Heartbeat (Bad Boys Blue album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Heart Beat
| type = Studio
| artist = Bad Boys Blue
| cover = Heartbeat LP cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1986|10|19|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Studio Rüssmann
| genre = Euro disco, synthpop
| length = 44:21
| label = Coconut Records 258 017
| producer = Tony Hendrik, Karin Hartmann
| prev_title = Hot Girls, Bad Boys
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = Love Is No Crime
| next_year = 1987
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Heartbeat
| type = Studio
| single1 = Kisses and Tears (My One and Only)
| single1date = 1986
| single2 = Love Really Hurts Without You
| single2date = 1986
| single3 = I Wanna Hear Your Heartbeat (Sunday Girl)
| single3date = 1986
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Sputnikmusic
}}
Heart Beat is the second studio album by German band Bad Boys Blue released on 19 October 1986 by Coconut Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Bad-Boys-Blue-Heart-Beat/release/756994?ev=mrr|title= Bad Boys Blue – Heart Beat|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=2014-02-02}} The album includes two international hits: "I Wanna Hear Your Heartbeat (Sunday Girl)" and "Kisses and Tears (My One and Only)". Three singles were released from the record. Sometimes the name of the album is spelled as Heartbeat.
Hans-Jürgen Fritz, who once played keyboards for the german prog band Triumvirat, plays synthesizers on the album, he also wrote and composed one song and did the arrangements on all songs with Tony Hendrik.
Track listing
- "I Wanna Hear Your Heartbeat (Sunday Girl)" – 3:50
- "Mon Amie" – 4:35
- "One Night In Heaven" – 4:45
- "Baby I Love You" – 4:05 (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector)
- "Kisses & Tears (My One and Only)" – 3:58
- "Rainy Friday" – 4:35
- "Lady Blue" – 4:29
- "Love Really Hurts Without You" – 3:44
- "Blue Moon" – 4:32
- "Dance the Night Away" – 4:20
Personnel
;Bad Boys Blue
- Trevor Taylor – lead vocal (all tracks){{cite web|url=http://www.badboysblue.eu/music/albums/02/index.html | title= 1986 - "Heartbeat"| publisher=badboysblue.eu|accessdate=2014-02-02}}
- Andrew Thomas - lead vocals and backing vocals
- John McInerney - lead vocals and backing vocals
;Additional personnel :
- Hans-Jürgen Fritz – synthesizers - Used to be the keyboardist for the german prog band Triumvirat.
- Günter Lammers – synthesizers
- John Parsons – electric guitar
- Tony Hendrik – drum machine
Credits
- All tracks written by T. Hendrik and K. van Haaren except 3 written by H.-J. Fritz and 4 written by Spector, Greenwich, and Berry
- 5 written by T. Hendrik, K. van Haaren, and M. Applegate
- 8 written by Findon and Charles
- Recorded and mixed at Studio Rüssmann, Hennef, Germany.
- All songs arranged by T. Hendrik and H.-J. Fritz
- Produced by Tony Hendrik and Karin Hartmann
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140329094544/http://www.eurodancehits.com/bbbdiscography.html ALBUM - Heartbeat]
- [http://www.coconut-music.com/en/artist/bad_boys_blue/85/bad_boys_blue_-_heartbeat.html Bad Boys Blue - Heartbeat]
- [http://www.songlyrics.com/bad-boys-blue/baby-i-love-you-lyrics/ Bad Boys Blue - Baby I Love You Lyrics]
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