drive (album)

Ocean Drive
Studio album by Lighthouse Family
Released September 1, 1995 (UK)
Recorded 1995
Length 42:17
Label Wildcard / Polydor
Producer Mike Peden
Lighthouse Family chronology
Ocean Drive
(1995)		 Postcards from Heaven
(1997)Postcards from Heaven1997
Singles from Ocean Drive
  1. "Lifted"
    Released: 22 May 1995 Re-released: 5 February 1996
  2. "Ocean Drive"
    Released: 9 October 1995 Re-released: 27 May 1996
  3. "Goodbye Heartbreak"
    Released: 16 September 1996
  4. "Loving Every Minute"
    Released: 19 November 1996

Ocean Drive is the debut album released by UK duo Lighthouse Family in 1995 on Wildcard / Polydor Records. The album produced one Top 10 hit ("Lifted") and three Top 20 hits ("Ocean Drive", "Goodbye Heartbreak" and "Loving Every Minute").The album spent 154 weeks on the UK album chart and achieved 6 times platinum sales of 1,8 million copies.

Track listing

#TitleChart commentLength
1"Lifted"June 1995, entered chart at #61. February 1996, re-release of Lifted entered chart at #4.4:31
2"Heavenly" 3:47
3"Loving Every Minute"November 1996, entered chart at #20.4:10
4"Ocean Drive"October 1995, entered chart at #34. May 1996, re-release of Ocean Drive entered chart at #11.3:48
5"The Way You Are"5:01
6"Keep Remembering"4:01
7"Sweetest Operator"4:03
8"What Could Be Better"3:57
9"Beautiful Night"4:48
10"Goodbye Heartbreak"September 1996, entered chart at #14.4:11

Personnel

Musicians

  • Tunde Baiyewu  – vocals, background vocals
  • Dave Brewis  – guitar
  • Rupert Brown  – drums
  • Danny Cummings  – percussion
  • Steven Dante  – background vocals
  • Simon Eyre  – guitar
  • David Grant  – background vocals
  • Lain Gray  – background vocals
  • Tee Green  – background vocals
  • Clive Griffin  – guest artist, background vocals
  • Heard But Not Seen  – background vocals
  • Lawrence Johnson  – background vocals
  • Tim Kellett  – flugelhorn, trumpet
  • The London Session Orchestra  – strings
  • Frank Ricotti  – vibraphone
  • Philip Todd  – bass, brass, flute
  • Paul Tucker  – keyboards
  • Pete Wingfield  – piano
  • Gavyn Wright  – violin

Technical

  • Paul Max Bloom  – assistant Engineer
  • Phil Bodger  – mixing
  • Martin Brammer  – composer
  • Oscar Castro-Neves  – composer
  • Junior Giscombe  – composer
  • Alan Glass  – composer
  • Bernie Grundman  – mastering
  • Martin Hayles  – engineer
  • Nick Ingman  – string arrangements
  • Tim Kellett  – composer
  • Tim Laws  – composer
  • Lighthouse Famil  – arranger
  • Michael Peden  – arranger, mixing, producer
  • Mike Peden  – producer
  • Paul Tucker  – composer, keyboards
  • Norman Watson  – photography
  • Mel Wesson  – programming[1]

Charts

Weekly charts

CountryDatePositionSalesComments
United KingdomMarch 199631.8 million+Platinum x6

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
German Albums Chart[2] 97

Reception

References

  1. ↑ "Ocean Drive - Lighthouse Family - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ Ethan Alter. "Ocean Drive Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
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