Deep Sea Skiving

Deep Sea Skiving is the debut studio album by British vocal group Bananarama, released on 7 March 1983 by London Records. The album peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart[11] and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).[12]

Deep Sea Skiving
Studio album by
Bananarama
Released7 March 1983 (1983-03-07)
Recorded1981–1982
Genre
Length37:59
40:16 (Japanese version)
LabelLondon
Producer
Bananarama chronology
Deep Sea Skiving
(1983)		 Bananarama
(1984)
Singles from Deep Sea Skiving
  1. "Aie a Mwana"
    Released: 28 September 1981
  2. "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"
    Released: 29 March 1982
  3. "Shy Boy"
    Released: 21 June 1982
  4. "Cheers Then"
    Released: 22 November 1982
  5. "He's Got Tact (Japan only)"
    Released: 1982
  6. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
    Released: 14 February 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Baltimore Sun[2]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[3]
Record Mirror[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Smash Hits4/10[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[8]
Stylus MagazineA[9]
The Village VoiceB−[10]

The inner-sleeve of the vinyl release contained numerous photos of the group, several of them in childhood. These pictures were reproduced in the 2013 Deluxe Edition CD/DVD re-issue.

On 19 March 2007, Bananarama's first six studio albums (including Deep Sea Skiving) were re-issued by Rhino Records. All tracks on Deep Sea Skiving were remastered and it included several bonus tracks, consisting of B-sides, remixes and a cover of the Sex Pistols song "No Feelings".

Background and recording

Two of the album's tracks, "Really Saying Something" and "Aie a Mwana", were drawn from previously recorded singles. Bananarama recorded three tracks ("Shy Boy", "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)", and "Boy Trouble") with Jolley & Swain producing, but dismissed the duo in the middle of the album's recording and recruited Barry Blue to produce the rest of the album. Siobhan Fahey explained, "[Jolley & Swain] wanted us to do their songs, not ours. They wanted a 1980s version of the old girl groups, disembodied voices. They didn't see us as voices with ideas."[13] Despite this, Jolley & Swain would be brought back as producers for Bananarama's next two studio albums.

Track listing

Standard edition

  1. "Shy Boy" – 3:16 (Steve Jolley, Tony Swain) produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain
  2. "Doctor Love" – 3:42 (Paul Weller) produced by Barry Blue
  3. "What a Shambles" – 3:34 (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward, Terry Sharpe) produced by Barry Blue
  4. "Really Saying Something" – 2:45 (Norman Whitfield, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Edward Holland Jr.) produced by Dave Jordan
  5. "Cheers Then" – 3:31 (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward, Terry Sharpe, John Martin) produced by Barry Blue
  6. "Aie a Mwana" – 3:36 (Jean Kluger, Daniel Vangarde, Joseph Avion) produced by Big John Martin and Little Paul Cook, remixed by John Luongo
  7. "Young at Heart" – 3:13 (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward, Robert Hodgens) produced by Barry Blue; piano arranged by John Martin
  8. "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)" – 3:30 (Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer, Paul Leka) produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain
  9. "Hey Young London" – 3:55 (Barry Blue, Stan Shaw, Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward) produced by Barry Blue
  10. "Boy Trouble" – 3:14 (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward) produced by Steve Jolley and Tony Swain
  11. "Wish You Were Here" – 3:41 (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward) produced by Barry Blue

(Note : the original US LP omits "Aie a Mwana", and has a slightly altered running order.)

Japanese version

  1. "He's Got Tact" – 2:57 (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward)

2007 CD re-issue bonus tracks

  1. "Give Us Back Our Cheap Fares" – 4:24 (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward, Vaughn Cotillard)
  2. "Girl About Town" – 3:28 (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward)
  3. "He's Got Tact" – 2:57 (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward)
  4. "Tell Tale Signs" – 3:08 (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey, Keren Woodward)
  5. "No Feelings" – 2:33 (Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Johnny Rotten)

Notes

  • The version of "Give Us Back Our Cheap Fares" used is the Extended Version.
  • The version of "Girl About Town" used is a slightly longer version with an additional 4 bars just before the instrumental break (roughly 1:45 – 1:59) than the original vinyl 7" version (3:10).

