Waves (album)
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Waves is the fourth album by new wave
band Katrina and the Waves
, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music
).
Singles - Billboard (America)
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 Katrina and the Waves
Katrina and the Waves
Katrina and the Waves was an English pop rock band, best known for their 1985 hit "Walking on Sunshine" and their 1997 Eurovision Song Contest victory with the song "Love Shine a Light".-Pre-history: The Waves and Mama's Cookin' :...
, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music
1985 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1985.-January–March:*January 1 - The newest music video channel, VH-1, debuts on American cable. It is aimed at an older demographic than its sister station, MTV...
).
Track listing
- "Is That It?" (Rew)
- "Tears for Me" (Leskanich)
- "Sun Street" (Cruz)
- "Lovely Lindsey" (Rew)
- "Riding Shotgun" (Leskanich)
- "Sleep on My Pillow" (De La Cruz)
- "Money Chain" (De La Cruz)
- "Mr. Star" (Leskanich)
- "Love That Boy" (Leskanich)
- "Stop Trying to Prove (How Much of a Man You Is)" (Leskanich)
Personnel
- Alex Cooper - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Vince de la Cruz - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, vocals - John Earle - brass
- Richard Edwards - brass
- Nick Glennie-Smith - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Dick Hanson - brass
- Katrina LeskanichKatrina LeskanichKatrina Leskanich is an American singer and musician, long time resident of the United Kingdom. She is best known for being the lead singer and namesake of the pop band Katrina and the Waves.-Early life:...
- rhythm guitar, vocals - Kimberley RewKimberley RewKimberley Rew is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as a member of Katrina and the Waves 1981 to 1999 and of Robyn Hitchcock's Soft Boys 1978 to 1981...
- guitar, vocals - Eamon Fitzpatrick - brass arrangement "Is That It?"
Charts
Album - Billboard (America)Year | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|
1985 | The Billboard 200 | 25 |
Singles - Billboard (America)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1986 | "Is That It?" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 70 |