Push (Bros album)

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Push
File:Push (Bros album) cover.jpeg
Studio album by Bros
Released March 28, 1988
Recorded 1987
Genre Teen pop, dance-pop
Length 42:13
Label CBS
Producer Nicky Graham
Bros chronology
Push
(1988)		 The Time
(1989)The Time1989
Singles from Push
  1. "I Owe You Nothing"
    Released: 31 August 1987
  2. "When Will I Be Famous?"
    Released: 16 November 1987
  3. "Drop the Boy"
    Released: 7 March 1988
  4. "I Owe You Nothing (reissue)"
    Released: 6 June 1988
  5. "I Quit"
    Released: 5 September 1988
  6. "Cat Among the Pigeons / Silent Night"
    Released: 21 November 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]

Push is the debut album by British pop band Bros and was released on 28 March 1988. The album spawned five hit singles, including the reissue of "I Owe You Nothing" which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1988.[2] The album reached No. 2 in the UK Albums Chart and spent 54 weeks in the Top 75.[3] The album went 4× Platinum in the UK.[4] In late 2013, a 25th Anniversary 3 CD remastered and expanded edition of the album was released on the Cherry Red record label. The song "Silent Night", originally released as a double A-side single with "Cat Among the Pigeons", featured for the very first time on the Push expanded edition.

Track listing

All tracks written by The Brothers (a pseudonym for Nicky Graham)

Side One
No. Title Length
1. "When Will I Be Famous?"   5:02
2. "Drop the Boy"   4:08
3. "Ten out of Ten"   4:06
4. "Liar"   3:42
5. "Love to Hate You"   5:17
Side Two
No. Title Length
1. "I Owe You Nothing"   3:40
2. "I Quit"   3:32
3. "It's a Jungle Out There"   4:14
4. "Shocked"   4:19
5. "Cat Among the Pigeons"   4:05

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988) Peak
Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[5] 4
Austrian Albums Chart[5] 14
Dutch Albums Chart[5] 32
European Albums Chart[6] 6
Finnish Albums Chart[7] 7
French Albums Chart[8] 22
German Albums Chart[9] 6
Irish Albums Chart[citation needed] 1
Italian Albums Chart[10] 7
Japanese Albums Chart[11] 49
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[5] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[5] 6
Spanish Albums Chart[12] 31
Swedish Albums Chart[5] 29
Swiss Albums Chart[5] 3
UK Albums Chart[3] 2
US Billboard 200[13] 171

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[14] 2× Platinum 140,000
France (SNEP)[15] 2× Gold 200,000
Germany (BVMI)[16] Gold 250,000
Ireland (IRMA)[17] 5× Platinum 75,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[18] Platinum 15,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[19] Gold 50,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[20] Gold 25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] 4× Platinum 1,200,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[22] 1× Platinum 1,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Year-end charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[23] 9
Austrian Albums Chart[24] 22
French Albums Chart[25] 30
Italian Albums Chart[26] 51
Norwegian Albums Chart (Russetid Period)[27] 8
UK Albums Chart[28] 4

Decade-end charts

Chart (1980–89) Position
UK Albums Chart[29] 53

Chart performance

In the UK Albums Chart, Push was kept off the number 1 spot by the compilation album Now 11 for two weeks, and then by Tracy Chapman's self-titled album for a week, although Push went on to sell more copies than both albums in 1988 and ranked as the 4th best-selling album for that year in the UK.

Credits

Performance

Bros are:
Matt Goss – vocals
Luke Goss – drums
Craig Logan – bass

Also appearing

Nicky Graham – keyboards, programming and arranging
Pete Glenister – guitars
Andy Richards – Fairlight Series III
Jimmie Gallagher – saxophones
Helena Springs – backing vocals (appears by courtesy of Arista)
Dee Lewis – backing vocals (appears by courtesy of Phonogram)
Shirley Lewis – backing vocals

Production

  • Mixed and Produced by Nicky Graham
  • Recorded at Hot Nights Studio, London, England
  • Recorded by Simon Humphrey, Robin Sellers, John Brand
  • Mixed at Sarm Studios (East), London, England
  • Engineered by Christopher Marc Potter
  • Assisted by Alex Osman, Richard Edwards
  • All songs written by The Brothers

   The Brothers is a pseudonym for Nicky Graham.

  • Designed by Three Associates
  • Photography by Neil Matthews

Songs published by Graham Music Publishers Ltd. / Virgin Music (Pubs) Ltd.

Management

Tom Watkins & Mick Newton
with Marc Evans & Rob Holden
at Three Associates

Versions

Europe

  • LP: CBS 460629 1[30]
  • CD: CBS 460629 2[31]
  • CD: CBS 460629 9 (CD Picture Disc)
  • CD: Columbia 460629 2 (2004 reissue)
  • 3CD: Cherry Red CDPOP137 (2013 reissue)

United States

Sources

  • European CD release 1988, catalogue number CBS 460629 2, EAN 5099746062927

References

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  1. ↑ Swift, Brendan. Push at AllMusic
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  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Enter Push in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Search
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  6. ↑ http://books.google.ca/books?id=bSQEAAAAMBAJ&lr=&rview=1%7Ctitle=Hits of the World – Eurochart|work=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=30 April 1988
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste
  9. ↑ charts.de
  10. ↑ Hit Parade Italia – ALBUM 1988
  11. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/3167/ranking/cd_album/
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Bros | Billboard
  14. ↑ NO certyear WAS PROVIDED for AUSTRALIAN CERTIFICATION.
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  18. ↑ THE FIELD id (chart number) MUST BE PROVIDED for NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATION.
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  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Enter Push in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
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  24. ↑ http://www.austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1988
  25. ↑ http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1988.php
  26. ↑ http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1988.htm
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  29. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com
  30. ↑ Push (Bros album) at Discogs
  31. ↑ Push (Bros album) at Discogs
  32. ↑ Push (Bros album) at Discogs
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