Turn Back the Clock is the debut album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Johnny Hates Jazz

Johnny Hates Jazz

Johnny Hates Jazz is an Anglo-American Pop/Rock band, formed in 1986 by Clark Datchler , Mike Nocito , and Calvin Hayes...

 released in the beginning of 1988. The band consists of Clark Datchler

Clark Datchler

Clark Datchler is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer...

, Mike Nocito and Calvin Hayes. The album, whose most famous single was "Shattered Dreams

Shattered Dreams

In 2009, French singer Quentin Elias covered the song in a single released on-line at such retailers as iTunes and Amazon.com.Track listing# "Shattered Dreams" [Original Die For Me Mix]# "Shattered Dreams" [Deep & Dark Mix]...

," peaked at #1 on the UK charts, and #56 on the Billboard 200. Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...

 sung backing vocals on the song "Turn Back the Clock." The track "Foolish Heart" was originally released as a single in 1986 as "Me and My Foolish Heart."

Track listing

Track list (1988 original vinyl album and US compact disc release 7 90860-2)

1. "Shattered Dreams
   Shattered Dreams
   In 2009, French singer Quentin Elias covered the song in a single released on-line at such retailers as iTunes and Amazon.com.Track listing# "Shattered Dreams" [Original Die For Me Mix]# "Shattered Dreams" [Deep & Dark Mix]...
   
   " – 3:26
2. "Heart of Gold" – 3:20
3. "Turn Back the Clock" – 4:30
4. "Don't Say It's Love" – 3:43
5. "What Other Reason" – 3:20
6. "I Don't Want to be a Hero
   I Don't Want to be a Hero
   "I Don't Want to be a Hero" is a 1987 song by the British band Johnny Hates Jazz. It reached #11 in the UK top 40 in August 1987 spending 10 weeks on the chart. It is taken from their #1 album Turn Back the Clock.-Writing and inspiration:...
   
   " – 3:37
7. "Listen" – 3:44 (Phil Thornalley)
8. "Different Seasons" – 3:31 (Clark Datchler / Calvin Hayes)
9. "Don't Let It End This Way" – 3:40
10. "Foolish Heart" – 3:33 (I.Macdonald / C.Hayes / M.Nocito / P.Thornalley)
    • All songs written by Clark Datchler except denoted
    • Produced by Calvin Hayes and Mike Nocito

Track list (1988 compact disc release CDV 2475)

1. "Shattered Dreams
   Shattered Dreams
   In 2009, French singer Quentin Elias covered the song in a single released on-line at such retailers as iTunes and Amazon.com.Track listing# "Shattered Dreams" [Original Die For Me Mix]# "Shattered Dreams" [Deep & Dark Mix]...
   
   " – 3:26
2. "Heart of Gold" – 3:20
3. "Turn Back the Clock" – 4:30
4. "Don't Say It's Love" – 3:43
5. "What Other Reason" – 3:20
6. "I Don't Want to be a Hero
   I Don't Want to be a Hero
   "I Don't Want to be a Hero" is a 1987 song by the British band Johnny Hates Jazz. It reached #11 in the UK top 40 in August 1987 spending 10 weeks on the chart. It is taken from their #1 album Turn Back the Clock.-Writing and inspiration:...
   
   " – 3:37
7. "Listen" – 3:44 (Phil Thornalley)
8. "Different Seasons" – 3:31 (Clark Datchler / Calvin Hayes)
9. "Don't Let It End This Way" – 3:40
10. "Foolish Heart" – 3:33 (I.Macdonald / C. Hayes / M. Nocito / P.Thornalley)
11. "Heart of Gold (J. Mendelsohn Mix)" – 6:41*
12. "Turn Back the Clock (J. Mendelsohn Mix)" – 7:03*
13. "I Don't Want to be a Hero (Extended Mix)" – 6:36*
    • All songs written by Clark Datchler except denoted
    • Produced by Calvin Hayes and Mike Nocito
    • * Bonus tracks

Track list (2008 UK remastered edition CDVR 2475)

1. "Shattered Dreams
   Shattered Dreams
   In 2009, French singer Quentin Elias covered the song in a single released on-line at such retailers as iTunes and Amazon.com.Track listing# "Shattered Dreams" [Original Die For Me Mix]# "Shattered Dreams" [Deep & Dark Mix]...
   
   " – 3:26
2. "Heart of Gold" – 3:20
3. "Turn Back the Clock" – 4:30
4. "Don't Say It's Love (7" Remix)" – 3:41
5. "What Other Reason" – 3:20
6. "I Don't Want to be a Hero
   I Don't Want to be a Hero
   "I Don't Want to be a Hero" is a 1987 song by the British band Johnny Hates Jazz. It reached #11 in the UK top 40 in August 1987 spending 10 weeks on the chart. It is taken from their #1 album Turn Back the Clock.-Writing and inspiration:...
   
   " – 3:37
7. "Listen" – 3:44 (Phil Thornalley)
8. "Different Seasons" – 3:31 (Clark Datchler / Calvin Hayes)
9. "Don't Let It End This Way" – 3:40
10. "Foolish Heart" – 3:33 (I.Macdonald / C. Hayes / M. Nocito / P.Thornalley)
11. "Shattered Dreams(12" Extended Mix)" - 5:11*
12. "Heart of Gold (Extended Mix)" - 6:42*
13. "Turn Back The Clock (12" Extended Mix)" - 7:03*
14. "Don't Say It's Love (Extended Mix)" - 6:36*
15. "Foolish Heart (12" Mix)" - 5:50*
16. "Turn Back The Clock (Unreleased Version)" - 4:35*
    • All songs written by Clark Datchler except denoted
    • Produced by Calvin Hayes and Mike Nocito
    • * Bonus tracks

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Austrian Albums Chart	20
Canadian Albums Chart	40
Dutch Albums Chart	3
German Albums Chart	5
New Zealand Albums Chart	3
Norwegian Albums Chart	1
Swedish Albums Chart	1
Swiss Albums Chart	4
UK Albums Chart	1
U.S. Billboard 200	56

Production

• Produced By Mike Nocito, Calvin Hayes, Phil Thornalley
• Engineers: Mike Nocito, Greg Jackman, Bob Kraushaar, Julian Mendelsohn, Phil Thornalley
• Assistant Engineers: Matt Berry, Richard Edwards, Terry Irwin, Roy Spong, Tim Weider
• Mastering: Kevin Metcalfe

Johnny Hates Jazz

• Clark Datchler
  Clark Datchler
  Clark Datchler is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer...
  
  : Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Guitar
• Calvin Hayes: Keyboards, Drums
• Mike Nocito: Guitar, Bass

Additional Musicians

• J.J. Belle, Neil Hubbard: Guitars
• Chris Newman: Synthesizers, Keyboards, Fairlight CMI
  Fairlight CMI
  The Fairlight CMI is a digital sampling synthesizer. It was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie, and based on a dual-6800 microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia...
  
  
• Peter-John Vitesse: Keyboards
• Frank Ricotti
  Frank Ricotti
  Frank Ricotti is an English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist.Ricotti played in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra while a teenager, then attended Trinity College of Music...
  
  : Percussion
• Martin Drover, Malcolm Duncan, Molly Duncan, Neil Sidewell: Horns
• Stevie Lange, Miriam Stockley, Kim Wilde
  Kim Wilde
  Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
  
  : Additional Vocals
• Anne Dudley
  Anne Dudley
  Anne Dudley is an English composer and pop musician, and was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in both the classical and pop genres. She is perhaps best known, however, as one of the core members of the synthpop band Art of Noise and also as a film...
  
  : Arrangements