Matt Bianco
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Matt Bianco is a UK
band
that was formed in 1983. They are mainly known for their success in the mid 1980s and their jazz
, Latin-flavoured music.
Popular during the mid 1980s in continental Europe
, Matt Bianco was part of the new jazz
pop
genre, that they shared with acts such as Working Week
, Sade
, Everything but the Girl
, and The Style Council
. The name suggests that Matt Bianco is a personal name, often referred to the main constant member and frontman, Mark Reilly, but Matt is in fact "a made up spy, a secret agent; we loved spy TV themes and film scores".
) in 1982 from the shards of the abandoned art pop group, Blue Rondo A La Turk
, for their first album
, Whose Side Are You On?
, they hired then unknown Polish
vocalist Basia Trzetrzelewska. Her vocal arrangement
s gave the album a jazzy dimension. Mixmaster
Phil Harding
applied what would become his signature style to the recordings
. Hits
like "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" and "Half a Minute," which Basia would feature live throughout her solo
career, turned Matt Bianco into one of the biggest acts of Europe in 1984.
Basia and Danny White, who subsequently formed a romantic relationship, left the group soon after the first album to pursue a solo
career with Sony
, under the name Basia, on the Epic
label
. They maintained their working relationship with Phil Harding, who continued to work with Matt Bianco as well.
Reilly found two new musical partners: Jenny Evans became the new female singer for Matt Bianco, contributing mainly backing vocals, and lead vocals on two album tracks, and ex-Wham and Second Image keyboarder and session musician
Mark Fisher became White's collaborator as songwriter and producer, and the band's keyboard player. This line-up recorded the (self-titled) Matt Bianco
album.
, composer
and studio
wizard, contributed a more contemporary sound, compared to that of the early Matt Bianco. The use of synthesizer
s increased notably: Yamaha
's DX-7 can be heard providing the slap bass in most songs, but the choice of noted studio musicians remained consistent with Ronnie Ross
being the most prominent example. After the first album with the new line-up, they took a 13-piece band on to a Europe
an tour, that saw them perform in front of an audience of more than 250,000 attendees in total.
Jenny Evans left the group shortly after the recording of the group's self titled album and was not replaced.
Matt Bianco was now a household name in Europe, and Warner Brothers sought to market them in the United States
. They hired Gloria Estefan
's husband and producer Emilio Estefan
to produce a few songs, and recorded their third album, Indigo, with the Estefan productions being chosen as singles. 1988's "Don't Blame it on That Girl" and "Good Times" only made a moderate impact. "Wap-Bam-Boogie", an album track originally on the B-side of the first single , which did well on the dance charts, and pushed the joint single release up to Number 11 on the UK Singles Chart
, making it Matt Bianco's most successful single.
Their first Greatest Hits album, entitled The Best of Matt Bianco, collecting their greatest hits from 1983 to 1990, was released in 1990. Another studio album
was released in 1991 by Warner Brothers, the fractured Samba in Your Casa
, the fourth long-playing by the group.
Reilly and Fisher then split from their record company and went freelance. From then on, they recorded their albums in their own studios, and then offered them to independent distributors worldwide.
The drummer of Matt Bianco was Mark phillips and was fantastic as he made the band to what it was. He then had to retire as he had to bring up his two beautiful children Jordan & Joshua Phillips.
They scored contracts with ZYX Music
and Intercord in Europe, and Victor Entertainment
in Asia
, but failed to sign on with another major label. The next albums did not sell well in Europe, but they created a loyal fan base in Japan
and the rest of Asia
. The albums Another Time Another Place
, Gran Via, World Go Round
, A/Collection (not a greatest hits album, but more of a compilation album
, compiling a number of remake
s of Matt Bianco's stand-out album tracks plus remix
es of a few of their hits), Rico, and Echoes sold well enough for a comfortable lifestyle in the South-East of England
.
After twenty years recording and touring, the two split amicably.
(the name is from one of their most popular early instrumental
tracks), which featured well-crafted adult-contemporary/jazz numbers, in the spirit of their first album. This was accompanied by an extensive PR exercise, giving the album plenty of airtime
. The following year, they embarked on a world tour, which included stops in the UK, Japan, and the United States.
