Please Yourself is the sixth studio album by British girl group

Girl group

A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...

 Bananarama

Bananarama

Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...

. It was released in 1993 by London Records

London Records

London Records, referred to as London Recordings in logo, is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin America from 1947 to 1979, then becoming a semi-independent label....

, the last release the group had on this label. It is also the first album from Bananarama as a duo - with original members Sara Dallin

Sara Dallin

Sara Elizabeth Dallin is an English musician mostly noted for her membership of the group Bananarama, which she co-founded with her childhood friend Keren Woodward.Dallin was born in Bristol, England...

 and Keren Woodward

Keren Woodward

Keren Woodward is an English pop singer and songwriter of British girl group Bananarama, co-founded by her long time school friend Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey....

 continuing after the departure of Jacquie O'Sullivan

Jacquie O'Sullivan

Jacquie O'Sullivan is a singer and songwriter.-Early years:O'Sullivan was originally a member of the country/punk/rockabilly group Shillelagh Sisters. In 1978 she was one of three backing vocalists on Status Quo's album "If You Can't Stand the Heat". In 1982 O'Sullivan appeared in the videoclip of...

 the previous year and the last to feature both Sara Dallin

Sara Dallin

Sara Elizabeth Dallin is an English musician mostly noted for her membership of the group Bananarama, which she co-founded with her childhood friend Keren Woodward.Dallin was born in Bristol, England...

 and Keren Woodward

Keren Woodward

Keren Woodward is an English pop singer and songwriter of British girl group Bananarama, co-founded by her long time school friend Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey....

 to play bass guitar on some tracks on the album. Please Yourself also reunites Bananarama with two-thirds of the Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman

Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...

 production team (Stock and Waterman). Musician Gary Miller was brought in to do keyboards and guitar and would be Bananarama's next collaborator on their next album Ultra Violet

Ultra Violet (Bananarama album)

Ultra Violet and I Found Love are two titles given to the seventh studio album released by British girl group, Bananarama, in 1995...

.

Please Yourself features songs in a europop

Europop

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 style, similar to a 1990s version of Swedish pop band ABBA

ABBA

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. It is the first Bananarama album not to get a release in the United States, and upon its release in the UK, it was panned by critics and charted at a low number forty-six. There was a limited double CD edition featuring 12" remix of former hit singles. Dallin and Woodward have later admitted in interviews that they are not fond of this album.

On March 19, 2007, Bananarama's first six studio albums were re-issued by Rhino Records

Rhino Entertainment

Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group.-History:Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues successes...

. All re-issues are remastered and each includes several bonus tracks, consisting of B-sides and remixes.

Track listing

CD and cassette versions

1. "Movin' On" — 4:38 (S. Dallin/K. Woodward/M. Stock/P. Waterman)
2. "Last Thing on My Mind
   Last Thing on My Mind
   "Last Thing on My Mind" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. The song is featured on their album Please Yourself and was released as the album's second single in the UK in 1992. It was produced by Mike Stock and Pete Waterman, two-thirds of the Stock Aitken Waterman ...
   
   " — 3:35 (S. Dallin/K. Woodward/M. Stock/P. Waterman)
3. "Let Me Love You One More Time" — 3:39 (S.Dallin/K. Woodward/M. Stock/P. Waterman)
4. "More, More, More" — 3:08 (G. Diamond/S. Dallin/K. Woodward/M. Stock/P. Waterman)
5. "Is She Good to You" — 3:44 (S. Dallin/K. Woodward/M. Stock/P. Waterman)
6. "Only Time Will Tell" — 3:35 (S. Dallin/K. Woodward/M. Stock/P. Waterman)
7. "Give It All Up for Love" — 3:57 (S. Dallin/K. Woodward/M. Stock/P. Waterman)
8. "You'll Never Know What It Means" — 4:36 (S. Dallin/K. Woodward/M. Stock/P. Waterman)
9. "You're Never Satisfied" — 3:32 (S. Dallin/K. Woodward/M. Stock/P. Waterman)
10. "I Could Be Persuaded" — 5:09 (S. Dallin/K. Woodward/M. Stock/P. Waterman)

Limited 2-CD edition with Classic 12" Collection

1. "Venus" (Hellfire Mix) — 9:18 (R. V. Leeuwen
   Shocking Blue
   Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band from The Hague, the Netherlands, formed in 1967. Their biggest hit, "Venus", went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1970, and the band had sold 13.5 million discs by 1973, but the group disbanded in 1974.-Members:...
   
   )
2. "I Want You Back
   I Want You Back (Bananarama song)
   "I Want You Back" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its fourth and final single. with the 1988 compilation album Greatest Hits Collection...
   
