Deadline for My Memories explained

Deadline for My Memories
Type:	studio
Artist:	Billie Ray Martin
Cover:	BRM_DfMM_1996_300x300.jpg
Released:	October 1995 January 1996 July 1996
Length:	70:07
Label:	Magnet (Europe, Australia, Canada) Sire/Elektra Records (US) 61798
Producer:	BT, Billie Ray Martin, The Grid
Prev Title:	Four Ambient Tales-EP
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	18 Carat Garbage
Next Year:	2001

Deadline for My Memories is the debut solo album by Billie Ray Martin, former lead singer of the band Electribe 101.^[1] It was originally released in October 1995, including Martin's biggest hit single, "Your Loving Arms" and the notable follow-up, "Running Around Town".

Release history

The album was first released in Germany on CD in October 1995 and over the same period a vinyl version was released in the United Kingdom. The CD version was released in Australia also in late 1995 with the UK CD version being released January 1996. The United States and Canada CD versions were released in June 1996.

Single releases

"Your Loving Arms" was the first single released from the album, originally reaching number 38 in the UK Singles Chart in 1994, but it went on to reach number 6 when it was re-released the following year.^[2] It also peaked at number 46 on the US Billboard Hot 100.^[3] Four further singles were released from the album: "Running Around Town" (UK No. 29), "Imitation of Life" (No. 29), "Space Oasis" (No. 66), and "You & I (Keep Holding on)" (No. 76).^[2]

Critical reception

A reviewer from British magazine Music Week wrote, "The voice is smooth, the production slick and the demographic almost perfect – Annie Lennox meets Aretha Franklin in Nineties clubland."

Track listing

	Title	Time
1.	“Hands Up & Amen”	5:28
2.	“Running Around Town”	4:26
3.	“Still Waters”	5:08
4.	“Deadline for My Memories”	4:59
5.	“Imitation of Life”	4:27
6.	“I Try”	3:18
7.	“True Moments of My World”	5:24
8.	“We Shall Be True”	4:40
9.	“I Don't Believe”	6:00
10.	“Space Oasis”	5:05
11.	“You & I (Keep Holding on)”	4:40
12.	“Your Loving Arms”	6:38
13.	“Big Tears & Make-up”	4:13
14.	“Stand by Me (US release)”	5:41
14.	“Ich Glaube Nicht (German release)”	6:03

Singles

	Title	Date
1.	"Your Loving Arms" (1st Issue)	October 1994
2.	"Your Loving Arms" (2nd Issue)	March 1995 (US), May 1995 (UK)
3.	"Running Around Town"	August 1995
4.	"Imitation of Life"	December 1995
5.	"Space Oasis"	March 1996
6.	"You & I (Keep Holding on)"	July 1996
7.	"Your Loving Arms" (the Remixes - EP)	1996

Personnel

• Billie Ray Martin – lead vocals, pedal steel, background vocals, producer, executive producer, vocal arrangement, string arrangements, mixing, photography, brass arrangement, make-up, stylist, vocal producer, melody arrangement
• The Grid – producer, mixing
• Andrew Fryer – programming, producer
• Paul Gomersall – mixing
• Greg Jackman – mixing
• Volker Janssen – piano, keyboards
• Dean Ross – keyboards
• Brian Transeau – producer, mixing
• Martin King – programming
• Gary Barnacle (as Gary Barnickle) – string arrangements, brass arrangement, orchestra leader
• B.J. Cole – pedal steel
• Shawn Lee – guitar, drums
• Luvaine Maximum – background vocals
• The Phantom Horns – brass arrangement
• Adrian Scarff – engineer, assistant engineer
• Pete Schwier – engineer
• Ren Swan – engineer, mixing
• Nick Sykes – engineer
• Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	146
UK Albums Chart	46

Notes and References

1. News: Collis . Clark . The Arts: Billie's soul isn't where the home is . The Daily Telegraph . 30 Dec 1995 . 9.
2. Web site: BILLIE RAY MARTIN - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company. www.officialcharts.com. 23 April 2018.
3. Web site: Billie Ray Martin Your Loving Arms Chart History. https://web.archive.org/web/20180519201135/https://www.billboard.com/music/billie-ray-martin/chart-history/hot-100/song/31655. dead. May 19, 2018. 23 April 2018.
4. Web site: Billie Ray Martin chart history, received from ARIA in May 2024. ARIA. Imgur.com. 7 July 2024. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.