Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

Nude

 

  • Artist: Dead or Alive
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1989
  • Total Time: 44:11
  • Genre: Rock

Review

In the 1980s, the Stock/Aitken/Waterman team was to British dance-pop what Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, or L.A. Reid and Babyface, were to urban contemporary. Producing hits for Bananarama, Rick Astley, Samantha Fox, and others, the threesome was despised by many rock critics. But critics can say what they want -- Stock, Aitken, and Waterman knew how to deliver the hooks -- and many of the songs they produced were undeniably infectious. The team also produced some of Dead or Alive's best work, so when Dead or Alive quit working with them, fans were understandably apprehensive. But on Nude, which was produced by Dead or Alive members Pete Burns and Steve Coy, the group demonstrated that they could get along without Stock/Aitken/Waterman. Though not among the band's essential releases, this is a respectable, if uneven effort, that has a lot to offer from both a dance-pop/Hi-NRG/Euro-disco perspective and a pop-rock perspective. No, there isn't another "You Spin Me Round," or another "Something in My House," but cuts like "Turn Around and Count 2 Ten," "Come Home With Me Baby," and the early-'60s-influenced "Stop Kicking My Heart Around" aren't anything to be ashamed of either. If you've never experienced the pleasures of Dead or Alive, Rip It Up would be a better starting point. Nude is, however, easily recommended to the group's diehard fans. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Turn Around and Count 2 Ten (Lyrics) Dead or Alive, Peter Burns Dead or Alive (6:53)
Give It Back That Love Is Mine Dead or Alive, Peter Burns Dead or Alive (3:28)
Baby Don't Say Goodbye Peter Burns, Dead or Alive Dead or Alive (5:55)
Stop Kicking My Heart Around Peter Burns, Dead or Alive Dead or Alive (6:09)
Come Home with Me Baby (Lyrics) Peter Burns, Dead or Alive Dead or Alive (4:06)
I Don't Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Lyrics) Peter Burns, Dead or Alive Dead or Alive (4:39)
Get Out of My House Peter Burns, Dead or Alive Dead or Alive (4:19)
I Cannot Carry On (Lyrics) Dead or Alive, Peter Burns Dead or Alive (4:59)
My Forbidden Lover (Lyrics) Dead or Alive, Peter Burns Dead or Alive (3:36)

Credits

Paul Cartledge (Engineer), Andy Stennett (Keyboards), Steve Coy (Arranger), Steve Coy (Mixing), Phil Bodger (Re-Recording Engineer), Peter Burns (Producer), Peter Brown (Photography), Peter Burns (Mixing), Jackie Rawe (Vocals (Background)), Benjamin Hallowell (Assistant Engineer), Pete Burns (Producer), Paul Cox (Photography), John Richmond (Wardrobe), Phil Bodger (Engineer), Phil Bodger (Mixing), Laura Pallas (Vocals (Background)), Pete Burns (Mixing), Peter Burns (Arranger), Tracie Ackerman (Vocals (Background)), Pete Burns (Arranger), Bruce Robbins (Mixing), Bruce Robbins (Engineer), Steve Coy (Producer), Simon Clay (Engineer)
Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
Wikipedia: Nude (Dead or Alive album)
Top
Nude
Studio album by Dead or Alive
Released 1989
Recorded 1988-1989
Genre Hi-NRG
Synthpop
Length 44:06
Label Epic
Producer Pete Burns,
Steve Coy
Professional reviews
Dead or Alive chronology
Rip It Up
(1987)
Nude
(1989)
Fan the Flame (Part 1)
(1990)

Nude is the fourth studio album released by Dead or Alive in 1989 on Epic Records. The band lost their foothold in the UK and U.S. charts with this album, although it proved to be a massive success in Japan, where "Turn Around and Count 2 Ten" spent seventeen weeks at number one. "Come Home (With Me Baby)" also topped the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. 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.

A companion remix album was released in Japan shortly after with the title Nude - Remade Remodelled.

Track listing

All tracks written, arranged and produced by Pete Burns and Steve Coy.

Nude (European version) - Epic (465079 2)

  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

Nude (Japanese version) - Epic (ESCA 6369)

  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
  10. "Give It Back (Instrumental)" - 3:27
  11. "Baby Don't Say Goodbye (Alternative Mix)" - 4:19
  12. "Love Toy (Instrumental)" - 1:55


Preceded by
"Let It Roll" by Doug Lazy
"Come Home With Me Baby
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single

August 12, 1989 (one week)
Succeeded by
"Batdance" by Prince

 
 
Learn More
seminude
birthday suit
athymia

How do you be nude in imvu? Read answer...
What is 'nude' in Italian? Read answer...
Can you be nude on poptropica? Read answer...

Help us answer these
What is Italian for 'nude'?
Is she nude online?
How to get nude cheats?

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

Album Review. Copyright © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. Content provided by All Music Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved.  Read more
Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Nude (Dead or Alive album)" Read more