Trust (Brother Beyond album)
Trust | ||||
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Studio album by Brother Beyond | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Recorded |
"Townhouse" "Olympic Studios" / London (recording and mix); "Abbey Road Studios" (mastering) | |||
Genre | Pop rock, electronic, downtempo, synthpop | |||
Length | 41 min : 10 sec | |||
Label | EMI / Parlophone / Gong | |||
Producer | various (see Credits) | |||
Brother Beyond chronology | ||||
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Trust is the second album of the British boy band / pop group Brother Beyond, released in 1989, by EMI / Parlophone (later re-released by Gong label). It was their last album, since they disbanded, shortly after the release of one more single, a non-album track, called "The Girl I Used to Know", a minor hit in the United States, in 1991. After their two major hits, "The Harder I Try" and "He Ain't No Competition", written for them by famous producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman, the band, as lead singer Nathan Moore puts it on his Official Website, "made the classic mistake of thinking they did not need Stock Aitken and Waterman... We wrote the whole of the next album ourselves and (it) bombed totally". The three singles taken from the Trust album were only minor hits, getting no higher than the UK Top 40. The first, "Drive On", which was also the opening track of Side 2 on the vinyl edition, got to Number 39, in October 1989. The second, "When Will I See You Again?", a soulful ballad by The Three Degrees (written by popular composing duo Gamble & Huff), stopped at Number 43, in December 1989. The third and last, "Trust", the title-track and opener to the whole album, stalled at Number 53, in March 1990.
Track listing
- "Trust" - 3:58 (C Fysh/D White)
- "You Never Tell Me" - 3:43 (C Fysh/D White/J Lorber)
- "I Believe in You" - 4:27 (C Fysh/D White)
- "Now I'm Alone with You" - 3:46 (C Fysh/D White)
- "Let Me Decide" - 4:21 (C Fysh/D White)
- "Drive On" - 4:05 (C Fysh/D White)
- "Perfect Love" - 3:50 (C Fysh/D White/S Alexander/J Lorber)
- "When Will I See You Again" - 3:34 (Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff)
- "Universal" - 3:33 (C Fysh/D White)
- "Outside Our Lives" - 5:53 (C Fysh/D White)
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1989) | Peak Position |
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UK Albums Chart[1] | 60 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[2] | Gold | 100,000^ |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
Singles from the album
Personnel
- Nathan Moore: lead vocals
- David White: guitar
- Carl Fysh: keyboards
- Steve Alexander: drums / percussion
Musicians
- Dizzie Heights (Viceroy Records): rap track 5
- Beverley Skeete, Claudia Fontaine, Janice Hoyte, John Sloman, Leroy Osbourne: background vocals
- Phil Palmer: guitar
- Phil Todd: saxophone
- Guy Barker: trumpet, flugelhorn
- Andy Wright: keyboards
- Jeff Lorber (Warner Bros. Records), Steve Pigott: keyboards, programming
Production
- Brother Beyond: production tracks 5 & 10
- Jeff Lorber: production & arrangement tracks 1 to 4, 6 to 9
- Keith Cohen: production & engineering tracks 1 to 4, 6 & 9; mix tracks 1, 2, 6 & 9
- Nick Webb: mastering
- Hugo Nicolson: engineering tracks 7 & 8; additional engineering tracks 3 & 4
- Steve "Barney" Chase: additional engineering tracks 3 & 4
- Adam Moseley: engineering, production & mix tracks 5 & 10; additional engineering track 8
- Pete Schwier: mix tracks 3 & 8
- Bryan "Chuck" New: mix tracks 4 & 7
Staff
- Michael Roberts: photography
- The Leisure Process: design and art direction
- Simon Carter, Steve Margo for Management One: management
- Friends of Brother Beyond; London: fan club
- Gerry Barad for Brockum; London, New York City, Toronto, Sydney: merchandising
- Clive Black, Loraine Trent: special collaborators
Release details
Country | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue # |
UK | 1989 | LP | EMI-Parlophone | HCDL 37373 |
Hungary | CD | Gong | 64 7934131 |
References
- ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/brother%20beyond/
- ↑ "British album certifications – Brother Beyond – Trust". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2012. Enter Trust in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
External links
- Discogs: cover, product details, track listing and credits of the Trust album, with links to all related performers.
- Nathan Moore Official: includes a detailed history and discography of Brother Beyond.
- MySpaceTV: short clip of Brother Beyond being interviewed in 1988.