Sports Car (album)

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Sports Car
Judie tzuke - sportscar.jpg
Studio album by
Judie Tzuke
ReleasedMay 1980
RecordedFebruary 1980
Studio The Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, England
Genre Pop rock
Length38:05
Label Rocket
Producer Paul Muggleton, Mike Paxman, Judie Tzuke
Judie Tzuke chronology
Welcome to the Cruise
(1979)		Sports Car
(1980)		 I Am the Phoenix
(1981)
Singles from Sports Car
  1. "The Choices You've Made" / "Ladies Night"
    Released: 1980
  2. "Understanding" / "It's the Night"
    Released: 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Smash Hits 7½/10 [1]

Sports Car is the second album by the British singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke, released in 1980. The album peaked at no.7 in the UK, [2] Tzuke's only Top Ten record and highest ever chart position. It was certified Silver in 1981 by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 60,000 copies. [3]

Contents

Initially released on vinyl album and cassette by The Rocket Record Company, Sports Car was reissued on CD in 2000 by Tzuke's own record company, Big Moon Records.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Judie Tzuke and Mike Paxman, except "Rain on the Hills" by Tzuke, Paxman and Paul Muggleton

Side one
  1. "Sports Car" – 5:42
  2. "Nightline" – 3:30
  3. "Chinatown" – 4:41
  4. "Understanding" – 3:40
Side two
  2. "The Choices You've Made" – 4:08
  3. "The Rise of Heart" – 4:50
  4. "Living on the Coast" – 4:51
  5. "Molly" – 3:04
  6. "Rain on the Hills" – 3:30

Personnel

Band members
Production

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 67
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)7

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References

  1. ↑ Cranna, Ian. "Albums". Smash Hits (15–28 May 1980): 31.
  2. ↑ "Judie Tzuke Official Charts". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "BPI Awards Database: Search for Judie Tzuke". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 313. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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