Velveteen (album)

Velveteen is the second album by English rock group Transvision Vamp. Released in 1989, a year after their debut album Pop Art, the album provided such hits as "Baby I Don't Care" which reached number 3 in the UK and Australia. Velveteen went on to peak at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart in 1989 and number 2 in Australia where it became the 39th highest selling album of the year (Pop Art was number 25).[5]

Velveteen
Studio album by
Transvision Vamp
Released20 September 1989
Recorded1989
Length53:10
LabelMCA
ProducerDuncan Bridgeman
Zeus B. Held[1]
Transvision Vamp chronology
Pop Art
(1988)		 Velveteen
(1989)		 The Complete 12"ers Collection Vol. 1
(1990)
Singles from Velveteen
  1. "Baby I Don't Care"
    Released: 1989
  2. "The Only One"
    Released: 28 August 1989[2]
  3. "Landslide of Love"
    Released: 1989
  4. "Born to Be Sold"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Robert ChristgauB+[4]

A video was released to accompany the album. Entitled The Velveteen Singles, it featured the videos for all four singles released from the album, as well as "'behind the scenes' footage".

Track listing

All tracks written by Nick Christian Sayer, except where noted.[1]

  1. "Baby I Don't Care" – 4:37
  2. "The Only One" – 4:19
  3. "Landslide of Love" – 3:48
  4. "Falling for a Goldmine" (N.C. Sayer, M. Myers) – 4:28
  5. "Down on You" – 4:20
  6. "Song to the Stars" – 1:50
  7. "Kiss Their Sons" – 4:16
  8. "Born to Be Sold" – 3:44
  9. "Pay the Ghosts" – 4:37
  10. "Bad Valentine" – 3:45
  11. "Velveteen" – 9:51

Personnel

Charts
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] 12
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] 20
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 37
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 16
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 1
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References
  1. Velveteen (Media notes). Transvision Vamp. MCA Records Ltd. 1989.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. "Australian Music Report No 787 – 28 August 1989 > Singles: New Releases". Imgur.com (original document published by Australian Music Report). Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  3. Velveteen at AllMusic
  4. Christgau, Robert. "Velveteen". Robert Christgau.
  5. "ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Top 50 Albums 1989". Aria.com.au. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  6. "Australiancharts.com – Transvision Vamp – Velveteen". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  7. "Charts.nz – Transvision Vamp – Velveteen". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  8. "Norwegiancharts.com – Transvision Vamp – Velveteen". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  9. "Swedishcharts.com – Transvision Vamp – Velveteen". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  10. "Swisscharts.com – Transvision Vamp – Velveteen". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  11. "Transvision Vamp | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
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