''Speak'' is the debut

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by British-American

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band

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, released in 1988. It includes the singles "There's a Beat Going On" (No. 88 in the United Kingdom, No. 19 in the Netherlands, No. 35 in New Zealand), "9 A.M. (The Comfort Zone)" (UK No. 19, Netherlands No. 33) and "Failing in Love Again" (UK No. 60, Netherlands No. 11).

Track listing

All tracks written by William Henshall,

Jimmy Helms James D. Helms (born September 27, 1941) is an American soul singer, known as a member of Londonbeat but who also had solo hits such as " Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse". Early years James D. Helms was born in Florida, United States. ...

, George Chandler and Jimmy Chambers. Note *Tracks 12–14 on CD only.

Personnel

Adapted from the album's

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Musicians

, Jimmy "Chirpy" Chambers, George Chandler – vocals *Willy M (William Henshall) – all instruments *

Gary James Gary Harry James, popularly known as 'Harry' James (born 14 December 1960 in Beckenham, Kent, England) is an English drummer best known for his work with hard rock band Thunder and melodic rock band Magnum. James began playing drums at age ei ...

– drums (track 11) *

Luís Jardim Luís Alberto Figueira Gonçalves Jardim (born 4 July 1950) is a Portuguese percussionist, born in the Madeira Island, best known for his work with producer Trevor Horn. Family Jardim is a cousin of Alberto João Jardim (former president of the ...

– drums (tracks 2, 9) *

Michael Kamen Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, and session musician. Biography Early life Michael Arnold Kamen was born in ...

– string arrangement on "9AM (The Comfort Zone)" *Ollie Marland – keyboards, piano (tracks 7, 11) *Doc Savage – drums *

David A. Stewart David Allan Stewart (born 9 September 1952) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for Eurythmics, his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox. Sometimes credited as David A. Stewart, he won Best British ...

– slide

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(track 11) * John G. Turnbull – guitar solo, fuzz guitar solo (tracks 7, 11) *Paul Waller – drums (tracks 3, 8)

Production

*Willy M – producer, original engineer, mixer *

Ian Caple Ian Caple is an English recording engineer, record producer, programmer and mixer. History Caple's career began at EMI Music in 1979. After training at Abbey Road Studios, he became an engineer at EMI's KPM studios in Denmark Street London. ...

– engineer, extra track laying *Fred Defaye – engineer, extra track laying and mix engineer, string overdub engineer *Ben Fenner – mixer, mix engineer *Robert Goldstein – photography *Doc Savage – extra programming, mixer *

Mark "Spike" Stent Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna, Marshmello, U2, Beyoncé, Björk, Depeche Mode, Echo & The Bunnymen, Grimes, Ed She ...

– engineer, mix engineer *Paul Waller – mixer

References

External links

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