Cha Cha Cha (album)

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Cha Cha Cha
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Studio album by
EMF
Released2 March 1995
Recorded1994
Genre Alternative rock
Length57:27
Label Parlophone
Producer Jonny Dollar [1]
EMF chronology
Stigma
(1992)
Cha Cha Cha
(1995)
Epsom Mad Funkers: The Best of EMF
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Cha Cha Cha is the third album by English rock band EMF, released in 1995 under the EMI label. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "flashes of EMF’s early techno-pop sound surface in 'Bleeding You Dry,' by far the most listenable track on 1995’s Cha Cha Cha. Almost every other cut on this would-be comeback, however, finds the band groping-unsuccessfully — for some new musical direction." [6]

Track listing

  1. "Perfect Day" – 3:35
  2. "La Plage" – 3:44
  3. "The Day I Was Born" – 3:50
  4. "Secrets" – 3:56
  5. "Shining" – 6:10
  6. "Bring Me Down" – 4:20
  7. "Skin" – 4:22
  8. "Slouch" – 2:17
  9. "Bleeding You Dry" – 5:20
  10. "Patterns" – 3:37
  11. "When Will You Come" – 3:39
  12. "West of the Cox" – 4:08
  13. "Ballad O' the Bishop" – 4:09
  14. "Glass Smash Jack" – 4:20

Japanese bonus track

  1. "Angel"

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