, Basia and White left Matt Bianco again to reinvigorate the Basia brand. Reilly reunited with Fisher, and Matt Bianco were back as a duo
. Three compilation album
s were marketed between 2005 and 2008, including The Best of Matt Bianco - Volume 2, containing many of the Asian tracks, which were so far only available in Germany
for European fans, and the re-release of the original 1990 The Best of Matt Bianco, featuring their European hits from 1983 to 1990. In May 2009 Fisher and Reilly released their first album as a duo for eight years in Europe, the UK and Japan. With HiFi Bossanova the band secured a recording contract
with Edel Music
in Europe and continued their cooperation with JVC-Victor in Japan.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
that was formed in 1983. They are mainly known for their success in the mid 1980s and their jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, Latin-flavoured music.
Popular during the mid 1980s in continental Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Matt Bianco was part of the new jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
genre, that they shared with acts such as Working Week
Working Week (band)
Working Week were a British jazz-dance musical ensemble, active in the 1980s and 1990s.Working Week were formed in 1983 by guitarist Simon Booth and saxophonist Larry Stabbins, who were previously in post punk outfit Weekend...
, Sade
Sade (band)
Sade is a British smooth jazz band that formed in 1983, named for Nigerian lead singer Sade Adu. Their music features elements of R&B, soul, jazz, and soft rock....
, Everything but the Girl
Everything but the Girl
Everything but the Girl was a two-person English band, formed in Hull during 1981, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Ben Watt . They are currently inactive although vocalist Tracey Thorn hinted that they may reform someday...
, and The Style Council
The Style Council
The Style Council were an English band, formed in 1983 by the ex-The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller, with keyboardist Mick Talbot. The permanent line-up grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then-wife, vocalist Dee C. Lee. Other artists such as Tracie Young and Tracey Thorn also...
. The name suggests that Matt Bianco is a personal name, often referred to the main constant member and frontman, Mark Reilly, but Matt is in fact "a made up spy, a secret agent; we loved spy TV themes and film scores".
The early years as a trio
Formed by Mark Reilly (vocals), Danny White (keyboards), and the late Kito Poncioni (bassBass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) in 1982 from the shards of the abandoned art pop group, Blue Rondo A La Turk
Blue Rondo à la Turk (band)
Blue Rondo à la Turk was an early 1980s British pop group, which featured Chris Sullivan on vocals and Mark Reilly on guitar. Other band members were Moses Mount Bassie , Mick "Lloyd" Bynoe , Art Collins , Geraldo d'Arbilly , Kito Poncioni , Christos Tolera , Tholo Peter Tsegona , and Daniel White...
, for their first album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, Whose Side Are You On?
Whose Side Are You On?
Whose Side Are You On? was the first album by Matt Bianco. Released in 1984, the title has long been out of print in most territories. For this album, Matt Bianco was a trio of Basia Trzetrzelewska , Mark Reilly , and Danny White .This album contains the band's first five chart UK hits, including...
, they hired then unknown Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
vocalist Basia Trzetrzelewska. Her vocal arrangement
Arrangement
The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
s gave the album a jazzy dimension. Mixmaster
Mixmaster
Mixmaster may refer to:*Mixmaster, a brand of Sunbeam Products electric kitchen mixer*The Mixmaster anonymous remailer, a Type II anonymous remailer which sends messages in fixed-size packets and reorders them, preventing anyone watching the messages go in and out of remailers from tracing...
Phil Harding
Phil Harding (producer)
Phil Harding is an English audio engineer, producer and remixer, best known for his extended collaboration with keyboardist and programmer Ian Curnow....
applied what would become his signature style to the recordings
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
. Hits
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...
like "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" and "Half a Minute," which Basia would feature live throughout her solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
career, turned Matt Bianco into one of the biggest acts of Europe in 1984.
Basia and Danny White, who subsequently formed a romantic relationship, left the group soon after the first album to pursue a solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
career with Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
, under the name Basia, on the Epic
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
. They maintained their working relationship with Phil Harding, who continued to work with Matt Bianco as well.
Reilly found two new musical partners: Jenny Evans became the new female singer for Matt Bianco, contributing mainly backing vocals, and lead vocals on two album tracks, and ex-Wham and Second Image keyboarder and session musician
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
Mark Fisher became White's collaborator as songwriter and producer, and the band's keyboard player. This line-up recorded the (self-titled) Matt Bianco
Matt Bianco (album)
Matt Bianco was the second album by the British jazz/pop/soul band Matt Bianco, released in 1986 for WEA. For this album, the band's line-up was made up of vocalists Mark Reilly and Jenny Evans, and musician Mark Fisher.-Album background and chart history:...
album.
