Drama (Bananarama album)

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Drama
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Released14 November 2005
RecordedJuly 2004 – May 2005
Genre
Length50:42
Label A&G
Producer
Bananarama chronology
Really Saying Something: The Platinum Collection
(2005)
Drama
(2005)
The Twelve Inches of Bananarama
(2006)
Singles from Drama
  1. "Move in My Direction"
    Released: 25 July 2005
  2. "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)"
    Released: 7 November 2005
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Drama is the ninth studio album by English musical duo Bananarama, released on 14 November 2005 by A&G Records. It features eleven newly recorded tracks, along with a remix of their 1986 single "Venus" (done by Soft Cell's Marc Almond) and a 2005 remix of their 1982 single "Really Saying Something", an underground bootleg club hit produced by Solasso.

Contents

Drama is a comeback of sorts for Bananarama members Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin and is their first album to be released in their native UK since 1993. The album's first single "Move in My Direction" debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 14, also becoming their first UK top-40 entry since 1993. The second single, "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)", also reached the UK top 40, and climbed to number two on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart as an import, becoming Bananarama's biggest US dancefloor hit since "Venus" two decades earlier.

The album mostly incorporates dance-pop and Eurodance musical styles, with some synth-pop elements. Drama charted at a number 169 on the UK Albums Chart. It was later released in the United States (both in retail stores and as digital downloads) in 2006, peaking at number 21 on Billboard 's Top Electronic Albums chart.

Track listing

Original Edition

  1. "Move in My Direction" – 3:20 (S. Dallin, K. Woodward, D. Clewett, I. Lisinski)
  2. "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)" – 3:26 (S. Dallin, K. Woodward, H. Korpi, M. Wollo, M. Malavasi, S. Micheli)
  3. "Waterfall" – 4:18 (S. Dallin, K. Woodward, H. Korpi, M. Wollo)
  4. "Frequency" – 3:30 (S. Dallin, K. Woodward, L. Guest, B. Walker)
  5. "Feel for You" – 3:28 (S. Dallin, K. Woodward, I. Masterson, T. Ronald)
  6. "Don't Step on My Groove" – 3:06 (S. Dallin, K. Woodward, H. Korpi, M. Wollo)
  7. "Middle of Nowhere" – 3:46 (S. Dallin, K. Woodward, B. Higgins)
  8. "I Love the Way" – 4:18 (S. Dallin, K. Woodward, D. Masters)
  9. "Lovebite" – 3:32 (S. Dallin, K. Woodward, H. Korpi, M. Wollo)
  10. "Rules of Attraction" – 3:16 (S. Dallin, K. Woodward, H. Korpi, M. Wollo)
  11. "Your Love Is Like a Drug" – 4:40 (S. Dallin, I. Masterson, T. Ronald)
  12. "Venus" (Marc Almond's Hi-NRG Showgirls Mix) – 6:04 (R. V. Leeuwen)
  13. "Really Saying Something" (Solasso Mix) – 5:58 (N. Whitfield, W. Stevenson, E. Holland, Jr)

Taiwanese EditionCD:

  1. "Move in My Direction" – 3:20
  2. "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)" – 3:26
  3. "Waterfall" – 4:18
  4. "Frequency" – 3:30
  5. "Feel for You" – 3:28
  6. "Don't Step on My Groove" – 3:06
  7. "Middle of Nowhere" – 3:46
  8. "I Love the Way" – 4:18
  9. "Lovebite" – 3:32
  10. "Rules of Attraction" – 3:16
  11. "Your Love Is Like a Drug" – 4:40
  12. "Venus" (Marc Almond's Hi-NRG Showgirls Mix) – 6:04
  13. "Really Saying Something" (Solasso Mix) – 5:58
  14. "Move in My Direction" (The Lovefreekz Radio Edit) – 3:28
  15. "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)" (Angel City Short Remix) – 2:57

DVD (NTSC/Region-3):

  1. "Move in My Direction" – 3:20
  2. "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)" – 3:26

Singaporean Edition

  1. "Move in My Direction" – 3:20
  2. "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)" (Angel City Short Remix) – 2:57
  3. "Waterfall" — 4:18)
  4. "Frequency" – 3:30
  5. "Feel for You" – 3:28
  6. "Don't Step on My Groove" – 3:06
  7. "Middle of Nowhere" – 3:46
  8. "I Love the Way" – 4:18
  9. "Lovebite" – 3:32
  10. "Rules of Attraction" – 3:16
  11. "Your Love Is Like a Drug" – 4:40
  12. "Venus" (Marc Almond's Hi NRG Showgirls mix) – 6:04
  13. "Really Saying Something" (Solasso Mix) – 5:58
  14. "Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)" – 3:26
  15. "Move in My Direction" (Bobby Blanco and Miki Moto Vocal Mix) – 8:06
  16. "Move in My Direction" (Angel City Mix) – 6:52

Unreleased songs and demos[ citation needed ]

  1. "Be My Lover Tonite"
  2. "One Way Street" (written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys as confirmed in their official publication Literally)
  3. "Falling"
  4. "Better with You"

Personnel

Bananarama

Additional personnel

Producers

Additional production

Engineers

Guitars

Bass

Additional vocals

Mixers

Mastered by

Published by Copyright Control/Murlyn Songs AB-Universal Music Publishing/Rondor Music/Warner Chappell

Programming and keyboards

Recorded at

Charts

Chart (2005–2006)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [1] 334
UK Albums (OCC) [2] 169
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [3] 21
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [4] 37

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