Different (album)

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Different
Different cover
Studio album by Thomas Anders
Released 29 August 1989
Recorded 1988
Genre Pop / Pop rock
Label Teldec / Time Warner
Producer Gus Dudgeon & Alan Tarney
Thomas Anders chronology
Different
1989		 Whispers
1991

Different is Thomas Anders’ (of Modern Talking fame) debut solo-album, released in 1989. It was recorded in London at Alan Parsons' studio. The album was produced by Gus Dudgeon (Elton John) & Alan Tarney (a-ha). It features a cover of Chris Rea's Fool (If You Think It's Over).

Love Of My Own, Soldier and One Thing were released as singles.

The album was re-released by EastWest Records in 1998.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Love Of My Own" (Marc Cassandra - Chris Venis / Timothy Touchton) — 4:50
  2. "On My Way" (Vitale) — 5:53
  3. "Turn On The Light" (Bob) — 4:07
  4. "Living On The Edge" (*) (Alan Tarney) — 4:40
  5. "You Are My Life" (**) (Cassandra - Venis / Heisig - Applegate) — 4:40
  6. "One Thing" (**) (Thomas Anders - Marc Cassandra / Mary S. Applegate) — 3:50
  7. "Soldier" (*) (Alan Tarney) — 4:30
  8. "Someone New" (*) (Alan Tarney) — 4:45
  9. "Close Your Eyes To Heaven" (**) (Thomas Anders - Marc Cassandra / Mary S. Applegate) — 5:00
  10. "Fool If You Think It's Over" (Chris Rea) — 5:31
  11. "True Love" (Marc Cassandra - Thomas Anders / Mary S. Applegate) — 4:20
  12. "You Are My Life (Classical Mix)" (**) (Cassandra - Venis / Heisig - Applegate) — 4:40

[edit] Alternative track listing

The title of the first solo-album was supposed to be Fool If You Think It’s Over with track-listing as follows:

  1. "Love Of My Own (LP-Version)"
  2. "True Love"
  3. "One Thing (LP-Version)"
  4. "You Are My Life"
  5. "Soldier"
  6. "Close Your Eyes To Heaven"
  7. "Fool If You Think It's Over"
  8. "Light For Love"
  9. "I'm On My Way"
  10. "Time To Touch"
  11. "I'm On The Edge"
  12. "That Someone (Someone New)"
  13. "You Are My Life (Classical Mix)"
  14. "One Thing (12" Maxi-Mix)"

[edit] Personnel

  • Produced by Gus Dudgeon (A member of The British Producers Guild)
  • Arranged by Ian Lynn, Gus Dudgeon & Marc Cassandra
  • Digitally Engineered & Mixed by Tony Richards & Gus Dudgeon at the Grange, Benenden, Kent / England
  • Edited at The Town House, London / England by Gordon Vicary
  • (*)Produced & arranged by Alan Tarney
  • Recorded at RG Jones Studio, London / England
  • (**) Produced by Thomas Anders & Marc Cassandra (aka Peter Ries)
  • Recorded at Sound Studio N. Cologne / West Germany, by Gunter Kasper
  • Mixed at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum / Netherlands, by Ronald Prent
  • Mixed by Bert Bevans, Remix Engineer Ian Grimble at Livingston Studio, London / England
  • Photos by Peter Ashworth
  • Art Direction & Design: MAINARTERY, London

[edit] Musicians

  • Keyboards & Programming: Ian Lynn, Marc Cassandra
  • Piano-Rhodes: Thomas Anders
  • Guitar: Phil Palmer, Reinhard Besser
  • Acoustic guitar by Martin Jenner
  • Bass: Jeremy Meeks
  • Drums: Jaremy Stacey
  • Percussion: Frank Ricotti
  • Sax: Pete Zorn
  • Strings: Gurzenich Orchestra
  • Backing Vocals: Ian Lynn, Andy Brown & Pete Zorn,
  • Thomas Anders, Sabine van Baaren, Marc Cassandra

[edit] Release history

  • 1989 Germany: TELDEC Records Service GmbH 246188-2(CD),(LP)& (Cassette).
  • 1989 France: East West Records / A Time Warner Company WE 481 (CD),(LP)& (Cassette).
  • 1989 Taiwan: UFO GROUP WU 1475 (LP) & (Cassette).
  • 1989 (1991, 1998)Germany: East West Records GmbH 2292-46188-2 (CD),(LP)& (Cassette).
  • 1998 Russia: SOYUZ MUSIC 2292-46188-4(Cassette).

[edit] Music videos

  • Love Of My Own and One Thing were released on Thomas Anders - The DVD-Collection. Soldier was released on its own as a music video.

[edit] References

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