The Reilly-Fisher duo years
With the addition of Mark Fisher, the sound changed considerably. Fisher, a keyboardistKeyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
, composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...
wizard, contributed a more contemporary sound, compared to that of the early Matt Bianco. The use of synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
s increased notably: Yamaha
Yamaha
Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...
's DX-7 can be heard providing the slap bass in most songs, but the choice of noted studio musicians remained consistent with Ronnie Ross
Ronnie Ross
Albert Ronald "Ronnie" Ross was a jazz baritone saxophonist.Ross moved to England in 1946 and began playing tenor saxophone in the 1950s with Tony Kinsey, Ted Heath, and Don Rendell. During his tenure with Rendell he switched to baritone saxophone...
being the most prominent example. After the first album with the new line-up, they took a 13-piece band on to a Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an tour, that saw them perform in front of an audience of more than 250,000 attendees in total.
Jenny Evans left the group shortly after the recording of the group's self titled album and was not replaced.
Matt Bianco was now a household name in Europe, and Warner Brothers sought to market them in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. They hired Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
's husband and producer Emilio Estefan
Emilio Estefan
Emilio Estefan, Jr. is a Cuban-American of Lebanese ancestry who is a musician and producer. Estefan's first taste of celebrity came as a member of the Miami Sound Machine, but he is also recognized as the producer of many famous singers. He is the husband of singer Gloria Estefan...
to produce a few songs, and recorded their third album, Indigo, with the Estefan productions being chosen as singles. 1988's "Don't Blame it on That Girl" and "Good Times" only made a moderate impact. "Wap-Bam-Boogie", an album track originally on the B-side of the first single , which did well on the dance charts, and pushed the joint single release up to Number 11 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, making it Matt Bianco's most successful single.
Their first Greatest Hits album, entitled The Best of Matt Bianco, collecting their greatest hits from 1983 to 1990, was released in 1990. Another studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
was released in 1991 by Warner Brothers, the fractured Samba in Your Casa
Samba in Your Casa
Samba in Your Casa is the fourth studio album by British pop/jazz/soul/dance band Matt Bianco, released in 1991. It was their first long playing record for EastWest label, and came out one year after their first Greatest Hits album for WEA, the UK #49 The Best of Matt Bianco, and three years after...
, the fourth long-playing by the group.
Reilly and Fisher then split from their record company and went freelance. From then on, they recorded their albums in their own studios, and then offered them to independent distributors worldwide.
The drummer of Matt Bianco was Mark phillips and was fantastic as he made the band to what it was. He then had to retire as he had to bring up his two beautiful children Jordan & Joshua Phillips.
They scored contracts with ZYX Music
ZYX Music
ZYX Music is a German record label which was founded in 1971 by Bernhard Mikulski. Until 1992, the label's name was Pop-Import Bernhard Mikulski. The label specialized in disco and early house music. Founder Bernhard Mikulski is credited with coining the term Italo disco in the 1980s...
and Intercord in Europe, and Victor Entertainment
Victor Entertainment
is a subsidiary of Japan Victor Company that produces and distributes music, movies and other entertainment products such as anime and television shows in Japan. It was formerly known as...
in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, but failed to sign on with another major label. The next albums did not sell well in Europe, but they created a loyal fan base 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...
and the rest of Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. The albums Another Time Another Place
Another Time Another Place
This was Matt Bianco's first album after splitting from Warner Brothers. Eager to take on the world without the constraints of a marketing department, Mark Fisher and Mark Reilly recorded this in the Fishbowl, Fisher's own studio on the outskirts of London...
, Gran Via, World Go Round
World Go Round
"World Go Round" is the fourth single from Busta Rhymes' album Back on My B.S. and is produced by Jelly Roll. The song featuring British singer Estelle, was released in France on April 6, 2009 by Universal Records due to the heavy rotation of a leaked version of the track on the French R&B/hip hop...
, A/Collection (not a greatest hits album, but more of a compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
, compiling a number of remake
Remake
A remake is a piece of media based primarily on an earlier work of the same medium.-Film:The term "remake" is generally used in reference to a movie which uses an earlier movie as the main source material, rather than in reference to a second, later movie based on the same source...
s of Matt Bianco's stand-out album tracks plus 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 a few of their hits), Rico, and Echoes sold well enough for a comfortable lifestyle in the South-East of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
After twenty years recording and touring, the two split amicably.
