Bizarre Fruit II
Bizarre Fruit II is a reissued and expanded version of M People's 1994 Bizarre Fruit album, with the single versions of "Search for the Hero" and "Love Rendezvous" in place of the originals, and including the band's cover of the Small Faces' "Itchycoo Park". It was initially released as a limited edition with a bonus Live and Remixed CD or cassette. The Live and Remixed disc contains live versions of tracks from Bizarre Fruit and M People's previous two albums, Northern Soul and Elegant Slumming. The live tracks were recorded at GMEX in Manchester on 16 December 1994, except "Search for the Hero" which was recorded at Grosse Freiheit in Hamburg on 26 February 1995.
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| Released | 27 November 1995 | |||
| Genre | Electronic dance music | |||
| Length | 62:58 | |||
| Label | Deconstruction | |||
| Producer | M People | |||
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Bizarre Fruit II was later released as a single CD replacing the original Bizarre Fruit album. Confusingly, later editions of this single-disc version bear the title Bizarre Fruit, although the cover art remains the same as the initial Bizarre Fruit II release.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sight for Sore Eyes" | Pickering, Heard, Heather Small | 6:12 |
| 2. | "Search for the Hero" (M People Radio Mix) | Pickering, Heard | 4:09 |
| 3. | "Open Your Heart" | Pickering, Heard, | 5:42 |
| 4. | "Love Rendezvous" (Master Mix) | Pickering, Heard | 5:54 |
| 5. | "Itchycoo Park" (M People Master Mix) | Marriott, Lane | 6:42 |
| 6. | "Precious Pearl" | Pickering, Heard | 6:04 |
| 7. | "Sugar Town" | Pickering, Heard | 5:41 |
| 8. | "Walk Away" | Pickering, Heard | 5:48 |
| 9. | "Drive Time" | Pickering, Heard | 5:30 |
| 10. | "Padlock" | Tony Smith | 6:12 |
| 11. | "...and Finally" | Pickering, Heard, Heather Small | 5:04 |
| Total length: | 62:58 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Walk Away" (Live Mix) | 5:40 | |
| 2. | "Search for the Hero" (Live Mix) | Pickering, Heard | 5:33 |
| 3. | "Colour My Life" (Live Mix) | Pickering | 4:43 |
| 4. | "Someday" (Live Mix) | Jefferson | 5:10 |
| 5. | "Moving on Up" (Live Mix) | Pickering, Heard | 6:22 |
| 6. | "Itchycoo Park" (Morales Classic Club Mix) | Marriott, Lane | 7:51 |
| 7. | "Search for the Hero" (US Remix) | Pickering, Heard | 4:16 |
| 8. | "Open Your Heart" (Brothers in Rhythm Soundtrack) | Pickering, Heard | 10:13 |
| 9. | "Love Rendezvous" (K-Klass Klub Mix) | Pickering, Heard | 7:59 |
| 10. | "Padlock" (Junior Vasquez Sound Factory Mix) | Tony Smith | 10:04 |
| Total length: | 67:51 | ||
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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| United Kingdom | 27 November 1995 | Deconstruction | 2xCD | 74321 32817 2 |
| 2xCassette | 74321 32817 4 | |||
| 1998 | CD | 74321 57755 2 |