High on the Happy Side

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High on the Happy Side
High-On-The-Happy-Side.jpg
Studio album by
Released27 January 1992 (1992-01-27) [1]
Genre
Length45:19
Label Mercury
Producer
Wet Wet Wet chronology
Wet Wet Wet: Live
(1990)
High on the Happy Side
(1992)
Wet Wet Wet: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
(1992)
Singles from High on the Happy Side
  1. "Make It Tonight"
    Released: 2 September 1991 [6]
  2. "Put the Light On"
    Released: 21 October 1991 [7]
  3. "Goodnight Girl"
    Released: 23 December 1991 [8]
  4. "More Than Love"
    Released: 9 March 1992 [9]
  5. "Lip Service"
    Released: 29 June 1992 [10]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
NME 1/10 [12]

High on the Happy Side is the third studio album by Scottish quartet Wet Wet Wet. The album was released on 27 January 1992 and reached the top of the UK Albums Chart on 8 February. The release of the album was preceded by the singles "Make It Tonight", "Put the Light On" and "Goodnight Girl", and followed by two further singles, "More than Love" and "Lip Service". [13]

Contents

High on the Happy Side was released both a single album and as a double album with Cloak & Dagger, a covers album released under the pseudonym Maggie Pie & The Impostors . To accompany the album's release, a video compilation entitled The Story So Far, containing videos for singles from both High on the Happy Side and Holding Back the River , was made available on 24 March 1992. [14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Clark/Cunningham/Mitchell/Pellow

No.TitleLength
1."More Than Love"4:21
2."Lip Service"4:59
3."Put the Light On"3:57
4."High on the Happy Side"4:38
5."Maybe Tomorrow"4:17
6."Goodnight Girl"3:40
7."Celebration"2:50
8."Make It Tonight"4:05
9."How Long"4:15
10."Brand New Sunrise"2:59
11."2 Days After Midnite"5:04
High on the Happy Side B-Sides
No.TitleLength
1."Ordinary Love"2:55
2."Big Sister Midnight" (Lip Service - original demo)5:27
3."Make it Tonight" (E.T. Mix)4:18
4."Just Like Any Other Day"3:33
5."Goodnight Girl" (No Strings Attached version)3:40
6."Ambrosia Wykes"7:28
7."Put the Light on" (acoustic) 
8."More than Love" (E.T. Mix)4:25
9."Goodnight Girl" (Rhythm Mix)3:39
10."Perfect Lie"3:53
11."Lip Service" (Youth Mix)4:33
12."Lip Service" (live, Birmingham NEC, 17/03/92)5:56
13."More Than Love" (live, Wembley Arena, 20/03/92)4:40
14."Celebration" (live, Edinburgh Playhouse, 15/03/92)3:48
15."Put the Light On" (live, Sheffield Arena, 09/03/92)3:05
16."Brand New Sunrise" (live, Plymouth Pavilions, 06/03/92)3:08
17."Hold Back the River" (live, Manchester Apollo, 02/03/92) 
18."Temptation" (live, Glasgow SECC, 13/03/92) 
19."Atlantic Avenue" (live, Birmingham NEC, 16/03/92) 
High on the Happy Side The Story So Far (VHS)
No.TitleLength
1."Sweet Surrender" 
2."Broke Away" 
3."Hold Back the River" 
4."Stay with Me Heartache" 
5."Make it Tonight" 
6."Put the Light On" 
7."Goodnight Girl" 
8."More than Love" 

Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger
Cloak & Dagger (Wet Wet Wet album) coverart.jpg
Studio album by
Released27 January 1992
Genre Pop, pop rock
Label Mercury Records
Producer Wet Wet Wet
Wet Wet Wet chronology
High on the Happy Side
(1992)
Cloak & Dagger
(1992)
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
(1993)

Cloak & Dagger is a free album of cover versions released with the deluxe edition High on the Happy Side. [15] Included with the deluxe versions of the CD, Cassette & Vinyl pressings of the album, Cloak & Dagger was recorded and released under the pseudonym Maggie Pie & The Impostors , a fake veteran act from Scotland. Notably, the album cover pictures unofficial band member Graeme Duffin on an album cover for the first time, having only previously appeared in group shots featured in the booklet of the band's second studio album, Holding Back the River .

Tracklisting

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."If You Only Knew" Mose Allison 2:54
2."Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" Todd Rundgren 3:50
3."Atlantic Avenue"2:47
4."Town Crier" Elvis Costello 4:27
5."Angeline" John Martyn 3:36
6."Get Ready" William Robinson 3:08
7."Share Your Love"
3:23
8."You've Got a Friend" Carole King 4:33
9."Beg Your Pardon, Dear" Tom Waits 3:25

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for High on the Happy Side
Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [16] 19
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [17] 13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] 8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [20] 48
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] 40
UK Albums (OCC) [22] 1

Certifications

Certifications for High on the Happy Side
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] Platinum300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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