Read My Lips (Jimmy Somerville album) explained

Read My Lips
Type:studio
Artist:Jimmy Somerville
Cover:Jimmy somerville read my lips.jpg
Released:27 November 1989[1]
Studio:
  • Advision
Label:London
Next Title:The Singles Collection 1984/1990
Next Year:1990

Read My Lips is the 1989 debut solo album by Jimmy Somerville, former lead singer of the successful synthpop groups Bronski Beat and The Communards. The album was released through London Records and peaked at number 29 on the UK Albums Chart. It has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.

In July 2012, Read My Lips was released as a two-disc CD set including the original album plus bonus tracks of B-sides and remixes.

On 1 September 2023, Read My Lips was reissued by London Records as a two-disc CD set including the original album plus bonus tracks of B-sides, Demos, New and Original remixes.[2]

The album was produced and engineered by Avril Mackintosh with the exception of Mighty Real (Stephen Hague) and Comment Te Dire Adieu (Pascal Gabriel)

Track listing

Original 1989 album

LP

All LP tracks by Jimmy Somerville unless otherwise indicated

  1. "Comment te dire adieu" featuring June Miles-Kingston (Jack Gold, Arnold Goland, Serge Gainsbourg) – 3:37
  2. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (Dip Warrick, Sylvester James) – 5:22
  3. "Perfect Day" – 4:08
  4. "Heaven Here on Earth (With Your Love)" – 5:02
  5. "Don't Know What to Do (Without You)" – 6:10
  6. "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)" – 4:59
  7. "My Heart Is in Your Hands" – 4:33
  8. "Control" – 4:36
  9. "And You Never Thought That This Could Happen to You" – 4:58
  10. "Rain" – 5:49

CD

  1. "Comment te dire adieu" (featuring June Miles-Kingston) – 3:39
  2. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" – 5:14
  3. "Perfect Day" – 4:09
  4. "Heaven Here on Earth (With Your Love)" – 5:04
  5. "Don't Know What to Do (Without You)" – 6:12
  6. "Adieu !" (Madame Tata Mix) – 7:31
  7. "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)" – 5:00
  8. "My Heart Is in Your Hands" – 4:24
  9. "Control" – 4:37
  10. "And You Never Thought That This Could Happen to You" – 5:00
  11. "Rain" – 5:48

2012 2-CD reissue

CD 1

  1. "Comment te dire adieu" (featuring June Miles-Kingston)
  2. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
  3. "Perfect Day"
  4. "Heaven Here on Earth (With Your Love)"
  5. "Don't Know What to Do (Without You)"
  6. "Comment te dire adieu" (June et Jim présentent Madame Tata Mix)
  7. "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)"
  8. "My Heart Is in Your Hands"
  9. "Control"
  10. "And You Never Thought This Could Happen to You"
  11. "Rain"

Bonus tracks

  1. "Run From Love"
  2. "To Love Somebody" (The Definitive Mix)
  3. "Comment te dire adieu" (Kevin Saunderson Mix; Part 1)
  4. "Smalltown Boy" (1991 remix)

CD 2

  1. "To Love Somebody" (Dub Mix)
  2. "Comment te dire adieu" (Kevin Saunderson Mix; Part 2)
  3. "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)" (JZJ remix)
  4. "Tell the World"
  5. "Not So God Almighty"
  6. "Rain" (Pascal Gabriel remix)
  7. "To Love Somebody" (instrumental)
  8. "Run From Love" (extended)
  9. "Desire"
  10. "Stranger"
  11. "Why" (Pascal Gabriel remix) by Bronski Beat
  12. "Read My Lips" (JZJ remix dub)
  13. "To Love Somebody" (Unplugged live)

2023 2-CD reissue

CD 1

  1. "Comment te dire adieu"
  2. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
  3. "Perfect Day"
  4. "Heaven Here on Earth (With Your Love)"
  5. "Don't Know What to Do (Without You)"
  6. "Adieu!" (Madame Tata Mix)
  7. "Read My Lips" (Enough Is Enough)
  8. "My Heart Is in Your Hands"
  9. "Control"
  10. "And You Never Thought This Could Happen to You"
  11. "Rain"

Bonus tracks

  1. "Not So God Almighty"
  2. "From This Moment On" (from Red Hot + Blue)
  3. "I Believe in Love" (from Merge)
  4. "Tell the World"
  5. "Stranger"

CD 2

  1. "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)" (Amyl Remix)
  2. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (Gerd Janson Remix)
  3. "Comment te dire adieu" (Commercial Mix)
  4. "Rain" (Pascal Gabriel Mix)
  5. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (Arpeggius Club Vocal)
  6. "Run from Love" (featuring Claudia Brücken; 12" remix)
  7. "Until I Get Over You" (demo)
  8. "I Won't Let You See Me Cry" (demo)
  9. "And You Never Thought This Could Happen to You" (demo)
  10. "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)" (demo)
  11. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (William Orbit remix)

Jimmy Somerville shop bonus CD: "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"

  1. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (Gerd Janson Remix)
  2. "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)" (AMYL Remix Edit)
  3. "Comment Te Dire Adieu" (Kevin Saunderson Remix Part 2)
  4. "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)" (JZJ Remix)
  5. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (Arpeggius Remix)
  6. "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)" (Dub Is Enough)

Charts

Chart (1989–1990) ! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[3] 114
European Top 100 Albums[4] 35
French Albums Chart[5] 6
Italian Albums Chart (Musica e dischi)[6] 25

Singles

Chart performance for singles from Read My Lips!Year!Single!Chart!Peak
position
1989"Comment te dire adieu"
featuring June Miles-Kingston		UK Singles Chart[7] 14
1990"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"5
"Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)"26

Certifications

Date
BPI (UK)[8] Gold29 November 1989

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Read My Lips. 1989-11-25. Music Week. Miller Freeman. 2023-03-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20230326133321/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1989/MW-1989-11-25.pdf. Read My Lips (p. 1) Released November 27 (p. 2). (see both pages split for 1-2)
  2. Web site: 2023-06-15 . Jimmy Somerville / Read My Lips reissue – SuperDeluxeEdition . 2023-06-19 . en-US.
  3. Web site: Read My Lips. Bubbling Down Under. https://web.archive.org/web/20230609184814/https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/12/week-commencing-11-december-1989.html. live. 2023-06-09.
    1. 114
    .
  4. Web site: Music & Media: Europe's Music Radio Newsweekly. Volume 7. Issue 15.. 14 April 1990. Music & Media. worldradiohistory.com. BPI Communications. 9 June 2023. (see section 'European Top 100 Albums', p. 15)
  5. Web site: Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste [The Album Details per Artist]]. InfoDisc. 2016-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20230614021221/https://infodisc.fr/Album_Liste_Selection2.php. live. 2023-06-14. Jimmy Somerville – Read My Lips #6. French.
  6. Web site: Classifiche. Musica e dischi. it. Set "Album" for option "Tipo", then write the name of a wanted album in the "Titolo" field and search for the artist.
  7. Web site: Jimmy Somerville. Official Charts Company. 6 September 2023.
  8. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx BPI Certifications Database

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