No Sweat were an Irish

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 rock

Rock music

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 band

Musical ensemble

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, active during the late 1980s and early 1990s. They are best remembered for their single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

, "Heart and Soul" (produced

Record producer

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 by the Def Leppard

Def Leppard

Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Since 1992, the band have consisted of Joe Elliott , Rick Savage , Rick Allen , Phil Collen , and Vivian Campbell...

 frontman Joe Elliott

Joe Elliott

Joseph Thomas "Joe" Elliott Jr is an English singer-songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead vocalist and occasional rhythm guitarist of the British rock band Def Leppard. He has also been the lead singer of David Bowie cover band, the Cybernauts and the Mott the Hoople cover band, Down...

), which topped the Irish Singles Chart

Irish Singles Chart

The 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...

 for two weeks in June 1989.

The group had two further Irish hits

Hit record

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 the following year with "Tear Down the Walls" (#4) and "On the Edge" (#11). 1990 also saw the release of their self-titled debut album

Album

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, which was produced by Keith Olsen for Pogo Logo Corp., and was recorded

Sound recording and reproduction

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 at the Goodnight L.A. studio in Van Nuys, California, United States

United States

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"Heart and Soul" and "Tear Down the Walls" were released as singles in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, with both enjoying minor success in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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. The former spent four weeks in that chart

Record chart

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, peaking at #64, whilst "Tear Down the Walls" peaked at #61.

Their guitarist, Dave Gooding, became the vocalist for blues-rock band b.l.o.w.

B.l.o.w.

b.l.o.w. were a short-lived English blues rock band from the mid nineties. The band released one full album, Pigs , a "mini-album" called Man And Goat Alike and a collection of singles and live recordings.- Lineup :...

 with former members of Little Angels

Little Angels

Little Angels were a hard rock band of the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s.-History and members:Little Angels formed in Scarborough, England in 1984, under the name Mr Thrud. The founding members were Toby Jepson , Mark Plunkett , Dave Hopper and the brothers Bruce John and Jimmy Dickinson...

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Album track listing

1. "Heart And Soul" *
2. "Shake"
3. "Stay" *
4. "On The Edge"
5. "Waters Flow" **
6. "Tear Down The Walls"
7. "Generation"
8. "Lean On Me"
9. "Stranger"
10. "Mover" ***

Album personnel

• Paul Quinn (Lead Vocals)
• PJ Smith (Keyboards & Vocals)
• Jim Phillips (Guitars & Vocals)
• Jon E. Angel (Bass)
• Dave Gooding (Guitars & Vocals)
• Ray Fean (Drums)

• Jimmy Crichton (Keyboard Programming)
• James Kottak (Additional Drums)
• Michael Sadler (Additional Backing Vocals)
• Tim Pierce (Additional Guitars) *
• Claudia Fontaine (Additional Backing Vocals) **
• Shelley Buckspan (Additional Backing Vocals) **
• Johnnie Edwards (Slide Guitar) ***