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. The album brought the band into the limelight, scoring them a string of top 40 hits in the UK and New Zealand. "

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" was the most successful single, reaching No. 4 in New Zealand and No. 5 in the UK. The album itself reached No. 8 in the UK. A super deluxe edition was released on 6 May 2022 packaged as a 4 CD+DVD box set, newly remastered by original producer Gary Stevenson from the original production tapes. It features the original album, a slightly expanded version of the remix album '' Bangs & Crashes'' (1986),

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s and rarities (including additional remixes), an unreleased live performance from

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on 21 November 1985, a DVD featuring all promo clips for the singles of the album, a never before seen 1985 live performance from

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, Japan and various live television appearances.

Background

Go West, formed in London by Peter Cox and

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, had been writing songs for the album since 1982. Two songs featured on the album, "

" and " Call Me", helped them land a

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with

. The album features more top 40 UK/

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hits than any other albums and helped them to be voted Best Newcomers at the 1986

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''. The song "Call Me" is included on the soundtrack for the popular 2002

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Track listing

2022 super deluxe edition

Personnel

Go West * Peter Cox – vocals, keyboards, guitars *

– vocals, keyboards, bass Guest musicians * Dave West – keyboards, linguistaphone, additional arrangements * Neil Drake – acoustic piano solo on "Missing Persons" * Alan Murphy – guitars, guitar solos * Gary Stevenson – guitars * Pino Palladino – fretless bass * Graham Broad – drums, percussion * Timmy Goldsmith – drums * Mel Collins – saxophone * Katie Humble – backing vocals Production * Gary Stevenson – producer, engineer * Drostyn John Madden – engineer * Barry Hammond – engineer * Keith Finney – engineer * Mike Drake – assistant engineer * Neil Drake – assistant engineer * Rooster Studios, London – recording location * Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire – recording location * Sarm West Studios – mixing location * George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York). * All songs written by Go West * Published by ATV Music Ltd Artwork * Photography – Brian Griffin (photographer), Brian Griffin * Illustrations – Nick Hardcastle * Sleeve concept and design – John Pasche, Paul Whymant-Morris and Go West. * Art direction – John Pasche * Lyrics reproduced courtesy of ATV Music Ltd

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1985 debut albums Go West (band) albums Chrysalis Records albums