Up and Down (Opus album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Up and Down

| type = studio

| artist = Opus

| cover =Up and Down (Opus album).jpg

| alt =

| released = 1984

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop rock

| length = 37:50

| label = *OK Musica

| producer = Peter J. Muller

| prev_title = The Opusition

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = Live Is Life

| next_year = 1984

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Up and Down

| type = studio

| single1 = Positive

| single1date = 1984

| single2 = Up and Down

| single2date = 1985

}}

}}

Up and Down is the fourth studio album by Austrian pop rock band Opus. It was released in 1984 by the label OK Musica in Austria and the rest of the world by the label Polydor. The tracks released by Polydor are different from the original version. In Canada and United States, the song "Live is Life" was included, because the live album Live Is Life wasn't released in these countries. The single "Up and Down" charted at #65 on the Canadian music chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0658&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4u444os8oh391jedk635aciqd7 |title=RPM Volume 44, No. 3 |first= |last= |publisher=Library and Archives Canada |date=April 12, 1986 |access-date=September 13, 2014}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Up and Down

| length1 = 3:51

| title2 = Vivian

| length2 = 3:52

| title3 = There Is Need for

| length3 = 4:11

| title4 = She Loves You

| length4 = 2:02

| title5 = The End of the Show

| length5 = 4:15

| title6 = Positive

| length6 = 4:08

| title7 = Way to Play

| length7 = 3:36

| title8 = Dark Side of the Mirror

| length8 = 3:45

| title9 = Waiting for a Call From You

| length9 = 5:20

| title10 = Small Is Beautiful

| length10 = 2:43

}}

Personnel

  • Herwig Rüdisser – lead vocals
  • Ewald Pfleger – guitars, backing vocals
  • Kurt René Plisnier – keyboards
  • Peter Niklas Gruber – bass, backing vocals
  • Günter Grasmuck – drums, percussion

;Additional touring personnel:

  • Günter Tsimischl – backing vocals, percussion

;Additional studio musicians:

  • Karin Raab – vocals on "Vivian" and "The End of the Show"
  • Christian Kolonovits – synclavier and arrangement on "She Loves You"

Chart positions

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Chart (1984)

! Peak
position

Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40 Longplay){{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Opus&titel=Up+And+Down&cat=a |title=Opus – Up And Down – austriancharts.at |first= |last= |publisher=austriancharts.at |date= |access-date=September 13, 2014}}

|align="center"| 12

Canada (RPM 100 Albums){{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0642&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4u444os8oh391jedk635aciqd7 |title=RPM Volume 43, No. 24 |first= |last= |publisher=Library and Archives Canada |date=March 8, 1986 |access-date=September 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913130310/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0642&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4u444os8oh391jedk635aciqd7 }}

|align="center"| 51

US (Billboard 200){{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/up-down-mw0000650596/awards |title=Up & Down – The Opus – Awards |first= |last= |website=AllMusic |date= |access-date=September 13, 2014 }}{{dead link|date=October 2022}}

|align="center"| 64

References

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Category:Opus (Austrian band) albums

Category:1984 albums

Category:Polydor Records albums