2013 Deluxe Edition CD/DVD re-issue

Disc 1

  1. "He's Got Tact" – 2:59
  2. "Girl About Town" – 3:13
  3. "Tell Tale Signs" – 3:15
  4. "No Feelings" – 2:33
  5. "Aie a Mwana" (Extended Version) – 5:45
  6. "Really Saying Something" (Extended Version) – 5:39
  7. "Shy Boy" (12" Mix) – 5:50
  8. "Cheers Then" (Extended Version) – 5:18
  9. "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)" (12" Version) – 4:52

Disc 2

  1. "Aie a Mwana" (7" Version) – 3:48
  2. "Really Saying Something" (U.S. 7" Mix) – 3:46
  3. "Shy Boy" (U.S. 7" Mix) – 3:35
  4. "No Feelings" (Alternative Mix) 2:35
  5. "Give Us Back Our Cheap Fares" – 2:45
  6. "Boy Trouble" (Extended Version) – 4:20
  7. "Girl About Town" (Extended Version) – 5:31
  8. "Tell Tale Signs" (Extended Version) – 4:45
  9. "Aie a Mwana" (U.S. Extended Version) – 6:45
  10. "Really Saying Something" (U.S. Extended Version) – 7:54
  11. "Shy Boy" (U.S. Extended Version) – 7:20
  12. "Give Us Back Our Cheap Fares" (Extended Version) – 4:23
  13. "Aie a Mwana" (U.S. Dub) – 4:38
  14. "Shy Boy" (U.S. Dub) – 9:23
  15. "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) (Na Dub Hey) – 4:12
  16. "Aie a Mwana" (Dubwana) – 3:40

DVD

  1. "Really Saying Something" – Directed by Midge Ure & Chris Cross
  2. "Shy Boy" – Directed by Midge Ure & Chris Cross
  3. "Cheers Then" – Directed by Keith "Keef" MacMillan
  4. "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)" – Directed by Keith "Keef" MacMillan
  5. "Really Saying Something" – performance on Top of the Pops
  6. "Shy Boy" – performance on 6.55 Special
  7. "Boy Trouble" – performance on 6.55 Special
  8. "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)" – performance on Saturday Superstore

Personnel

Bananarama

Technical

  • John Mackswith, Squid Palmer – engineer
  • Peter Barrett – design
  • Bay Hippisley – photography

Charts
Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[14] 85
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[15] 48
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 7
US Billboard 200[16] 63

References
  1. Mason, Stewart. "Deep Sea Skiving – Bananarama". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  2. Considine, J. D. (10 April 1983). "Morrison album plays down words to let melody soar". The Baltimore Sun.
  3. Tucker, Ken (10 April 1983). "Bananarama: Spunky and clever". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  4. Reid, Jim (12 March 1983). "Girl trouble. Bananarama – Deep Sea Skiving review" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 20. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022 – via World Radio History.
  5. Connelly, Christopher (12 May 1983). "Bananarama: Deep Sea Skiving". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 27 July 2001. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  6. Considine, J. D. (2004). "Bananarama". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 41–42. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  7. Hillier, Beverley (17–30 March 1983). "Bananarama: Deep Sea Skiving" (PDF). Smash Hits. Vol. 5, no. 6. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 30. ISSN 0260-3004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2022 – via World Radio History. Alt URL
  8. Sheffield, Rob (1995). "Bananarama". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 28–29. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  9. Merwin, Charles (19 April 2007). "Bananarama – Deep Sea Skiving / Bananarama / True Confessions / Wow! / Pop Life – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 April 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  10. Christgau, Robert (31 May 1983). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  11. "Top Albums & Tapes – Week Ending April 2, 1983". Record Mirror. 2 April 1983. ISSN 0144-5804 – via ChartArchive. N.B. The Official Charts Company site lists an inaccurate peak for the album, due to the chart for the week it peaked being a duplication of the prior week's chart, when the album was at number 8.
  12. "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for 'Bananarama' (from bpi.co.uk)". imgur.com. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  13. Mehler, Mark (June 1983). "In Which Bananarama Asserts they Are 'Voices with Ideas'". Record. 2 (8): 6.
  14. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 26. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  15. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 6272a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  16. "Bananarama Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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