''Trust'' is the second album of the British

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/ pop group Brother Beyond, released in 1989, by EMI /

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(later re-released by Gong label). It was their last album, since they disbanded. After their two major hits, " The Harder I Try" and " He Ain't No Competition", written for them by famous producers Stock, Aitken and Waterman, the band, as

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Nathan Moore puts it on his Official Website, "made the classic mistake of thinking they did not need Stock Aitken and Waterman... We wrote the whole of the next album ourselves and (it) bombed totally". The three singles taken from the Trust album were only minor hits, getting no higher than the UK Top 40. The first, " Drive On", which was also the opening track of Side 2 on the vinyl edition, got to Number 39, in October 1989. The second, " When Will I See You Again?", a

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(written by popular composing duo

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), stopped at Number 43, in December 1989. The third and last, " Trust", the title-track and opener to the whole album, stalled at Number 53, in March 1990. EMI America gave the band a push to conquer the USA market, and the American release of the album, which was released in mid-1990, dropped one song, "Universal", and added two new songs, which were released as singles: "

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" and "Just A Heartbeat Away" produced by American producers

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. "

" was released as the lead single off the album in the US and became a top 40 hit in the

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, peaking at No. 27. It was released as a non-album single in Europe in early 1991, and peaked at No. 48 in the UK.

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

Singles from the album

* " Drive On" (1989) * " When Will I See You Again?" (1989) * " Trust" (1990) * "

" (1990) * "Just A Heartbeat Away" (1990)

Personnel

* Nathan Moore – lead vocals * David White –

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* Carl Fysh – keyboards * Steve Alexander – drums, percussion

Musicians

*Dizzie Heights – rap track 5 *Beverley Skeete, Claudia Fontaine, Janice Hoyte, John Sloman, Leroy Osbourne – background vocals * Phil Palmer – guitar *Phil Todd – saxophone *

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– trumpet,

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*Andy Wright – keyboards *

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, Steve Pigott – keyboards, programming

Production

* Brother Beyond – production tracks 5 & 10 *

– production & arrangement tracks 1 to 4, 6 to 9 *Keith Cohen – production & engineering tracks 1 to 4, 6 & 9; mix tracks 1, 2, 6 & 9 * Nick Webb – mastering *

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– engineering tracks 7 & 8; additional engineering tracks 3 & 4 *Steve "Barney" Chase – additional engineering tracks 3 & 4 *Adam Moseley – engineering, production & mix tracks 5 & 10; additional engineering track 8 *Pete Schwier – mix tracks 3 & 8 *Bryan "Chuck" New – mix tracks 4 & 7

Staff

*Michael Roberts – photography *The Leisure Process – design and

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*Simon Carter, Steve Margo for Management One – management *Friends of Brother Beyond; London –

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*Gerry Barad for

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; London, New York City, Toronto, Sydney –

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*Clive Black, Loraine Trent – special collaborators

Release details

References

External links

Discogs
cover, product details, track listing and credits of the ''Trust'' album, with links to all related performers.
Nathan Moore Official
includes a detailed history and discography of Brother Beyond.
MySpaceTV
short clip of Brother Beyond being interviewed in 1988. {{Authority control 1989 albums Brother Beyond albums Albums produced by Adam Moseley