This article needs additional citations for verification .(January 2010) |
Broadcast | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() Standard vinyl edition | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 22 November 1986 | |||
Recorded | February–July 1986 | |||
Studio |
| |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 48:33 | |||
Label | ||||
Producer |
| |||
Cutting Crew chronology | ||||
| ||||
US edition | ||||
| ||||
Singles from Broadcast | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Broadcast is the debut studio album by English rock band Cutting Crew. It was first released in the United Kingdom on 22 November 1986, [4] and was later released more widely,including in the United States,Canada and Japan on 21 March 1987 with different packaging and four remixed tracks ("Any Colour","One for the Mockingbird","I've Been in Love Before" and "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"),all of which were released as singles. It was the first album to be released in the US by Virgin Records' new American imprint,Virgin Records America.
Broadcast was re-released by Cherry Red Records on 24 May 2010,with bonus tracks including for the first time on CD "For the Longest Time",the B-side of "(I Just) Died In Your Arms". [5]
"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart,and later on,"I've Been in Love Before" and "One for the Mockingbird" became top 10 and top 40 hits respectively across various countries. The band then received a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist of 1987. [6] Despite all this,however,contemporary reception to the album was mixed from critics and muted commercially.
Both the album and the band have been looked upon more positively in hindsight. In a retrospective review,Michael Sutton of AllMusic gave the album four stars. He said the album "never deserved the hacking [it] received from critics",and said that "the slick guitar rock on Broadcast may not have wowed the rock &roll intelligentsia,but it's a guaranteed crowd-pleaser,an underrated collection of simple,heartfelt love songs and up-tempo pop that reside between the stylistic boundaries of new wave and mainstream rock." He concludes the review by saying the album "is not a creative breakthrough",but is "simply an LP absent of any filler." [7]
In the early '90s,the first seven tracks were included in the compilation album The Best of Cutting Crew,along with select songs from the follow-up studio album The Scattering (1989) and the single "If That's the Way You Want It" from Compus Mentus (1992). [8] [9] The band's second compilation album,Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven,released in 2020,features orchestral versions of the four singles spanned from Broadcast,plus the title track,this one in a version half the length of the original incarnation. [10]
Cutting Crew
Additional personnel
Production
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
|
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Canada (Music Canada) [20] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [21] | Gold | 25,000 [21] |
United Kingdom (BPI) [4] | Silver | 60,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [22] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Cutting Crew are an English rock band formed in London in 1985. They are best known for their debut studio album Broadcast (1986) and hit singles, "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" and "I've Been in Love Before".
Bone Against Steel is the ninth studio album by the southern rock band 38 Special, released in 1991. It was their last album until their 1996 comeback and the last album to feature the vocalist and keyboard player Max Carl. It would also be their last album with long time guitarist and founding member Jeff Carlisi and drummer Jack Grondin.
Jody Watley is the debut studio album by American singer Jody Watley, released on February 23, 1987, by MCA Records. Although Watley already found success as a part of the trio Shalamar, the impact of this album made Watley a cultural style icon in contemporary R&B, pop and dance music. Its success culminated in Watley winning a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1988 against fellow artists Breakfast Club, Cutting Crew, Terence Trent D'Arby and Swing Out Sister. The album also produced three top-ten singles on the US Billboard Hot 100: "Looking for a New Love" (#2), "Don't You Want Me" (#6) and "Some Kind of Lover" (#10). The album has sold two million copies in the United States and over four million copies worldwide.
"When I Fall in Love" is a popular song, written by Victor Young (music) and Edward Heyman (lyrics). It was introduced in Howard Hughes' last film One Minute to Zero as the instrumental titled "Theme from One Minute to Zero". Jeri Southern sang on the first vocal recording released in April 1952 with the song's composer, Victor Young, handling the arranging and conducting duties. The song has become a standard, with many artists recording it; the first hit version was sung by Doris Day released in July 1952.
