Album
Bizarre Fruit
1994 · Electronic, Funk / Soul
4 collectors on Gatefold own this
Bizarre Fruit is an Electronic album by M People, originally released in 1994. On Gatefold: 58 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
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Tracklist
- 1Sight For Sore Eyes6:12
- 2Search For The Hero6:11
- 3Open Your Heart5:42
- 4Love Rendezvous5:25
- 5Precious Pearl6:06
- 6Sugar Town5:41
- 7Walk Away5:47
- 8Drive Time5:31
- 9Padlock6:14
- 10And Finally...5:04
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- House
- polished
- euphoric
- club
"Bizarre Fruit" was originally released in November 1994.
Australian, US & Canadian versions of "Bizarre Fruit" came with alternate cover art, using the 'gallery' image. A remix of "Renaissance" appears as a bonus track (the original appeared on the previous album "Elegant Slumming").
The album apparently wasn't released in Singapore before the release of the 1995 single "Itchycoo Park". There the album was released with a bonus disc, with 5 exclusive live mixes and 4 '[M People] Master Mixes', including the new single (but replicating "Sight For Sore Eyes" which actually appears also on the main album).
The Singapore bonus disc was reused, reassembled and expanded, on "Bizarre Fruit II", released in November 1995. On this wordwide reissue the four 'Master Mixes' on CD2 were moved onto CD1, adding "Itchycoo Park" on the main album track list and discarding two original album mixes in the process. In place of the four 'Master Mixes' by M People, 'outside' remixes of five tracks (by David Morales, David 'Jam' Hall, Brothers In Rhythm, K-Klass and Junior Vasquez) were added on CD2. The 'gallery' image was used for "Bizarre Fruit II" cover art.
Confusingly, later reissues of the album, titled "Bizarre Fruit", come with both cover art designs - and either with or without "Itchycoo Park".
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Andy ConnellMUSICIAN, PIANO PIANO
- Andy GangadeenBASS DRUMS MUSICIAN, DRUMS
- Beverley SkeeteBACKING VOCALS
- Carroll ThompsonBACKING VOCALS
- Ellen BlairMUSICIAN, STRINGS STRINGS
- Fay SimpsonBACKING VOCALS
- Gaëtan SchurrerPROGRAMMED BY
- Graham HarveyMUSICIAN, PIANO PIANO
- Heather SmallVOCALS
- Ivan HusseyMUSICIAN, STRINGS STRINGS
- Jim WilliamsGUITAR
- John ParricelliGUITAR
- John ThirkellMUSICIAN, TRUMPET TRUMPET
- Julian CramptonBASS MUSICIAN, BASS
- Juliet RobertsBACKING VOCALS
- Lynieve AustinBACKING VOCALS
- Mike PickeringKEYBOARDS, PROGRAMMED BY
- Nicky BrownMUSICIAN, PIANO PIANO BACKING VOCALS
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 58 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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