Happiness

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Strong, Martin C. (1999). The Great Alternative & Indie Discography. Canongate. ISBN 0-86241-913-1. Exact dates of single releases from the Happiness album can be found in the 9th edition of The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles, 1993. ISBN 0-85112-526-3. As for the dates of further album and single releases, please see The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles and Albums. The Boston band released their third full length album, which included the singles Velouria and Dig For Fire. Martyn built his impressive reputation using his diverse production skills and innovative arrangements producing major hit records for numerous artists, achieving several top-ten singles albums. Production hits include two albums for Londonbeat’s including “Thinking About You” (Number One in 24 countries, including Germany and the U.S.A.); Jesus Jones’ “Right Here, Right Now” (U.S.A. Number One R&R single); Erasure's “Chorus” (U.K. Number One album), hit albums for Roachford and The Beloved and Deva Premal. His productions have achieved platinum, gold and silver status and have sold into the millions worldwide, encompassing a wide range of musical styles & genres. The New York duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell released their first album for a major label (Elektra) which included the huge hit Birdhouse In Your Soul.

The New York club act released their most famous album, which include the monster dancefloor hit Groove Is In The Heart. The duo issued their second album, which saw them embrace rave culture and featured the singles Hello, Your Love Takes Me Higher and The Sun Rising. a b c d Doerschuk, Robert L. (September 1990). "The Beloved on Hot House Grooves & Happiness". Keyboard. Vol.16, no.9. pp.26–27 . Retrieved 29 January 2019. I guess every decade has their top 5 or so albums. This classic has to be one in the 90s, the material so good and distinguished, and with such an effect that I'd suggest its successor, its remixes album "Blissed Out" one of the top 20 albums of the 1990s, released a year later.

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Robert Smith's merry men jumped on the dance bandwagon with this album of remixes, which bore a hit in the baggied-up version of the classic Close To Me. Reinhardt, Robin (March 1990). "The Beloved: Happiness". Spin. Vol.5, no.12. p.12 . Retrieved 29 January 2019. Earls, John (July–August 2020). "The Beloved: Happiness: Special Edition". Classic Pop. No.64. p.94. a b Considine, J. D. (1992). "The Beloved". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rded.). New York City, NY, US: Random House. p.50. ISBN 0-679-73729-4. The Best Albums Of 1990". Radio X. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017 . Retrieved 29 January 2019.

Recorded with producers Paul Staveley O'Duffy and Martyn Phillips, Happiness exemplifies the Beloved's new house-styled dance-pop material, becoming one of the first albums to fuse house and pop music, and features optimistic lyrics that helped it fit in with the hedonism of the UK's contemporary music scene and the Second Summer of Love. Aided by four charting singles, including the group's breakthrough hit—the ambient-styled " The Sun Rising"—and their first Top 20 success in " Hello", Happiness reached number 14 on the UK Albums Chart and number 154 on the US Billboard 200 chart. It also received critical acclaim, and numerous magazines ranked the album among the greatest of the year. Outerspace Girl": "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > The Beloved – Outerspace Girl (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 16 September 2016. a b c Harrison, Andrew (January 1991). "Spread a Little Happiness". Select. No.7. p.86 . Retrieved 29 January 2019.Martyn Phillips is a London-based award-winning producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, recording engineer and mix specialist, helping craft the sounds of artists such as Londonbeat, Erasure, The Beloved, Swing Out Sister, Lisa Stansfield, and many more. The Basildon electro-pop heroes released their seventh album, featuring Enjoy The Silence, Personal Jesus and World In My Eyes. a b c Christgau, Robert (31 July 1990). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved 6 January 2019.

The hugely-influential band from Liverpool released their first - and, to date, only studio album. It contained the classic There She Goes and the singles Timeless Melody and Feelin'. lescharts.com > The Beloved dans les Charts Français" (in French). Hung Medien . Retrieved 16 September 2016. Tim Burgess released his debut album, which featured the single Then and the live favourite Sproston Green. Later editions included the dancefloor hit The Only One I Know. Marsh first met Steve Waddington when he joined the band Twelfth of August as an additional guitarist. Within a few months, Marsh suggested they leave and start their own band. Calling themselves The Journey Through in 1983, they recruited bass player Timothy Havard [1] and began writing and rehearsing; occasionally playing live, with keyboard player Bill Anderson. Waddington was singer and principal songwriter. By early 1984 they were The Beloved; Waddington still the frontman, but Marsh singing on several songs and Havard and Marsh beginning to take over most of the songwriting. [1] By the autumn Marsh was the lead singer, still drumming on demos and in rehearsal. He waited outside the BBC, Portland Place one night and gave a demo tape to John Peel. Within a fortnight they had been booked for a session. Marsh's school friend, Guy Gausden, had played drums with them at a couple of gigs and they persuaded him to join as a permanent member. Having barely rehearsed, and with two brand new songs out of four, they debuted as a four-piece on BBC Radio 1 on 8 January 1985.a b "swedishcharts.com > The Beloved in Swedish Charts". Hung Medien . Retrieved 16 September 2016.