The reunion of the original trio line-up
Initiated by a mutual friend, Basia and Danny White joined with Mark Reilly to reform the "original" Matt Bianco, in 2003, signing to the Emarcy label. In 2004, Matt Bianco released the album Matt's MoodMatt's Mood
Matt's Mood is the 2004 "temporary comeback" album by UK outfit Matt Bianco, released for Universal, and distributed by the Emarcy label. The album makes heavy use of Danny White and Basia Trzetrzelewska's signature harmonies...
(the name is from one of their most popular early instrumental
Instrumental
An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....
tracks), which featured well-crafted adult-contemporary/jazz numbers, in the spirit of their first album. This was accompanied by an extensive PR exercise, giving the album plenty of airtime
Airtime
Airtime is a free and open source radio management application for remote broadcast automation , and program exchange between radio stations.-History:...
. The following year, they embarked on a world tour, which included stops in the UK, Japan, and the United States.
The present: back again to the duo
After the success of Matt's MoodMatt's Mood
Matt's Mood is the 2004 "temporary comeback" album by UK outfit Matt Bianco, released for Universal, and distributed by the Emarcy label. The album makes heavy use of Danny White and Basia Trzetrzelewska's signature harmonies...
, Basia and White left Matt Bianco again to reinvigorate the Basia brand. Reilly reunited with Fisher, and Matt Bianco were back as a duo
Duet (music)
A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...
. Three compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s were marketed between 2005 and 2008, including The Best of Matt Bianco - Volume 2, containing many of the Asian tracks, which were so far only available in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
for European fans, and the re-release of the original 1990 The Best of Matt Bianco, featuring their European hits from 1983 to 1990. In May 2009 Fisher and Reilly released their first album as a duo for eight years in Europe, the UK and Japan. With HiFi Bossanova the band secured a recording contract
Recording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
with Edel Music
Edel Music
-History:Edel Music was founded in 1986 by Michael Haentjes in Germany as a mail order record company selling mostly soundtracks. With artists such as Scooter, SASH!, Holly Johnson and many others, it became a very successful pop music label...
in Europe and continued their cooperation with JVC-Victor in Japan.
Albums
- 1984 - Whose Side Are You On?Whose Side Are You On?Whose Side Are You On? was the first album by Matt Bianco. Released in 1984, the title has long been out of print in most territories. For this album, Matt Bianco was a trio of Basia Trzetrzelewska , Mark Reilly , and Danny White .This album contains the band's first five chart UK hits, including...
(UK Albums ChartUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
#35) - 1986 - Matt BiancoMatt Bianco (album)Matt Bianco was the second album by the British jazz/pop/soul band Matt Bianco, released in 1986 for WEA. For this album, the band's line-up was made up of vocalists Mark Reilly and Jenny Evans, and musician Mark Fisher.-Album background and chart history:...
(UK #26) - 1988 - Indigo (UK #23)
- 1991 - Samba in Your CasaSamba in Your CasaSamba in Your Casa is the fourth studio album by British pop/jazz/soul/dance band Matt Bianco, released in 1991. It was their first long playing record for EastWest label, and came out one year after their first Greatest Hits album for WEA, the UK #49 The Best of Matt Bianco, and three years after...
- 1994 - Another Time Another PlaceAnother Time Another PlaceThis was Matt Bianco's first album after splitting from Warner Brothers. Eager to take on the world without the constraints of a marketing department, Mark Fisher and Mark Reilly recorded this in the Fishbowl, Fisher's own studio on the outskirts of London...
- 1995 - Gran Via
- 1997 - World Go Round
- 2000 - Rico
- 2002 - Echoes
- 2004 - Matt's MoodMatt's MoodMatt's Mood is the 2004 "temporary comeback" album by UK outfit Matt Bianco, released for Universal, and distributed by the Emarcy label. The album makes heavy use of Danny White and Basia Trzetrzelewska's signature harmonies...
