Fan the Flame (Part 1)

Fan the Flame (Part 1) is the fifth studio album from dance music band Dead or Alive and was released in 1990.[2] Epic Records released Fan the Flame (Part 1) in Japan only. The album remained an exclusive in this territory until the worldwide release of the Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI compilation box set in 2016.

Fan the Flame (Part 1)
Studio album by
Dead or Alive
Released13 December 1990
Recorded1990
Genre
Length51:38
LabelEpic
ESCA 5148
Producer
Dead or Alive chronology
Nude
(1988)		 Fan the Flame (Part 1)
(1990)		 Nukleopatra
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The album contains a slight change in musical style for Dead or Alive, best known for Hi-NRG and dance-pop songs. Fan the Flame (Part 1) contains more mid-tempo songs and melancholy lyrical content. The male background vocals on "Total Stranger" were performed by British pop band Londonbeat and the London Community Gospel Choir provided backing vocals for "Unhappy Birthday".

The songs "Unhappy Birthday" and "Gone 2 Long" were later re-recorded as uptempo dance tracks for Dead or Alive's next album Nukleopatra.

Fan the Flame (Part 2) also began recording in 1990 but was not completed. In 2021, Demon Music Group announced that the unreleased recordings would be compiled and completed for release in October, following discussions with Pete Burns and Steve Coy prior to their deaths and with the help of Steve Coy's estate.[3]

An acoustic album Love, Pete was also made available during a US personal appearance tour in 1992 and was since widely bootlegged with the title Fan the Flame (Part 2): The Acoustic Sessions.[4][5][6][7] Pete strongly criticized its subsequent distribution.[8]

In Japan they released the singles "Your Sweetness (Is Your Weakness)" (JPN#3), "Unhappy Birthday" (JPN#14) and "Gone 2 Long" (JPN#18). The album peaked at number 27 on the Japanese Albums Chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dead or Alive.

No.TitleLength
1."Your Sweetness (Is Your Weakness)"5:50
2."Unhappy Birthday"6:47
3."Gone 2 Long"5:45
4."Total Stranger"7:04
5."Lucky Day"7:55
6."What Have U Done (2 Make Me Change)"6:15
7."And Then I Met U"8:04
8."Blue Christmas"3:56

Personnel
Additional personnel
Technical
  • Tim Weidner – co-producer
  • Mickey Mulligan – engineer

References
  1. "Dead or Alive: Fan the Flame [Japan] at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  2. "Dead Or Alive – Fan The Flame (Part 1)". Discogs. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. "Dead or Alive's 'Fan the Flame (Part 2)' artwork and tracklist unveiled". Retro Pop. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  4. "Dead Or Alive – Fan The Flame (Part II) "Love Pete" (The Acoustic Session)". Discogs. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  5. "Images for Dead Or Alive - Fan The Flame (Part II) "Love Pete" (The Acoustic Session)". Discogs. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  6. "Career Timeline". The Right Stuff - The Official Dead Or Alive Web Site. deadoralive.net. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  7. "Bootlegs". Dead or Alive Discography. katch.ne.jp. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  8. Burns, Pete; Cranna, Ian (2007). Freak unique : my autobiography. London: John Blake. pp. 129–130. ISBN 978-1-84454-438-7.
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