Count Three & Pray

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Count Three & Pray
Berlin - Count Three & Pray.png
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 13, 1986 (1986-10-13)
Studio
Genre
Length46:44
Label Geffen
Producer
Berlin chronology
Love Life
(1984)
Count Three & Pray
(1986)
Voyeur
(2002)
Singles from Count Three & Pray
  1. "Take My Breath Away"
    Released: June 1986
  2. "Like Flames"
    Released: October 1986
  3. "You Don't Know"
    Released: December 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Smash Hits 5/10 [3]

Count Three & Pray is the fourth studio album by American new wave band Berlin, released on October 13, 1986, by Geffen Records. The album spawned three singles, including "Take My Breath Away", which was featured in the film Top Gun . The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1986.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Crawford, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Bob Ezrin, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Will I Ever Understand You"  4:40
2."You Don't Know" 4:22
3."Like Flames"Rob Brill 5:05
4."Heartstrings"
 4:12
5."Take My Breath Away"Moroder4:11
6."Trash" 
  • Berlin
  • Ezrin
3:38
7."When Love Goes to War"Brian Fairweather 4:09
8."Hideaway"
  • Crawford
  • Chas Sanford
Berlin5:08
9."Sex Me, Talk Me" 
  • Richards
  • Ezrin
  • Berlin
4:41
10."Pink and Velvet"
  • Ric Olsen
  • Nunn
 6:38

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Count Three & Pray. [4]

Berlin

Additional musicians

Technical

  • Bob Ezrin – production (tracks 1–4, 6, 7, 9, 10); recording (tracks 1, 3–8, 10); mixing (tracks 1, 2, 6–8, 10)
  • Berlin – production (tracks 2, 6, 8, 9)
  • Andy Richards – production (tracks 2, 9)
  • Giorgio Moroder – production, mixing (track 5)
  • David Tickle – recording (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6–8, 10); mixing (tracks 1, 6–8, 10)
  • Ted Hayton – recording (tracks 2, 9)
  • Brian Reeves – mixing (track 5)
  • Mike Shipley – mixing (tracks 3, 4, 9)
  • Russ Castillo, Steve Strassman, Peter Lewis, Bob Mithoff, Dave Concors, Michael Rosen, Tom Whitlock – additional recording
  • Jeff Bennett, Tom Nist, Charlie Brocco, Robin Laine, Paul Gomersall, Steve Lyon – recording assistance
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood)

Artwork

Charts

Chart performance for Count Three & Pray
Chart (1986–1987)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [5] 38
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [6] 85
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 29
European Albums ( Music & Media ) [8] 44
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [9] 26
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 61
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [11] 20
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [12] 40
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 32
US Billboard 200 [14] 61

Certifications

Certifications for Count Three & Pray
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Silver60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "You Don't Know" and "Sex Me, Talk Me"

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