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. It was released by PWL in 1988, re-issued in 1993 in Japan and re-mastered and re-issued in 2009. Smith, who was already well-known in the British tabloids due to her relationship with

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, which started when she was 13, became the very first artist signed to

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in September 1986 when she was 16 years old, and began working with producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman for her first single, which was going to be a cover of the 1964

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". The recording however remained unreleased as a new song, "I Just Can't Wait" was eventually released as her debut single in January 1987. While the single was not a hit in her native UK, it became a sizeable hit around Europe and Japan. The same was true for her second single, "Positive Reaction", released in October 1987. Her European and Japanese success with the singles prompted a full album deal, and Smith worked all through late 1987 to early 1988 with Stock Aitken and Waterman as well as with some of their associate producers, including Phil Harding and Ian Curnow, Pete Hammond, Daize Washbourn and Roddy Matthews. The record was released in April 1988 and two further singles, "Boys and Girls" and "Victim of Pleasure" were also released that year. Again, the album saw chart action in Europe and Japan but was a complete failure in her native UK, failing to chart at all. Smith's final recording was a cover of

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", titled "Don't You Want Me Baby" in 1989, released as a standalone single, which became her only single to enter the UK top 75, peaking at No. 59. The album also includes a cover of

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and would be recorded a year later by

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. "Stay with Me Tonight" was co-written by British singer

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'Dick Spatsley'. He also recorded the song at the time, but it was not released until it was included on the 2CD compilation ''Phil Harding Club Mixes of the 80s'' in 2011. The album was reissued in Japan in 1993 adding a few

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es as bonus tracks. In 2009, the album was reissued by the

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label adding eight bonus tracks, including "Don't You Want Me Baby", the unreleased "Terry", and Smith's version of

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" which she had originally recorded (with slightly different lyrics) but was then given to Minogue. Smith's version was first released in 2005 as a bonus track on a compilation of Stock, Aitken & Waterman's hits. Another song, titled "Charisma" and produced by Daize Washbourn, was slated for the album but left incomplete.

Track listing

# "Stay with Me Tonight" – 3:34 (Harding, Curnow, Spatsley) # "I Just Can't Wait" – 3:25 (Stock, Aitken, Waterman) # "Victim of Pleasure" – 3:31 (Briley, Trevisick) # "

" – 4:05 (Brucken, Dorper, Freytag, Mertens) # "Boys and Girls" – 3:45 (Washbourne) # "Mandy's Theme Part 1" – 4:24 (Stock, Aitken, Waterman) # "If It Makes You Feel Good" – 4:31 (Stock, Aitken, Waterman) # "Positive Reaction" – 3:27 (Stock, Aitken, Waterman) # "Say It's Love (Love House)" – 3:51 (Harding, Curnow, Rhatigan) # "He's My Boy " – 3:49 (Stock, Aitken, Waterman) # "You're Never Alone" – 3:34 (Stock, Aitken, Waterman) # "Mandy's Theme Part 2" – 4:13 (Stock, Aitken, Waterman)

Bonus tracks

CD album has a bonus track. # "Positive Reaction (Miami Mix) – 3:42 (as 12th track) These bonus tracks are included on Japan 1993 re-issue. # "Say It's Love (Love House)" (Xtra Beat This Mix) # "If It Makes You Feel Good" (Extended Version) # "Don't You Want Me Baby" (Cocktail Mix) # "Positive Reaction" (Extended Instrumental) These bonus tracks are included on the 2009 re-issue album. # " Don't You Want Me Baby" (

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cover) # "

" # "

" (12" Mix) # "Positive Reaction" (Our Mandys Extended Mix) # "Boys and Girls" (Acid Mix) # "Victim of Pleasure" (Daize on Nights Mix) # "Don't You Want Me Baby" (Original Mix) # "Mandy's Theme/I Just Can't Wait" (The Cool and Breezy Jazz Version)

Chart performance

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mandy (Album) Mandy Smith albums 1988 debut albums Albums produced by Stock Aitken Waterman