Fragile (Dead or Alive album)
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Fragile is the seventh album released by British band Dead or Alive
in 2000. Like their album Fan the Flame (Part 1)
, this album has only seen a release in Japan
from japanese big independent Record Company Avex Trax
, where the band is very popular. Containing a total of thirteen tracks, the album contains some new material as well as re-recordings and remix
es of past hits. Also included is a remake of U2
's "Even Better Than the Real Thing", which had previously appeared on a U2 tribute album.
In 2001 Dead or Alive released Unbreakable
, a remix album containing still more versions of songs from Fragile.
And that was definitely why the album was titled "Fragile". Also, because due to legal reasons, having to re-record from scratch six of our old hits, which is a perfectly feasible marketing ploy for a new record label...Having to re-record those six tracks, not as the Greatest Hits, as new songs. Because I own the goddam song. The record company think they do, but that's morally wrong. They don't own the song.
So we had to re-record them from scratch. And that was a fragile process. Because there's only so many times I can bear to try to add something to "Something in My House" or "Lover Come Back" or "Spin Me Round". I can't really add any more.
And one of the greatest challenges we had was one of the requested covers was, self covers, was "Brand New Lover". And I listened to "Brand New Lover" twelve inch three times, and I said to Steve, "There's absolutely no way we can better this. Just leave it alone. It can't go on the album, it can't be bettered." Because I consider that to be one of our finest works, you know."
Pete Burns
( * ) 2000 remix version (not original)
Dead or Alive (band)
Dead or Alive were a British New Wave band from Wirral, England, United Kingdom, Europe. The band rose to fame in the 1980s with their number one single on the UK Singles Chart, "You Spin Me Round ". They were the first group to have a number one single under the production team Stock Aitken Waterman...
in 2000. Like their album Fan the Flame (Part 1)
Fan the Flame (Part 1)
Fan the Flame is the fifth studio album from dance music band Dead or Alive and was released in 1990. Epic Records released Fan the Flame in Japan only. To this day it is still available only as a Japanese import....
, this album has only seen a release in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
from japanese big independent Record Company Avex Trax
Avex Trax
, listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange as 7860 and abbreviated as AGHD, is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan...
, where the band is very popular. Containing a total of thirteen tracks, the album contains some new material as well as re-recordings and remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
es of past hits. Also included is a remake of U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
's "Even Better Than the Real Thing", which had previously appeared on a U2 tribute album.
In 2001 Dead or Alive released Unbreakable
Unbreakable (Dead or Alive album)
Unbreakable: The Fragile Remixes is an album released by British band Dead or Alive in 2001 which served as a companion piece to their 2000 album Fragile. Unbreakable contains ten tracks which are remixes of Fragile songs...
, a remix album containing still more versions of songs from Fragile.
Album Title
"Because during the first few weeks of that, that's what I felt. Because suddenly...I'd be getting ready to go to the studio, and I'd be asleep on the sofa, like a narcoleptic. I would get to the studio, and we'd be programming stuff. And then I'd be asleep and be woken up at 11 o'clock at night to go home. And I thought "Is this stress induced, or is this genuine fatigue?" And it was fatigue. And gradually through doing certain things, the energy levels built and built and built. Not to the hysteria point. To very rational energy levels. The work started at certain times and it stopped at certain times.And that was definitely why the album was titled "Fragile". Also, because due to legal reasons, having to re-record from scratch six of our old hits, which is a perfectly feasible marketing ploy for a new record label...Having to re-record those six tracks, not as the Greatest Hits, as new songs. Because I own the goddam song. The record company think they do, but that's morally wrong. They don't own the song.
So we had to re-record them from scratch. And that was a fragile process. Because there's only so many times I can bear to try to add something to "Something in My House" or "Lover Come Back" or "Spin Me Round". I can't really add any more.
And one of the greatest challenges we had was one of the requested covers was, self covers, was "Brand New Lover". And I listened to "Brand New Lover" twelve inch three times, and I said to Steve, "There's absolutely no way we can better this. Just leave it alone. It can't go on the album, it can't be bettered." Because I consider that to be one of our finest works, you know."
Pete Burns
Track listing
- "Hit and Run LoverHit and Run Lover"Hit and Run Lover" is the first song on Fragile, the seventh studio album from the dance music band Dead or Alive. Like the 1990 album Fan the Flame , it was released only in Japan, where the band is very popular...
" - 4:42 - "Turn Around & Count 2 TenTurn Around & Count 2 Ten"Turn Around & Count 2 Ten" is a 1988 New Wave single by the British band Dead or Alive. Though its UK Singles Chart success was limited to the top 100 , it reached number one in Japan and stayed there for a massive seventeen weeks....
" * - 5:17 - "Something in My House" * - 4:01
- "Even Better Than the Real Thing 2000" - 3:07
- "I Paralyze" - 5:55
- "Isn't It a Pity?" - 4:45
- "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"You Spin Me Round " is a song by British band Dead or Alive on their 1985 album Youthquake. The song was the first UK number-one hit by the Stock Aitken Waterman production trio. Released in November 1984, the record reached number one in March 1985, taking seventeen weeks to get there...
" * - 6:02 - "Just What I Always Wanted" - 5:16
- "My Heart Goes Bang" * - 5:05
- "Lover Come Back to Me" * - 5:36
- "I Promised Myself" - 4:32
- "Blue Christmas 2000" * - 3:39
- "Hit and Run Lover" (Bonus Hit Remix) - 4:41
( * ) 2000 remix version (not original)
- "Turn Around and Count 2 Ten" is incorrectly titled "Turn Around and Count To Ten"
Chart performance
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Oricon Japanese Albums Chart | 45 |
Personnel
- Pete BurnsPete BurnsPete Burns is an English singer-songwriter, author and television personality who founded the band Dead or Alive in 1980, for which he acted as the vocalist and songwriter, and which rose to mainstream success with their 1985 single "You Spin Me Round "...
- Vocals - Jason Alburey - Keyboards
- Steve CoySteve CoySteve Coy is an English singer-songwriter, percussionist and composer. In 1982 he joined the band Dead or Alive, which was fronted by his friend Pete Burns. Currently Burns and Coy are the only remaining members of the band...
- Drums