Velveteen is the second album from UK pop/rock band Transvision Vamp

Transvision Vamp

Transvision Vamp were a British alternative rock group. Formed in 1986 by Nick Christian Sayer and Wendy James the band enjoyed chart success in the late 1980s...

. The album was released in 1989

1989 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989.-Events:*January 14 – Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in the USSR...

, a year after their debut album Pop Art

Pop Art (album)

Pop Art is the debut album from UK pop/rock band Transvision Vamp. It was released in 1988 and features the band's first top ten hit "I Want Your Love"...

. Velveteen produced such hits as "Baby I Don't Care

Baby I Don't Care

"Baby I Don't Care" was the sixth single from UK pop rock band Transvision Vamp and the first to be taken from their second album Velveteen. It was released in 1989 and remains their highest selling and charting single...

" which reached number 3 in the UK and Australia. Velveteen went on to peak at #1 on the UK album charts in 1989 and #2 in Australia where it became the 39th highest selling album of the year (Pop Art was #25).

A video was released to accompany the album. Entitled The Velveteen Singles, it featured the videos

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for all four singles released from the album, as well as "'behind the scenes' footage".

Track listing

1. "Baby I Don't Care
   Baby I Don't Care
   "Baby I Don't Care" was the sixth single from UK pop rock band Transvision Vamp and the first to be taken from their second album Velveteen. It was released in 1989 and remains their highest selling and charting single...
   
   " – 4:37
2. "The Only One
   The Only One (Transvision Vamp song)
   "The Only One" was the second single to be taken from Transvision Vamp's second studio album Velveteen. It was a UK Top 20 hit in 1989 and peaked at #15, spending a total of six weeks on the chart...
   
   " – 4:19
3. "Landslide of Love
   Landslide of Love
   "Landslide of Love" was the third single to be taken from Transvision Vamp's second album Velveteen. It was a Top 20 UK hit in 1989, spending five weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at #14.-Track listing:7" vinyl...
   
   " – 3:48
4. "Falling for a Goldmine" (N.C. Sayer/M. Myers) – 4:28
5. "Down on You" – 4:20
6. "Song to the Stars" – 1:50
7. "Kiss their Sons" – 4:16
8. "Born to Be Sold
   Born to Be Sold
   "Born to Be Sold" was the ninth single to be released by UK band Transvision Vamp. It became a hit in late 1989 and peaked at number 22 on the UK Singles Chart...
   
   " – 3:44
9. "Pay the Ghosts" – 4:37
10. "Bad Valentine" – 3:45
11. "Velveteen" – 9:51

All songs by Nick Christian Sayer, except where noted.

Personnel

• Wendy James
  Wendy James
  Wendy James is an English singer-songwriter most notable for her work with the pop band Transvision Vamp.-Transvision Vamp:...
  
  : vocals
• Nick Christian Sayer: guitar
• Dave Parsons
  Dave Parsons
  Dave Parsons is a British bass guitarist, most notable as a member of The Partisans, Bush and Transvision Vamp.-With Transvision Vamp:*Pop Art *Velveteen...
  
  : bass
• Tex Axile
  Anthony Doughty
  Anthony Doughty is an English rock musician. He was a member of a number of punk bands in the late 1970s, including Peroxide Romance, X-Ray Spex, The Outpatients and The Moors Murderers. In 1986, he and Dave Parsons joined fellow musicians Wendy James and Nick Sayer to form Transvision Vamp...
  
  : keyboards
• Pol Burton: drums

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The 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...	1
Australian ARIA Albums Chart	2
New Zealand Albums Chart	12
Norwegian Albums Chart	20
Swedish Albums Chart	37
Swiss Albums Chart	16