1992 Tony Hadley – The State Of Play
The State Of Play is the first solo album by singer Tony Hadley , former vocalist of the British Spandau Ballet group released for the EMI label, in 1992.
From the album, which does not have a great commercial success, despite the flawless vocal performance of the singer (one of the few to have studied singing among the very many self-taught people of the eighties ) two singles are extracted: Lost in Your Love and For Your Blue Eyes Only . The first of the two 45s (which is also the opening song of the 33 rpm ), in the single CD edition, also includes two unreleased works performed live in a 1992 concert , held in Germany and taken up by German TV , Why Can’t We Fall in Love? and Theme No. 7 , the first of which is written by Tony Hadley alone, while the second is composed by him together with the faithful Keeble; both unreleased live tracks are produced and mixed by Hadley and Keeble with Chapman ( Andy Reilly is instead the sound engineer). As for the songs included in the long playing , Tony Hadley signed 5 out of 12. Among the other pieces, the signatures of the English duo Climie Fisher ( You Keep Me Coming Back for More ) and the American composer Diane Warren ( Just the Thought of You ), which he wrote for many artists: an illustrious example consists of a considerable part of the most successful solo repertoire of the singer of the US female band Go-Go’s , Belinda Carlisle .
Tracks
1 Lost In Your Love (Andy Hill; Peter Sinfield) 4:31
2 Just The Thought Of You (Diane Warren) 3:45
3 You Keep Me Coming Back For More (Dennis Morgan; Rob Fisher; Simon Climie) 4:18
4 For Your Blue Eyes Only (Christopher Ward; David Tyson) 4:01
5 Fever (Tony Hadley) 4:16
6 Riverside (John Keeble) 4:26
7 Never Give Up On Love (Jon Lind; Peter Sinfield) 4:22
8 This Time (Tony Hadley) 4:32
9 Game Of Love (Jimmy Scott) 4:11
10 Free Wheel (Tony Hadley) 4:05
11 One Good Reason (Tony Hadley) 4:35
12 Somebody Up There (Tony Hadley) 4:48
Musicians
Bass | Kevin Miller |
Drums | John Keeble |
Keyboards | Toby Chapman |
Guitar | Jerry Stevenson |
Guitar | Steve Lukather |
Background Vocals | Tommy Funderburk |
Background Vocals | Joe Pizzulo |
Background Vocals | Toby Chapman |
Background Vocals | Mark Spiro |
Liner Notes
Producer – Ron Nevison
Arranged By – Ron Nevison, John Keeble, Jerry Stevenson, Toby Chapman, Tony Hadley
Engineer – Ron Nevison
Engineer (Additional) – Andy Udoff, Craig Brock, Kyle Bess
Concept – John Keeble, Tony Hadley
Design – Bill Smith Studio
Photography – Neil Davenport
Phonographic Copyright EMI Records Ltd
Copyright EMI Records Ltd