Amplifier | ||||
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Released | November 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Zulu Records | |||
Producer | John Jansen and Doug Rogers | |||
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Singles from Amplifier | ||||
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Amplifier is the third studio album by the New Zealand band Dance Exponents (later known as The Exponents),released in November 1986. [1] The album peaked at #18 and spent four weeks on the New Zealand Album Chart. [2] The CD version was released in 1992 with an alternative cover and two additional tracks but has since been deleted. In May 2013,Universal Music re-released the album digitally for the first time in New Zealand in a remastered extended edition. The extended edition has the original LP cover and running order and adds three additional tracks,two from the CD release and one additional B-side. It also restores "Worldwide Wireless" to its full length after it was edited for the CD release. [3]
Additional tracks on 2013 digital extended edition:
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [5] | 18 |
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