   " (European Mix) — 7:54 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/M. Aitken/P. Waterman)
3. "Love in the First Degree
   Love in the First Degree
   "Love in the First Degree" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. It is included on their fourth studio album Wow! and was released as its second single except in the U.S., where it was the album's third single...
   
   " (Jailers Mix) — 6:03 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/M. Aitken/P. Waterman)
4. "Cruel Summer '89
   Cruel Summer
   "Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side : it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by...
   
   " (swing beat version) — 5:16 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward)
5. "Really Saying Something" (long version) — 5:40 (N. Whitfield/W. Stevenson/E. Holland, Jr)
6. "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
   Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
   "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" is a song written and recorded by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer, attributed to a then-fictitious band they named "Steam". It was released under the Mercury subsidiary label Fontana and became a number one pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1969,...
   
   " (full length) — 4:53 (G. DeCarlo/D. Frashuer/P. Leka)

Japanese CD version

1. "Movin' On" — 4:38
2. "Last Thing on My Mind" — 3:35
3. "Let Me Love You One More Time" — 3:39
4. "More, More, More" — 3:08
5. "Is She Good to You" — 3:44
6. "Only Time Will Tell" — 3:35
7. "Give It All Up for Love" — 3:57
8. "You'll Never Know What It Means" — 4:36
9. "You're Never Satisfied" — 3:32
10. "I Could Be Persuaded" — 5:09
11. "Movin' On" (Bumpin' Mix) — 6:16
12. "Last Thing on My Mind" (Hi-NRG Mix) — 5:59
13. "Venus" (extended version) — 7:23

2007 CD re-issue plus bonus tracks

1. "Movin' On"
2. "Last Thing on My Mind"
3. "Let Me Love You One More Time"
4. "More, More, More"
5. "Is She Good to You"
6. "Only Time Will Tell"
7. "Give It All Up for Love"
8. "You'll Never Know What It Means"
9. "You're Never Satisfied"
10. "I Could Be Persuaded"
11. "Movin' On" (7-inch mix)
12. "Another Lover" (S. Dallin/K. Woodward/M. Stock/P. Waterman)
13. "Last Thing on My Mind" (7-inch Mix)
14. "Treat Me Right" (S. Dallin/K. Woodward/M. Stock/P. Waterman)
15. "More, More More" (Dave Ford Single Mix)

Unreleased songs and demos

1. "Changes
   Changes (David Bowie song)
   "Changes" is a song by David Bowie, originally released on the album Hunky Dory in December 1971 and as a single in January 1972. Despite missing the Top 40, "Changes" became one of Bowie's best-known songs. The lyrics are often seen as a manifesto for his chameleonic personality, sexual ambiguity,...
   
   "
2. "She's in Love with You"
3. "Only Time Will Tell"

Personnel

Bananarama

• Sara Dallin
  Sara Dallin
  Sara Elizabeth Dallin is an English musician mostly noted for her membership of the group Bananarama, which she co-founded with her childhood friend Keren Woodward.Dallin was born in Bristol, England...
  
   - Vocals
• Keren Woodward
  Keren Woodward
  Keren Woodward is an English pop singer and songwriter of British girl group Bananarama, co-founded by her long time school friend Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey....
  
   - Vocals
• Mae McKenna, Miriam Stockley, Lance Ellington, Mark Williamson, Leroy Osborne, Cleveland Watkiss and Mike Stock - Backing vocals

Musicians

• Keyboards - Mike Stock, Julian Gingell and Gary Miller
• Guitar - Gary Miller
• Drums - A. Linn
• Horn and string arrangements - Paul Riser
• Violens - Gene Orloff (Concert Master), Matthew Raimondi, Sanford Allen, Max Ellen, John Pintavalle, Charles Libore, Elliot Rosoff, Regis Iandiorio, Stanley Hunte, and Seymour Wakschul
• Violas - Alfred Brown, Julien Barber, Harry Zaratzian, Richard Spencer
• Cellos - Eugene Moye Jr., Jesse Levy, Fredrick Zlotkin
• Trumpets - Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker
• Trombone - David Bargeron
• Tenor saxophone - Lawrence Feldman

Additional personnel

• Andrew Biscomb - Sleeve design
• Tony McGee - Inner photography
• Peter Barrett - Sleeve design
• Julian Broad - Cover photography
• Jason Barron, Les Sharma, Paul Waterman, Dean Murphy, Chris McDonnell, Jesse Tranbury, Martin Neary - Assistant engineers
• Jay Newland - Recording engineer
• Sandy Palmer - Assistant engineer