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''Broadcast'' is the debut studio album by the English
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. It was first released in the United Kingdom in November 1986, and was later released more widely, including in the United States, Canada and Japan in March 1987 with different packaging and four
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ed tracks ("Any Colour", "One for the Mockingbird", "
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" and "
(I Just) Died in Your Arms "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is the debut single by the English pop rock band Cutting Crew, released on 25 July 1986 as a single from their debut studio album, ''Broadcast''. The song was written by frontman Nick Van Eede, produced by Terry Br ...
"), all of which were released as singles. It was the first album to be released in the US by
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' new American imprint, Virgin Records America. ''Broadcast'' was re-released by
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on 24 May 2010, with bonus tracks including for the first time on CD "For the Longest Time", the
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of "(I Just) Died in Your Arms".


Critical reception

"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" reached No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, and later on, "I've Been in Love Before" and "One for the Mockingbird" became top 10 and top 40 hits respectively across various countries. The band then received a
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nomination for
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of 1987. Despite all this, however, contemporary reception to the album was mixed from critics and muted commercially. Both the album and the band have been looked upon more positively in hindsight. In a retrospective review, Michael Sutton of
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gave the album four stars. He said the album "never deserved the hacking treceived from critics", and said that "the slick guitar rock on ''Broadcast'' may not have wowed the
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intelligentsia, but it's a guaranteed crowd-pleaser, an underrated collection of simple, heartfelt love songs and up-tempo pop that reside between the stylistic boundaries of new wave and mainstream rock." He concludes the review by saying the album "is not a creative breakthrough", but is "simply an LP absent of any filler." In the early 1990s, the first seven tracks were included in the compilation album ''The Best of Cutting Crew'', along with select songs from the follow-up studio album ''
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'' (1989) and the single "If That's the Way You Want It" from ''Compus Mentus'' (1992). The band's second compilation album, ''Ransomed Healed Restored Forgiven'', released in 2020, features orchestral versions of the four singles spanned from ''Broadcast'', plus the title track, this one in a version half the length of the original incarnation.


Track listing

# " Any Colour" (
Nick Van Eede Nick Van Eede (born Nicholas Eede; 14 June 1958) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for singing and writing the 1986 No. 1 power ballad, " (I Just) Died in Your Arms" for his band Cutting Crew, which saw int ...
, Kevin Scott MacMichael) – 4:57 # "
One for the Mockingbird "One for the Mockingbird" (also titled "One for the Mocking-Bird" in some editions) is a song by the British new wave band Cutting Crew. It was released in 1987 as the third single from their first studio album, ''Broadcast''. The song was writte ...
" (Van Eede) – 4:23 # "
I've Been in Love Before "I've Been in Love Before" is a song by the English rock band Cutting Crew. Written by lead singer Nick Van Eede, it was released as the second single from the band's debut album, ''Broadcast Broadcasting is the data distribution, distributi ...
" (Van Eede) – 5:09 # "Life in a Dangerous Time" (Van Eede) – 4:34 # "Fear of Falling" (Van Eede, MacMichael) – 4:50 # "
(I Just) Died in Your Arms "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is the debut single by the English pop rock band Cutting Crew, released on 25 July 1986 as a single from their debut studio album, ''Broadcast''. The song was written by frontman Nick Van Eede, produced by Terry Br ...
" (Van Eede) – 4:39 # "Don't Look Back" (Van Eede, MacMichael) – 4:12 # "Sahara" (Steve Boorer; Van Eede) – 4:49 # "It Shouldn't Take Too Long" (Van Eede, MacMichael, Colin Farley, Martin Beedle, Mac Norman) – 4:05 # "The Broadcast" (Van Eede, Chris Townsend) – 6:33


Remastered and expanded version

# "Any Colour" (USA Mix) – 4:58 # "One for the Mockingbird" (USA Mix) – 4:27 # "I've Been in Love Before" – 5:32 # "Life in a Dangerous Time" – 4:36 # "Fear of Falling" – 4:55 # "(I Just) Died in Your Arms (USA Mix)" – 4:46 # "Don't Look Back" – 4:11 # "Sahara" – 4:52 # "It Shouldn't Take Too Long" – 4:05 # "The Broadcast" – 6:39 # "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" (12" Mix) – 6:46 # "I've Been in Love Before" (Live in London) – 5:16 # "The Broadcast"/"Any Colour" (Live in the USA) – 8:03 # "For the Longest Time" – 4:29


Personnel

Cutting Crew *
Nick Van Eede Nick Van Eede (born Nicholas Eede; 14 June 1958) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for singing and writing the 1986 No. 1 power ballad, " (I Just) Died in Your Arms" for his band Cutting Crew, which saw int ...
– lead vocals, rhythm guitars, keyboards *
Kevin MacMichael Kevin Scott Macmichael (7 November 1951 – 31 December 2002) was a Canadian guitarist, songwriter and record producer, best known for being a member of the 1980s UK-based pop-rock band, Cutting Crew, who had a number-one hit in 1986 with "(I Ju ...
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, lead guitars, backing vocals * Colin Farley – bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals * Martin β€˜Frosty’ Beedle – drums, percussion, backing vocals Additional personnel *
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(1), keyboards (2, 4–10) * Pete Adams – sequencing (2, 9) * David LeBolt – keyboards (3) * Pete Woodroffe –
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(9, 10) * Chris Townsend – bass (4) * Jimmy Maelen – percussion (3) *
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– saxophone (7, 8) * The Elephant and Castle Yob Choir – backing vocals (5) * Peter Birch – backing vocals (6) Production * Cutting Crew – producers (1, 2, 4–10) * Terry Brown – producer (1, 2, 4–10), engineer (1, 2, 4–10), mixing (2, 7) *
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– producer (3), engineer (3), mixing (3) * Steve Thompson – producer (3), engineer (3), mixing (3) * John Jansen – producer (6) * Tony Taverner – mixing (4) * Phil Brown – mixing (7) *
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– remixing (1, 5, 6, 8–10) * Denis Blackham – mastering * Bill Smith Studio – cover design * Dirk Van Dooren – illustration * Malcolm Heywood – group photography


Singles

* "
(I Just) Died in Your Arms "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" is the debut single by the English pop rock band Cutting Crew, released on 25 July 1986 as a single from their debut studio album, ''Broadcast''. The song was written by frontman Nick Van Eede, produced by Terry Br ...
" – #1 US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, #4 UK Singles Chart * "One for the Mockingbird" – #38 US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, #52 UK Singles Chart * "
I've Been in Love Before "I've Been in Love Before" is a song by the English rock band Cutting Crew. Written by lead singer Nick Van Eede, it was released as the second single from the band's debut album, ''Broadcast Broadcasting is the data distribution, distributi ...
" – #9 US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, #2 US ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary, #24 UK Singles Chart * "Any Colour" – #83 UK Singles Chart


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications and sales


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Broadcast (Cutting Crew Album) Cutting Crew albums 1986 debut albums Virgin Records albums Albums produced by Terry Brown (record producer)