Swamp (album)
| Swamp | |
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| Studio album by Phil Thornalley | |
| Released | 1988 |
| Genre | Synthpop, pop, rock |
| Length |
38:12 (Vinyl, Cassette) 41:42 (CD) |
| Label | MCA |
| Producer | André Cymone, Phil Thornalley, Tom Bailey, Jim Williams |
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Swamp is the debut and only album from English songwriter and producer Phil Thornalley.
The album was released to commercial failure, where Swamp failed to make an appearance on the American Billboard 200 Albums Chart. A total of two singles were released from the album. "Love Me Like a Rock" was released in 1988 whilst "Listen" was released in 1989, and like the album were both commercially unsuccessful.
The album's title was named after Thornalley's own private studio Swamp Studios, located in Northwest London.
Largely a songwriter and producer for a wide range of musical artists, Thornalley branched into his own solo material once, aside from a stand-alone single "So This is Love" from 1983.
In Thornalley's biography on his official website, he mentions the Swamp album, stating "At the studio I would stay 'after hours' to record my own songs and was signed to MCA in the USA and made my flop solo album Swamp. By this time, my childhood friend Mike Nocito had started the group Johnny Hates Jazz and invited me to join for their second album called Tall Stories. I realized that my passion was for writing songs; not performing them."
The track and single "Listen" was originally recorded by English pop band Johnny Hates Jazz for their own 1988 debut album Turn Back the Clock, where Thornalley co-produced the track and engineered/mixed the album. The album was a commercial success across Europe, peaking at #1 in the UK as well as #56 in America. Thornalley would replace lead singer Clark Datchler in 1989 for the flop single "Turn the Tide" and the unsuccessful album Tall Stories. The song also later appeared on the 2000 Johnny Hates Jazz compilation Best of the 80's.
"Love Me Like a Rock" was later recorded by Daniel John Ohm in 1989, where the song was released as a German single from Ohm's only album Time For Love. For the single, a "Rock Steady - Extended Version" was released along with the "Radio Version".
The track "Concentration" was part of the soundtrack to the 1989 film She's Out of Control, starring Tony Danza and Catherine Hicks. The soundtrack album for the film was released via MCA Records and featured the track.
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