''The Dollar Album'' is the third and final studio album by pop vocal duo

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, released on 22 October 1982 by

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. The album featured five Top 40 hit singles, including their biggest " Mirror Mirror".

Background

By its release in 1982, Dollar had seen a revival in fortunes following their previous, unsuccessful album '' The Paris Collection'' (1980). After teaming up with producer

Trevor Horn Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English music producer, label and recording studio owner, musician and composer. He is best known for his production work in the 1980s, and for being one half of the new wave band The Buggles (wit ...

in 1981, the group had enjoyed their biggest success with four hit singles; "Hand Held in Black and White", " Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)", "

Give Me Back My Heart "Give Me Back My Heart" is a song by British pop duo Dollar, released in March 1982 as the third single from their third album ''The Dollar Album''. The song was their second biggest hit out of the five top twenty hit singles off the album, after " ...

" and " Videotheque" - all of which reached the UK Top 20. Members

David Van Day David Van Day (born David Paul Day, 28 November 1956) is an English singer, songwriter and politician who was formerly a member of the pop vocal duo Dollar. He was also a member of the 1970s vocal group Guys 'n' Dolls (along with his Dollar pa ...

and

Thereza Bazar Theresa Lorraine Bazar (born 23 May 1955) is a Canadian-born singer, best known as one half of the pop duo Dollar. Career Bazar met with success in her late teens as a member of 1970s group Guys 'n' Dolls, who scored a 1975 hit with "There's ...

began work on a new album and wrote and produced the remainder of the tracks themselves. Although all their own songs were credited as joint compositions, a number of them were written by only one of them, such as "Dangerous Blondes", "Guessing Games" and "Anyone Who's Anyone" by Bazar and "You Made Me Love You" and "I Got Your Number Wrong" by Van Day. The production was also largely handled by Bazar herself after she had spent much time working closely with Horn in the studio. A fifth single, "Give Me Some Kinda Magic", was released to coincide with the album. Although it became another Top 40 hit, it failed to chart as highly as the previous four singles. Despite containing five Top 40 singles and a television advertising campaign, the album itself did not fare as well as expected, though it still became their biggest seller, peaking at No. 18 (their highest charting album) and was certified Silver by the BPI. Thereza Bazar has since said of the album that she is proud of their own songs (particularly "Pink and Blue") but regrets that Trevor Horn couldn't have worked on more of it. She says that the four songs he did with them were very expensive due to the vast amount of time spent in the studio on them, but they were "worth every penny". In early 1983, Dollar were on a promotional tour of Japan with their new single "Two Hearts". The formerly dating couple were by this time finding it difficult to continue working together and decided to split. The single was never released in the UK. Dollar reformed in 1986 and despite four single releases, including a Top 10 hit, the group never released another album. Many of the tracks on this album were released on

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on a 2006 compilation, ''The Platinum Collection.'' The whole album was released on compact disc in February 2010 by Cherry Red Records, and included six bonus tracks.Cherry Red Records - Dollar

Track listing

Side one #" Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)" (

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) – 3:30 #"

" (Horn, Simon Darlow) – 5:01 #"Hand Held in Black and White" (Horn, Woolley) – 3:20 #"Pink and Blue" (

) – 4:13 #"I Got Your Number Wrong" (Van Day, Bazar) – 3:49 #"Guessing Games" (Van Day, Bazar) – 3:42 Side two #

"Give Me Some Kinda Magic" (Van Day, Bazar) – 3:43 #" Videotheque" (Horn, Darlow) – 3:34 #"Dangerous Blondes" (Van Day, Bazar) – 4:13 #"You Made Me Love You" (Van Day, Bazar) – 4:09 #"Anyone Who's Anyone" (Van Day, Bazar) – 3:18 #"The Second Time Around" (Van Day, Bazar) – 5:01 Bonus tracks (2010 re-issue) #

"Hand Held in Black and White" (Alternative Trevor Horn 1981 Mix) – 3:21 #"Mirror Mirror" (Alternative Trevor Horn 1981 Mix) – 3:52 #"Give Me Back My Heart" (Alternative Trevor Horn 1982 Mix) – 5:13 #"Videotheque" (Alternative Trevor Horn 1982 Mix) – 3:33 #"I Got Your Number Wrong" (Alternative Mix) – 4:24 #"Guessing Games" (Alternative Mix) – 3:51

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the ''The Dollar Album'' liner notes. Musicians *

– vocals *

– vocals * Graham Broad –

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, Simmons kit, percussion *John Reid – bass guitar *William C Lyall – piano, keyboards, synthesizers *Richard Cottle – Prophet-5 synthesizer *Danny McIntosh Jr. – guitar *

– bass guitar *

– keyboards, synthesizers *Simon Darlow – keyboards, synthesizers *

Anne Dudley Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genr ...

– keyboards, synthesizers *George McFarlane – bass guitar Production and artwork *Thereza Bazar and David Van Day – production on tracks 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 *Trevor Horn – production on tracks 1, 2, 3, 8 *Thereza Bazar, David Van Day, William C. Lyall – arrangements *Gerry Kitchingham – engineer *

Gary Langan Gary Michael Langan (born 19 April 1956) is an English engineer, record producer, mixer and musician. Biography His career started at age 18 when he worked as an assistant engineer at Sarm East Studios, learning the craft from Gary Lyons and M ...

– engineer *Stefano Massimo – photography *

Nicky Clarke Nicky Clarke (born 17 June 1958) is an English hair stylist and media personality. He initially became famous for styling the hair of various celebrities on several television shows, before earning fame in his own right. Career Clarke's inter ...

– hair *Glauca Rossi – make-up *Bill Smith – design

Chart performance

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dollar Album, The 1982 albums Albums produced by Trevor Horn Dollar (band) albums Warner Music Group albums