Push (Bros album)

Push
Studio album by Bros
Released March 28, 1988
Recorded 1987
Genre Teen pop, dance-pop
Length 42:13
Label CBS
Producer Nicky Graham
Bros chronology
Push
(1988)		 The Time
(1989)The Time1989
Singles from Push
  1. "I Owe You Nothing"
    Released: 31 August 1987
  2. "When Will I Be Famous?"
    Released: 16 November 1987
  3. "Drop The Boy"
    Released: 7 March 1988
  4. "I Owe You Nothing (reissue)"
    Released: 6 June 1988
  5. "I Quit"
    Released: 5 September 1988
  6. "Cat Among the Pigeons / Silent Night"
    Released: 21 November 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Push is the debut album by British pop band Bros and was released on 28 March 1988. The album spawned five hit singles, including the reissue of "I Owe You Nothing" which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1988.[2] The album reached No. 2 in the UK Albums Chart and spent 54 weeks in the Top 75.[3] The album went 4× Platinum in the UK.[4] In late 2013, a 25th Anniversary 3 CD remastered and expanded edition of the album was released on the Cherry Red record label. The song "Silent Night", originally released as a double A-side single with "Cat Among the Pigeons", featured for the very first time on the Push expanded edition.

Track listing

All tracks written by The Brothers (a pseudonym for Nicky Graham)

Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When Will I Be Famous?"Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins5:02
2."Drop The Boy"Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins4:08
3."Ten out of Ten"Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins4:06
4."Liar"Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins3:42
5."Love to Hate You"Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins5:17
Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Owe You Nothing"Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins3:40
2."I Quit"Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins3:32
3."It's a Jungle Out There"Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins4:14
4."Shocked"Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins4:19
5."Cat Among the Pigeons"Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins4:05

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988) Peak
Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 4
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] 5
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[5] 32
European Albums Chart[7] 6
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 7
French Albums (SNEP)[9] 22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 6
Iceland Albums (Tonlist)[11] 2
Irish Albums (IRMA) 1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[12] 7
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[13] 49
New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)[5] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[5] 6
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[14] 31
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[5] 29
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[5] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[3] 2
US Billboard 200[15] 171
Zimbabwe Albums (ZIMA)[16] 10

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[17] 2× Platinum 140,000^
France (SNEP)[18] 2× Gold 200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[19] Gold 250,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[20] 5× Platinum 75,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[21] Platinum 15,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[22] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[23] Gold 25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[24] 4× Platinum 1,200,000^

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

Year-end charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[25] 9
Austrian Albums Chart[26] 22
French Albums Chart[27] 30
German Albums Chart[28] 28
Italian Albums Chart[29] 51
Norwegian Albums Chart (Russetid Period)[30] 8
UK Albums Chart[31] 4

Decade-end charts

Chart (1980–89) Position
UK Albums Chart[32] 53

Chart performance

In the UK Albums Chart, Push was kept off the number 1 spot by the compilation album Now 11 for two weeks, and then by Tracy Chapman's self-titled album for a week, although Push went on to sell more copies than both albums in 1988 and ranked as the 4th best-selling album for that year in the UK.

Credits

Performance

Bros are:
Matt Goss – vocals
Luke Goss – drums
Craig Logan – bass

Also appearing

Nicky Graham – keyboards, programming and arranging
Pete Glenister – guitars
Andy Richards – Fairlight Series III
Jimmie Gallagher – saxophones
Helena Springs – backing vocals (appears by courtesy of Arista)
Dee Lewis – backing vocals (appears by courtesy of Phonogram)
Shirley Lewis – backing vocals

Production

  • Mixed and Produced by Nicky Graham
  • Recorded at Hot Nights Studio, London, England
  • Recorded by Simon Humphrey, Robin Sellers, John Brand
  • Mixed at Sarm Studios (East), London, England
  • Engineered by Christopher Marc Potter
  • Assisted by Alex Osman, Richard Edwards
  • All songs written by The Brothers

   The Brothers is a pseudonym for Nicky Graham.

  • Designed by Three Associates
  • Photography by Neil Matthews

Songs published by Graham Music Publishers Ltd. / Virgin Music (Pubs) Ltd.

Management

Tom Watkins & Mick Newton
with Marc Evans & Rob Holden
at Three Associates

Versions

Europe

  • LP: CBS 460629 1[33]
  • CD: CBS 460629 2[34]
  • CD: CBS 460629 9 (CD Picture Disc)
  • CD: Columbia 460629 2 (2004 reissue)
  • 3CD: Cherry Red CDPOP137 (2013 reissue)

United States

Sources

  • European CD release 1988, catalogue number CBS 460629 2, EAN 5099746062927

References

  1. ↑ Swift, Brendan. Push at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Chart Stats – Bros – I Owe You Nothing {1988}". chartstats.com. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Chart Stats – Bros – Push". chartstats.com. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "British album certifications – Bros – Push". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Type Push in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Bros - Push - swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Bros – Push" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  7. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=bSQEAAAAMBAJ&lr=&rview=1%7Ctitle=Hits of the World – Eurochart|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=30 April 1988
  8. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  9. ↑ InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste Archived 15 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ charts.de
  11. ↑ "Tonlist Top 40". DV. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  12. ↑ Hit Parade Italia – ALBUM 1988
  13. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/3167/ranking/cd_album/
  14. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  15. ↑ Bros | Billboard
  16. ↑
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  17. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1989 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  18. ↑ "French album certifications – Bros – Push" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  19. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Bros; 'Push')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  20. ↑ "Irish album certifications – Bros – Push". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  21. ↑ THE FIELD id (chart number) MUST BE PROVIDED for NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATION.
  22. ↑ "Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990" (in Spanish). Iberautor Promociones Culturales. ISBN 8480486392.
  23. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Bros; 'Push')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  24. ↑ "British album certifications – Bros – Push". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2012. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Push in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  25. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  26. ↑ http://www.austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1988
  27. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  28. ↑ https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1988
  29. ↑ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1988.htm
  30. ↑ "The Top 20 Albums of Russetid 1988". Retrieved 4 February 2015.
  31. ↑ 1980s Albums Chart Archive "Top Albums of 1988" Check |url= value (help). everyhit.com. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  32. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com
  33. ↑ Push (Bros album) at Discogs
  34. ↑ Push (Bros album) at Discogs
  35. ↑ Push (Bros album) at Discogs
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.