My Blue World
{{Infobox album
| name = My Blue World
| type = Studio
| artist = Bad Boys Blue
| cover = My blue world album cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1988|10|10|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Euro disco, synthpop, Hi-NRG
| length = 40:35
| label = Coconut Records 259 389
| producer = Tony Hendrik, Karin Hartmann
| prev_title = Love Is No Crime
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = Bad Boys Best
| next_year = 1989
| misc = {{Singles
| name = My Blue World
| type = Studio
| single1 = Don't Walk Away Susanne
| single1date = 1988
| single2 = Lovers in the Sand
| single2date = 1988
| single3 = A World Without You >Michelle<
| single3date = 1988
}}
}}
My Blue World is the fourth studio album by German band Bad Boys Blue. It was released on 10 October 1988 by Coconut Records. The record includes three singles: "A World Without You (Michelle)", "Don't Walk Away, Susanne", and "Lovers in the Sand".
Background
All the songs were performed by Trevor Taylor and John McInerney. Starting from this album, John McInerney has secured himself a position as the band's new leader and vocalist. My Blue World album was the last one with Taylor.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eurodancehits.com/bbb.html |title=BAD BOYS BLUE General information |access-date=2013-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205210734/http://www.eurodancehits.com/bbb.html |archive-date=2014-12-05 |url-status=dead }} Track "Till the End of Time" was at the beginning designed to be a title song for this album, but producers changed their mind, and the record was released under the name My Blue World.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eurodancehits.com/bbb.html |title=Bad Boys Blue – General information |access-date=2013-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205210734/http://www.eurodancehits.com/bbb.html |archive-date=2014-12-05 |url-status=dead }}
Track listing
- "A World Without You (Michelle) (Radio Edit)" – 3:32[http://www.discogs.com/Bad-Boys-Blue-My-Blue-World/release/1308121 Bad Boys Blue – My Blue World]
- "Don't Leave Me Now" – 6:10
- "Bad Reputation" – 3:36
- "Don't Walk Away Suzanne" – 3:50
- "Love Don't Come Easy" – 3:42
- "Lovers in the Sand" – 3:46
- "Till the End of Time" – 4:22
- "Lonely Weekend" – 3:38
- "Rain in My Heart" – 4:12
- "A World Without You (Michelle) (Classical Mix)" – 3:30{{Cite web |url=http://www.coconut-music.com/en/artist/bad_boys_blue/23/bad_boys_blue_-_my_blue_world.html |title=Bad Boys Blue - My Blue World |access-date=2013-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207084444/http://www.coconut-music.com/en/artist/bad_boys_blue/23/bad_boys_blue_-_my_blue_world.html |archive-date=2013-12-07 |url-status=dead }}
Personnel
;Bad Boys Blue
- John McInerney – lead vocal (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- Trevor Taylor – lead vocal (3, 5)
- Andrew Thomas
;Additional personnel
All tracks written by T. Hendrik/K.van Haaren except 5 written by T. Taylor, Hans Steingen/T. Taylor
Produced by Tony Hendrik and Karin Hartmann; 1 and 10 produced by Tony Hendrik
Arranged by Tony Hendrik, Klaus-D. Gebauer, Claus-Robert Kruse, Hans-Jürgen Fritz, Günther Lammers
Recorded and mixed by Gary Jones, Klaus-D. Gebauer, Claus-Robert Kruse, Günther Kasper, Helmuth Rüssmann and Andreas Martin at Coconut Studio, Hennef; Sound Studio "N", Köln; Cool Cat Studio, Hamburg; Tonstudio Rüssmann, Hennef.[http://www.badboysblue.eu/music/albums/04/index.html 1988 - "My Blue World"]
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Weekly chart performance for My Blue World !Chart (1989) !Peak |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=241|first=Timo |last=Pennanen |year=2021 |title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |section=Bad Boys Blue|page=24|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |location=Helsinki|access-date=22 April 2025}}
|align="center"|17 |
| German Albums (GfK Entertainment charts)[https://web.archive.org/web/20140905002449/http://www.officialcharts.de/ersuche.asp?kategorie=chart&interpret_suche=Bad+Boys+Blue&titel_suche=&jahr=&cat=a My Blue World]
|align="center"|48 |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140329094544/http://www.eurodancehits.com/bbbdiscography.html ALBUM – My Blue World]
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