Count Three & Pray
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{{Infobox album
| name = Count Three & Pray
| type = studio
| artist = Berlin
| cover = Berlin - Count Three & Pray.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1986|10|13}}
| recorded =
| studio =
- One on One (North Hollywood, California)
- The Village Recorder (West Los Angeles, California)
- Producers I and II (Hollywood, California)
- Amigo (North Hollywood, California)
- The Manor (Shipton-on-Cherwell, England){{efn|name=2 and 9|"You Don't Know" and "Sex Me, Talk Me"}}
- AIR (London, England){{efn|name=2 and 9}}
| genre =
| length = 46:44
| label = Geffen
| producer =
| prev_title = Love Life
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = Voyeur
| next_year = 2002
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Count Three & Pray
| type = studio
| single1 = Take My Breath Away
| single1date = June 1986
| single2 = Like Flames
| single2date = October 1986
| single3 = You Don't Know
| single3date = December 1986
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Henderson |first=Alex |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/count-three-pray-mw0000189109 |title=Count Three & Pray – Berlin |website=AllMusic |access-date=July 11, 2019}}
| rev2 = Record Mirror
| rev2Score = {{Rating|1|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Linfield |first=Carole |title=Albums |magazine=Record Mirror |date=6 December 1986 |page=19 |issn=0144-5804}}
| rev3 = Smash Hits
| rev3Score = 5/10{{cite magazine |last=Sippitts |first=Deborah |title=Berlin: Count Three & Pray |magazine=Smash Hits |date=December 3, 1986 |page=76 |issn=0260-3004}}
}}
Count Three & Pray is the fourth studio album by American new wave band Berlin, released on October 13, 1986, by Geffen Records. The album spawned three singles, including "Take My Breath Away", which was featured in the film Top Gun. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1986.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = John Crawford, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Bob Ezrin, except where noted.
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Will I Ever Understand You
| length1 = 4:40
| title2 = You Don't Know
| extra2 = {{hlist|Andy Richards|Ezrin|Berlin}}
| length2 = 4:22
| title3 = Like Flames
| writer3 = Rob Brill
| length3 = 5:05
| title4 = Heartstrings
| writer4 = {{hlist|Crawford|Terri Nunn|Brill|Matt Reid}}
| length4 = 4:12
| title5 = Take My Breath Away
| writer5 = {{hlist|Giorgio Moroder|Tom Whitlock}}
| extra5 = Moroder
| length5 = 4:11
| title6 = Trash
| extra6 = {{hlist|Berlin|Ezrin}}
| length6 = 3:38
| title7 = When Love Goes to War
| writer7 = Brian Fairweather
| length7 = 4:09
| title8 = Hideaway
| writer8 = {{hlist|Crawford|Chas Sanford}}
| extra8 = Berlin
| length8 = 5:08
| title9 = Sex Me, Talk Me
| extra9 = {{hlist|Richards|Ezrin|Berlin}}
| length9 = 4:41
| title10 = Pink and Velvet
| writer10 = {{hlist|Ric Olsen|Nunn}}
| length10 = 6:38
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Count Three & Pray.{{cite AV media notes |title=Count Three & Pray |type=liner notes |others=Berlin |publisher=Geffen Records |year=1986 |id=GHS 24121}}
=Berlin=
- John Crawford – bass, background vocals
- Terri Nunn – vocals
- Rob Brill – drums, background vocals
=Additional musicians=
- Gene Black, Kane Roberts, David Gilmour, Ted Nugent, Alan Murphy, Elliot Easton, Steve Dougherty, Gregg Wright – guitars
- Bob Ezrin, Peter Robinson, Greg Kuehn, Jun Sato – keyboards
- Gary Barlough – Synclavier programming
- Andy Richards – keyboards programming, keyboards {{small|(tracks 2, 9)}}
- John Batdorf, William Batstone, Lance Ellington, George Merrill, Tessa Niles, The Art Damage Choir – background vocals
- Richard Niles – orchestration {{small|(track 9)}}
- Luís Jardim – percussion {{small|(track 9)}}
- Patrick O'Hearn – fretless bass {{small|(track 10)}}
- Masakazu Yoshizawa – shakuhachi {{small|(track 2)}}
- Osamu Kitajima – koto, biwa {{small|(track 2)}}
=Technical=
{{div col}}
- Bob Ezrin – production {{small|(tracks 1–4, 6, 7, 9, 10)}}; recording {{small|(tracks 1, 3–8, 10)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 6–8, 10)}}
- Berlin – production {{small|(tracks 2, 6, 8, 9)}}
- Andy Richards – production {{small|(tracks 2, 9)}}
- Giorgio Moroder – production, mixing {{small|(track 5)}}
- David Tickle – recording {{small|(tracks 1, 3, 4, 6–8, 10)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 1, 6–8, 10)}}
- Ted Hayton – recording {{small|(tracks 2, 9)}}
- Brian Reeves – mixing {{small|(track 5)}}
- Mike Shipley – mixing {{small|(tracks 3, 4, 9)}}
- Russ Castillo, Steve Strassman, Peter Lewis, Bob Mithoff, Dave Concors, Michael Rosen, Tom Whitlock – additional recording
- Jeff Bennett, Tom Nist, Charlie Brocco, Robin Laine, Paul Gomersall, Steve Lyon – recording assistance
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer (Hollywood)
{{div col end}}
=Artwork=
- Dean Chamberlain – front cover photo
- PWR, Matthew Rolston, Middelkoop, Rob Nunn – other photos
- Janet Levinson – design
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for Count Three & Pray |
| scope="col"| Chart (1986–1987)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |edition=illustrated |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |publisher=Australian Chart Book |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}
| 38 |
| {{album chart|Canada|85|chartid=0863|rowheader=true|access-date=March 17, 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|29|artist=Berlin|album=Count Three & Pray|rowheader=true|access-date=March 17, 2018}} |
| scope="row"| European Albums (Music & Media){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/87/M&M-1987-01-31-OCR-Page-0012.pdf |title=European Hot 100 Albums |magazine=Music & Media |volume=4 |issue=4 |date=January 31, 1987 |page=23 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}
| 44 |
| scope="row"| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |language=fi |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |year=2006 |isbn=978-951-1-21053-5}}
| 26 |
| {{album chart|Germany4|61|id=10624|artist=Berlin|album=Count Three & Pray|rowheader=true|access-date=July 11, 2019}} |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|20|artist=Berlin|album=Count Three & Pray|rowheader=true|access-date=July 11, 2019}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|40|artist=Berlin|album=Count Three & Pray|rowheader=true|access-date=March 17, 2018}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|32|date=19870118|rowheader=true|access-date=July 11, 2019}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|61|artist=Berlin|rowheader=true|access-date=July 11, 2019}} |
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for Count Three & Pray}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Berlin|title=Count 3 and Pray|award=Silver|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=1987|id=1523-2150-2|date=March 9, 1987|access-date=July 11, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}
Notes
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References
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{{Berlin (band)}}
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Category:Albums produced by Bob Ezrin