Sex and Travel

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Sex and Travel
Sex and Travel.jpg
Studio album by
Released1 November 1993
Recorded1992–1993
Genre Dance-pop
Label
Producer Right Said Fred
Right Said Fred chronology
Up
(1992)
Sex and Travel
(1993)
Smashing!
(1996)
Singles from Sex and Travel
  1. "Bumped"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Hands Up (4 Lovers)"
    Released: 1993
  3. "Wonderman"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Music Week Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
NME 5/10 [4]
Select U+25A0.svgU+25A0.svgU+25A1.svgU+25A1.svgU+25A1.svg [5]

Sex and Travel is the second album by British pop group Right Said Fred, released on 1 November 1993. It contains the singles from the UK Top 60, "Bumped", "Hands Up (4 Lovers)" and "Wonderman". The album peaked at No. 35 on the UK Albums Chart. The lyrics to "Wonderman" were re-written for its release as a single in February 1994, as part of a promotional campaign for Sega's video game Sonic the Hedgehog 3 . [6]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Hands Up (4 Lovers)"
  2. "Bumped"
  3. "It's Not the Way"
  4. "She's My Mrs."
  5. "We Live a Life"
  6. "Rocket Town"
  7. "Turn Me On"
  8. "Back to You"
  9. "I Ain't Stupid"
  10. "Wonderman"
  11. "Comfort Me"
  12. "Sunshine Sex Drive"

Charts

Chart performance for Sex and Travel
Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 145
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [8] 35
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 91
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 88
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 35

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