Fate of Nations is the sixth studio album by English singer Robert Plant, released 25 May 1993 on Es Paranza Records in North America and Fontana Records internationally. It features former Cutting Crew guitarist Kevin MacMichael on all songs and as well as being a backing vocalist. In addition, the album also features violinist Nigel Kennedy on one song. The song "I Believe" is a tribute to Plant's late son, Karac.
Hotcakes is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Elektra Records, on January 11, 1974. Featuring the major hits "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" and "Mockingbird", the latter a duet with her then-husband James Taylor, Hotcakes became one of Simon's biggest selling albums. Her first concept album, the autobiographical songs portray Simon happily married and beginning a family.
Time, Love & Tenderness is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Michael Bolton. The album was released on April 23, 1991, by Columbia Records; it was produced by Walter Afanasieff and Michael Bolton. To date, the record has sold more than 16 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album of his career.
First Offense is the debut studio album by Canadian recording artist Corey Hart, released in 1983. It includes the hit single "Sunglasses at Night" and the ballad "It Ain't Enough". Hart was subsequently nominated for four Juno Awards and a Grammy Award for "Best New Artist".
"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is the debut single by the English pop rock band Cutting Crew, released in July 1986 as a single from their debut studio album, Broadcast. The song was written by frontman Nick Van Eede, produced by Terry Brown, John Jansen and the band, and mixed at Utopia Studios in London by Tim Palmer.
"I've Gotta Get a Message to You" is a song by the Bee Gees. Released as a single in 1968, it was their second number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart, and their first US Top 10 hit. Barry Gibb re-recorded the song with Keith Urban for his 2021 album Greenfields.
"I Don't Want Your Love" is a song by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 19 September 1988 as the first single from their fifth studio album, Big Thing (1988).
Animal Magic is the second album from the British band The Blow Monkeys, released in 1986 by RCA/Ariola. It gave the group their commercial breakthrough after their debut album, Limping for a Generation, had won critical acclaim but had only sold modestly.
Kevin Scott Macmichael was a Canadian guitarist, songwriter and record producer, best known for being a member of the 1980s UK-based pop-rock band, Cutting Crew, who had a number-one hit in 1986 with "(I Just) Died in Your Arms". Cutting Crew was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1988.
Nick Van Eede is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for singing and writing the 1986 No. 1 power ballad, "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" for his band Cutting Crew, which saw international success including a top 10 placing on the UK Singles Chart.
"Giving Up on Love" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter Rick Astley. It was produced by Daize Washbourn with Astley. The song was recorded for Astley's second album, Hold Me in Your Arms. The single peaked at number 38 in US Billboard charts. Never released as a single in the UK, this North American-only single was issued just prior to Astley's US tour. Celebrating the announcement of the Hold Me in Your Arms remastered edition studio album, the music video has been upgraded to 4K as of 28 April 2023. The single was also reissued as a digital EP on the same day.
"Any Colour" is a track from Cutting Crew's debut album, Broadcast, released in 1986. The album is best known for the hit single "I Just Died in Your Arms," which catapulted the band to international fame. Although "Any Colour" did not achieve the same commercial success, it remains a beloved song among fans.
"One for the Mockingbird" is a song by the British new wave band Cutting Crew. It was released in 1987 as the third single from their first studio album, Broadcast. The song was written by the band's lead vocalist, Nick Van Eede.
"I've Been in Love Before" is a song by English rock band Cutting Crew. Written by lead singer Nick Van Eede, it was released as the second single from the band's debut album, Broadcast (1986). It reached No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 the following year, making the song their second biggest hit in the United States.
Stephanie Mills is the tenth studio album by the American R&B singer Stephanie Mills, released in 1985 on MCA Records. Following her last release I've Got the Cure on Casablanca Records, Mills self-titled new album was the first release upon signing a new recording contract with MCA Records.
The Scattering is the second studio album by the English new wave rock band Cutting Crew. It was released on 16 May 1989 in Canada and the USA on Virgin Records, and on 7 August 1989 in the United Kingdom on Siren Records. Despite including the US Adult Contemporary chart hit "Everything But My Pride", it met with little commercial or critical success.