Nude (Dead or Alive album)

Nude is the fourth studio album by British pop group Dead or Alive, released in Japan, December 1988 and in Europe and U.S.A. July 1989 on Epic Records. The band lost their foothold in the UK and U.S. charts with this album, but it proved to be a massive success in Japan, where the single "Turn Around and Count 2 Ten" spent 147 days at number one. "Come Home (With Me Baby)" also topped the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.[2] Much like their greatest hits package Rip It Up, the songs on Nude run together with no spaces in between to create a non-stop DJ-mix type presentation.

Nude
Studio album by
Dead or Alive
Released18 December 1988 (Japan), 17 July 1989 (UK)
Recorded1988
StudioGood Earth Studios, London, UK
Genre
Length44:06
LabelEpic
ProducerDead or Alive
Dead or Alive chronology
Rip It Up
(1987)		 Nude
(1988)		 Nude – Remade Remodelled
(1989)

A companion remix album was released in Japan shortly after with the title Nude – Remade Remodelled.[3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Pete Burns and Steve Coy.

No.TitleLength
1."Turn Around and Count 2 Ten"6:52
2."Give It Back That Love Is Mine"3:28
3."Baby Don't Say Goodbye"5:56
4."Stop Kicking My Heart Around"6:09
5."Come Home (With Me Baby)"4:07
6."I Don't Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"4:40
7."Get Out of My House"4:19
8."I Cannot Carry On"5:00
9."My Forbidden Lover"3:35
Japanese version bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Give It Back" (Instrumental)3:27
11."Baby Don't Say Goodbye" (Alternative Mix)4:19
12."Love Toy" (Instrumental)1:55
Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Love Toy" (Unreleased Full Vocal Version)4:16

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]

Dead or Alive

  • Pete Burns – vocals
  • Mike Percy – bass guitar, guitars
  • Tim Lever – keyboards
  • Steve Coy – drums

Additional personnel

  • Andy Stennet – additional keyboards
  • Tracy Ackerman, Laura Pallas, Jackie Raw – backing vocals

Production
  • All tracks produced, arranged and mixed by Pete Burns and Steve Coy
  • Tracks 1, 3 & 5 engineered and mixed by Bruce Robins, re-recorded and mixed by Phil Bodger
  • House engineers: Paul Cartledge, Simon Clay
  • Assistant engineers: Benjamin Hallowell, Garrison III
  • Recorded and mixed at Good Earth Studios, London
  • Digitally edited by Simon Everett at Mayfair
  • Photography: Paul Cox, Peter Brown, Marti & Pierre Chan

Chart performance
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[5] 62
Canada Top 100 Albums[6] 87
Finnish Album Chart[7] 20
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart 9
U.S. Billboard 200[8] 106
U.K. Top 75 Albums 82

References
  1. Green, Jim; Robbins, Ira. "Dead or Alive". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. "Nude > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. Nude (Japanese release) at Discogs
  4. Nude (liner notes). Dead or Alive. ?Epic. 1988.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. "The ARIA Report Issue No. 347: Chartifacts - Week Ending 13 October 1996". Australian Recording Industry Association Ltd. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. archived at Library and Archives Canada. 50 (13). 24 July 1989. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  7. "Artistit DE - DIA" (in Finnish). Suomen listalevyt. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  8. "Billboard > Artists / Dead or Alive > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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