Contact (Platinum Blonde album)
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Contact, the 3rd album from the new wave
band Platinum Blonde
, was released in 1987. Canadian
sales of Alien Shores
and Contact exceeded 100,000 copies.
The album featured a blistering rendition of the Ohio Players classic "Fire
" as the third single.
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
band Platinum Blonde
Platinum Blonde (band)
Platinum Blonde is a Canadian New Wave group in the mid 1980s-early 1990s. The band originally consisted of Mark Holmes from Scarborough on vocals and bass, Sergio Galli on guitar and Chris Steffler on drums. Scottish musician Kenny MacLean later joined the group as the bassist. The name of the...
, was released in 1987. Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
sales of Alien Shores
Alien Shores
Alien Shores was Platinum Blonde's 1985 follow up to their debut album Standing in the Dark. Released by Columbia/CBS Records Canada in 1985, it contained one of the band's biggest Canadian hits with "Crying Over You" and their only US hit, "Somebody Somewhere".This album was the first to feature...
and Contact exceeded 100,000 copies.
The album featured a blistering rendition of the Ohio Players classic "Fire
Fire (Ohio Players song)
"Fire" is a hit song by R&B/funk band The Ohio Players. The song was released in late 1974 and it is the opening track from the album of the same name and peaked at the top of both the pop and soul charts. It spent one week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and five weeks at the top of the...
" as the third single.
Track list
- Contact (Holmes/MacLean/Bendeth)
- Connect Me (Galli/MacLean)
- Diamonds
- If You Go This Time (Holmes/MacLean/Chris Wardman)
- System (Holmes/Galli/MacLean)
- Fire (Ohio PlayersOhio PlayersThe Ohio Players were an American funk and R&B band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their double #1 hit songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster".- Biography :...
) - Tough Enough
- Automatic Drive (Holmes)
- Chaperone Sally (Holmes/Galli/MacLean)
- I Might Have You (Holmes/MacLean)
- Beauty Of The Beast (Holmes/MacLean/Bendeth)
Record labels
- Epic RecordsEpic RecordsEpic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
(CBS Records Canada)- LP – FE 40949
- CS – FET-40949
- CD – EK 40949
- 1987 Epic USA
- LP – BFE 40949
- CD – ET40949
Credits
The band gives credit to the following people.- Kenny MacLeanKenny MacLeanKenneth Irving MacLean was a Scottish-Canadian musician, best known as a former member of the multi-platinum selling band Platinum Blonde....
: Bass, Guitar, Vocals (Background), Keyboards - Jay Mark: Engineer
- Eddie MartinezEddie MartinezEddie Martinez is an American guitarist, born and raised in New York City, who mainly functions as a session musician. He has worked with David Lee Roth , Run-D.M.C. , Robert Palmer , Meat Loaf , several Jim Steinman projects, and many others...
: Guitar - Lou Pomanti: Bass, Keyboards
- Bruce Robbins: Engineer
- Randy Staub: Engineer
- Fonzi Thornton of Chic (band)Chic (band)Chic was an African American disco and R&B band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It is known best for its commercially successful disco songs, including "Dance, Dance, Dance " , "Everybody Dance" , "Le Freak" , "I Want Your Love" , "Good Times"...
: Vocals (Background) - Uptown Horns: Horn
- Tom Weir: Percussion, Drums
- Don Wershba: Engineer
- Peter Fredette: Vocals (Background)
- Mark Holmes: Producer
- Sascha: Percussion, Drums
- Tony ThompsonTony ThompsonAnthony T. "Tony" Thompson was a session drummer best known as a member of Chic. He was raised in the middle-class community of Springfield Gardens, in Queens, NY.-Chic:...
: Percussion, Drums - David BendethDavid BendethDavid Bendeth is a multi-platinum award-winning record producer. Born in London, England and then moved to Toronto as a teenager, He has worked with acts such as Paramore, Papa Roach, Killswitch Engage, In Flames, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Underoath, Breaking Benjamin, Cavo, Taking Back Sunday,...
: Guitar, Producer - Bernard EdwardsBernard EdwardsBernard Edwards born in Greenville, North Carolina, was a bass player and record producer, both as a member of the Funk/Disco band Chic and on his own. He died of pneumonia while touring in Japan.-History:...
: Bass, Producer - B.J. Nelson: Vocals (Background)
- Jeff BovaJeff BovaJeff Bova is an American Grammy Award winning keyboardist, composer, arranger and record producer. He has been active in music industry since the mid-1970s, contributing to dozens of recordings by significant mainstream artists like Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Blondie, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker,...
: Keyboards - Scott Church: Engineer
- Michelle Cobbs: Vocals (Background)
- Claude Desjardins: Percussion, Keyboards, Drums
- John R. Dexter: Producer
- Sergio Galli: Guitar, Vocals (Background)
- Mark Holmes: Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Platinum Blonde (band)Platinum Blonde (band)Platinum Blonde is a Canadian New Wave group in the mid 1980s-early 1990s. The band originally consisted of Mark Holmes from Scarborough on vocals and bass, Sergio Galli on guitar and Chris Steffler on drums. Scottish musician Kenny MacLean later joined the group as the bassist. The name of the...
: Main Performer