Blue Pearl – Naked
(Big Life Records 1990 BLRLP4)
Matrix No’s: A1/B2 – UK Pressing
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Gatefold Sleeve in Excellent+/Nr MINT condition
– some wear to edges/corners & a little rubbing on back cover – original hype sticker on front
Blue Pearl are an English electronic music duo consisting of American female singer Durga McBroom and British musician Youth (Martin Glover). They charted six times on the UK singles chart and had two songs reach the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.
Naked is the only studio album by English electronic music group Blue Pearl, released in 1990 on the Big Life record label. The album includes Blue Pearl’s biggest hit single “Naked in the Rain” (UK No. 4) and the follow-up single “Little Brother” (UK No. 31). It also includes a cover of “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush.
Track listing
All tracks written by Durga McBroom, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Naked in the Rain” |
|
4:11 |
| 2. | “Down to You” |
|
4:13 |
| 3. | “Chemical Thing” | 5:12 | |
| 4. | “I Never Knew” | 4:35 | |
| 5. | “Running Up That Hill” | Kate Bush | 4:53 |
| 6. | “Little Brother” |
|
5:21 |
| 7. | “Alive” |
|
6:27 |
| 8. | “Rollover” | 5:16 | |
| 9. | “Without Love” | 4:51 | |
| 10. | “Over You” | 4:01 | |
| 11. | “Chemical Thing” (Ambient Mix) | 5:10 | |
| 12. | “Rollover” (Acapella) | 4:30 |
Personnel
Blue Pearl
- Durga McBroom – keyboards, vocals
- Youth – drum programming, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, producer
with:
- Gary Barnacle – saxophone
- Michael Bigwood – mixing
- Stephen Chase – mixing
- Marius de Vries – mixing
- Fred Defaye – mixing
- Andy Falconer – engineer
- Adam Fuest – engineer, mixing
- David Gilmour – guitar
- Howard Gray – mixing, producer
- Trevor Gray – keyboards, producer, programming
- Sarah Gregory – artwork, illustrations
- Mike Jarratt – engineer
- Simon “The Funky Ginger” Law – piano
- Pete Lorimer – engineer
- Ian McKell – photography
- Mark O’Donoughue – engineer
- Tim Parry – executive producer
- Guy Pratt – bass guitar
- Tim Renwick – guitar
- Steve Sidelnyk – mixing
- Jazz Summers – executive producer
- Thrash – engineer
- Mark “Tufty” Evans – engineer
- Joel “Tyrrell” LeBlanc – engineer
- Gary Wallis – percussion
- Dave Williams – guitar
- Gavyn Wright – string arrangements
- Richard Wright – keyboards
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