| Contact | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Platinum Blonde |
| Cover: | Contact_PB.jpeg |
| Released: | 1987 |
| Label: | CBS Canada - 80105 |
| Producer: | Mark Holmes, David Bendeth, Bernard Edwards, John Dexter |
| Prev Title: | Alien Shores |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Yeah Yeah Yeah |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Contact is the third studio album by the Canadian band Platinum Blonde, released in 1987.[1] It sold more than 150,000 copies in its first year of release.[2] [3] The album reached a high of 25 for 3 weeks on the Canadian charts.[4] The first single was the title track; its video was shot at Lamport Stadium.[5] Another music video was filmed for the second track, "Connect Me".[6]
The supporting tour was a disappointment, with the band forced to cancel dates due to low ticket sales; the band claimed that the cancellations were due to substance abuse issues.[7] [8]
CBS Canada pushed the band to adopt a style that would appeal to U.S. album-oriented rock radio stations; the company admitted its mistake when Canadian sales declined.[9] Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner sang on the cover version of "Fire".[10]
The Gazette wrote that "lead singer Mark Holmes has little or no vocal personality, but at least this time he keeps the whining to a minimum."[11] The Vancouver Sun determined that Platinum Blonde "do a pretty fair Duran Duran imitation, only their lyrics are a little dumber, their melodies aren't as catchy and ... they don't exactly measure up in the looks department, either."[12] The Ottawa Citizen called the album "reminiscent, although not imitative, of the metalized funk of Power Station."[13]
The Kingston Whig-Standard deemed the band "talented craftsman who do deserve respect if not superstardom."[14] The Toronto Star labeled Contact "an album rooted in the hot, street-tough funk of New York City, not in the fluff of snow-covered hockey arenas, suburban high school dances or video dreams."[15]
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