- 2009 - Hifi Bossanova
Compilations
- 1990 - The Best of Matt Bianco (UK #49) (collection of best tracks from the EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an period 1983 to 1990 - 1993 - Yeah Yeah
- 1998 - A/Collection (collection of post-1990 tracks, and remakes of pre-1990 hits) (Japanese edition includes 17 tracks; European edition, released in 2000, includes 16 tracks)
- 2005 - The Best of Matt Bianco: Platinum Collection (re-release of The Best of Matt Bianco)
- 2005 - Let's Dance (Matt Bianco dance hits)
- 2006 - Wap Bam Boogie
- 2008 - The Best of Matt Bianco - Volume 2 (collection of best tracks from the GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
/AsiaAsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n period 1991 to 2008 - InternetInternetThe Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
release) - 2010 - Sunshine Days - The Official Greatest Hits (collection of re-recorded classic tracks and newer songs that were popular on Asian releases)
Singles Europe 1983-1990
- February 1984 - "Get Out of Your Lazy BedGet Out of Your Lazy Bed"Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" is the debut single from UK band Matt Bianco, released in 1984, along with their debut album Whose Side Are You On?. The song became the band's first Top 20 hit, peaking at #15 on the UK Singles Chart...
" (#15 UK Singles ChartUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
- 8 weeks in the charts), #8 IrelandIrish Singles ChartThe Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... - April/May 1984 - "Sneaking Out the Back Door"/"Matt's Mood" (#44 UK - 7 weeks), #22 Ireland
- November 1984 - "Half a Minute" (#23 UK - 10 weeks)
- February 1985 - "More Than I Can Bear" (remixRemixA 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 ....
) - (#50 UK - 7 weeks) - September 1985 - "Yeh YehYeh Yeh"Yeh Yeh" is a Latin soul tune that was written as an instrumental by Rodgers Grant and Pat Patrick and first recorded by Mongo Santamaría on his 1963 album Watermelon Man . Lyrics were written for it shortly thereafter by Jon Hendricks of the vocal group Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. This version of...
" (#13 UK - 10 weeks), #15 Ireland - February 1986 - "Just Can't Stand It" (#66 UK - 2 weeks)
- June 1986 - "Dancing in the Street" (#64 UK - 3 weeks)
- May 1988 - "Don't Blame It on That Girl" / "Wap-Bam-Boogie" (double A-side) (#11 UK - 13 weeks), #8 Ireland
- August 1988 - "Good Times" (#55 UK - 3 weeks)
- January 1989 - "Nervous / Wap-Bam-Boogie (re-mix)" (#59 UK - 2 weeks), #22 Ireland
- April 1989 - "Say It's Not Too Late" (UK -)
- September 1990 - "Fire in the Blood" (UK -)
- December 1990 - "Wap-Bam-Boogie 1990" (UK -)
- February 1992 - "What a Fool BelievesWhat a Fool Believes"What a Fool Believes" is a song written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins. The best-known version was recorded by The Doobie Brothers for their 1978 album Minute by Minute. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 14, 1979, remaining in that position for one week...
" #23 Ireland
Singles Germany/Asia 1991-1998
- October 1991 - "Macumba"
- 1992 - "What a Fool BelievesWhat a Fool Believes"What a Fool Believes" is a song written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins. The best-known version was recorded by The Doobie Brothers for their 1978 album Minute by Minute. The single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 14, 1979, remaining in that position for one week...
" - September 1993 - "Our Love" (JapanJapanJapan 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...
) - 1994 - "Our LoveOur LoveOur Love can refer to:* Our Love , an album from the Cantopop band Twins* "Our Love" , a 1978 song by Natalie Cole* " Don't Throw It All Away", a 1978 song by Andy Gibb* "Our Love", a 1994 song by Matt Bianco...
" (GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) - December 1994 - "Buddy Love"
- August 1995 - "Lost in YouLost In You"Lost In You" is the third single released from British singer-songwriter Shelly Poole's first solo album Hard Time for the Dreamer , but only the first to be released in a physical format. The instruments featured include; the acoustic guitar and drum kit among others...
" (GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
) - October 1995 - "Lost in YouLost In You"Lost In You" is the third single released from British singer-songwriter Shelly Poole's first solo album Hard Time for the Dreamer , but only the first to be released in a physical format. The instruments featured include; the acoustic guitar and drum kit among others...
" (JapanJapanJapan 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...
) - June 1997 - "Altozano"
- July 1997 - "Sunshine Day / Lost in You 1997"
- 1998 - "Boogie Mi Vista"