Get Ready! (Roachford album)

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Get Ready!
Roachford Get Ready! album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1991
Studio
  • Townhouse 3
  • Air Studios, London
  • Hit Factory, London
  • Remaximum, Brixton
Label Columbia
Producer
Roachford chronology
Roachford
(1988)
Get Ready!
(1991)
Permanent Shade of Blue
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Get Ready! is the second album by British band Roachford, released in 1991 on Columbia Records. The album's title track reached number 22 in the UK Singles Chart. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Andrew Roachford.

No.TitleLength
1."Get Ready!"4:39
2."Survival"3:48
3."Funkee Chile"3:26
4."Stone City"4:25
5."Wannabee Loved Bayou"5:00
6."Innocent Eyes"4:34
7."Hands of Fate"4:00
8."Takin' It Easy"3:19
9."Higher"4:30
10."Vision of the Future"5:49
11."Get Ready!" (Reprise)1:35

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts) [3] 176
German Albums chart [4] 36
Swedish Albums Chart [5] 49
UK Albums Chart [2] 20

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References

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  2. 1 2 "ROACHFORD - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. "Response from ARIA re: Roachford ARIA chart history, received 26 October 2018". Imgur.com. Retrieved 3 January 2019. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
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  5. Steffen Hung. "Discography Roachford". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.