Ocean Drive (album) explained

Ocean Drive
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lighthouse Family
Cover:	Ocean Drive Lighthouse Family.JPG
Released:	1 September 1995 (UK) 4 March 1996 (UK re-release)^[1]
Recorded:	Late 1993–Early 1995
Genre:	Pop, easy listening, soul
Length:	42:17
Label:	Wildcard / Polydor
Producer:	Mike Peden
Next Title:	Postcards from Heaven
Next Year:	1997

Ocean Drive is the debut album by British musical duo Lighthouse Family, released in 1995 on Wildcard / Polydor Records. The album produced the UK top 10 hit "Lifted" (the most-played single on radio nationally during the first quarter of 1996^[2]) and UK top 20 hits "Ocean Drive", "Goodbye Heartbreak" and "Loving Every Minute". The album spent 175 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and achieved 6 times Platinum sales of 1.8 million copies.^[3] As of 2022, it was the highest-selling debut album in North East England since records began in 1956.^[4]

Personnel

Musicians

• Tunde Baiyewu  – lead and backing vocals
• Dave Brewis  – guitar
• Rupert Brown  – drums
• Danny Cummings  – percussion
• Steven Dante  – backing vocals
• Simon Eyre  – guitar
• David Grant  – backing vocals
• Lain Gray  – backing vocals
• Tee Green  – backing vocals
• Clive Griffin  – backing vocals
• Heard But Not Seen  – backing vocals
• Lawrence Johnson  – backing vocals
• Tim Kellett  – flugelhorn, trumpet
• The London Session Orchestra  – strings
• Frank Ricotti  – vibraphone
• Philip Todd  – bass, brass, flute
• Paul Tucker  – keyboards
• Pete Wingfield  – piano
• Gavyn Wright  – violin

Technical

• Paul Max Bloom  – assistant engineer
• Phil Bodger  – mixing
• Bernie Grundman  – mastering
• Martin Hayles  – engineer
• Nick Ingman  – string arrangements
• Lighthouse Family  – arranger
• Mike Peden  – arranger, mixing, producer
• Paul Tucker  – keyboards
• Norman Watson  – photography
• Mel Wesson  – programming

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	97
UK Albums (OCC)^[6]	13
Chart (1997)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[7]	11
Chart (1998)	Position
UK Albums (OCC)^[8]	53

Notes and References

1. Web site: BPI.
2. Kwaku . 8 June 1996 . Brit Rhythm: Getting Better All The Time . . New York . BPI Communications . 38 . 0006-2510 . 15 October 2022.
3. Web site: . Lighthouse Family . Official Charts . London . . 15 October 2022.
4. Web site: Griffiths . George . 5 October 2022 . National Album Day 2022: The Biggest Debut Albums from Every UK Region and Nation Revealed . Official Charts . London . The Official Charts Company . 15 October 2022.
5. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. de . GfK Entertainment. 8 September 2016.
6. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1996. Official Charts Company. 13 February 2021.
7. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1997. Official Charts Company. 13 February 2021.
8. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1998. Official Charts Company. 13 February 2021.