Just Visiting This Planet

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Just Visiting This Planet
Jellybean Just Visiting This Planet album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released1987 (original)
2012 (remastered and expanded)
Studio(New York City, New York)
(Los Angeles, California)
Label Chrysalis
Producer Jellybean
Jellybean chronology
Wotupski!?!
(1984)
Just Visiting This Planet
(1987)
Jellybean Rocks the House!
(1988)

Just Visiting This Planet is the second album by Jellybean, the nickname for American producer, remixer and songwriter John Benitez. The album was released in 1987 and contains the singles "Who Found Who", "The Real Thing", "Jingo" and "Just a Mirage".

Contents

In 2012, the album was remastered and expanded by Cherry Red Records. It featured five remixes, including a remix of the song "Sidewalk Talk", which was originally released as a single in 1985 and is written by Madonna, who also provides backing vocals. [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Smash Hits 6.5/10 [5]

Reviewing the reissue, Record Collector wrote that while "the synth stabs, LinnDrum gloops and crashing beats sometimes date the set, tracks such as 'Walking In My Sleep' [are] quintessential exercises in 80s New York studio excess." [6]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)VocalsLength
1."Little Too Good to Me"
Elisa Fiorillo 4:20
2."Who Found Who"Paul GurvitzFiorillo4:47
3."Just a Mirage"
Bertei4:44
4."Am I Dreaming"
  • Toni C.
  • Mary Kessler
  • Bertei
  • Sadik
Bertei4:58
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)VocalsLength
5."The Real Thing"
  • Arnie Roman
  • Toni C.
Steven Dante 5:40
6."Walking in My Sleep"
  • Ian Prince
  • Bertei
Dante4:44
7."Hypnotized (By Your Touch)"
  • Jellybean
  • Bertei
  • David Bryant
Bertei4:30
8."Jingo" Michael Olatunji  7:43
2012 Cherry Red reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)VocalsLength
9."Who Found Who" (U.S. Club Mix)GurvitzFiorillo 
10."Jingo" (U.K. House Mix)Olatunji  
11."Just a Mirage" (12" Remix)
  • Toni C.
  • Bertei
Bertei 
12."The Real Thing" (West 26th Street Mix)
  • Roman
  • Toni C.
Dante 
13."Sidewalk Talk" (Dance Mix) Madonna Catherine Buchanan 

Personnel

Adapted from the Just Visiting This Planet liner notes. [7]

Musicians

Production

Charts and certifications

References

  1. "Just Visiting This Planet".
  2. "Just Visiting This Planet - Jellybean - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 608.
  4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 365–366.
  5. Cranna, Ian (7–20 October 1987). "Albums: Jellybean — Just Visiting This Planet (Chrysalis)" (PDF). Smash Hits . Vol. 9, no. 19. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 60. ISSN   0260-3004. Archived from the original on 26 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023 via World Radio History.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. "Just Visiting This Planet - Record Collector Magazine".
  7. Just Visiting This Planet (liner notes). Jellybean. Chrysalis Records. 1987.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. "dutchcharts.nl > Jellybean – Just Visiting This Planet" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  9. "Official Charts > Jellybean". The Official UK Charts Company . Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  10. "Billboard > Artists / Jellybean > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  11. "British album certifications – Jellybean – Just Visiting This Planet". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 25 October 2018.