Whose Side Are You On? Explained

Whose Side Are You On?
Type:studio
Artist:Matt Bianco
Cover:Whose side.jpg
Border:yes
Released:10 August 1984
Recorded:1983–1984
Length:40:58 (LP)
41:02 (CD)
55:04 (MC)
Label:WEA
Next Title:Matt Bianco
Next Year:1986

Whose Side Are You On? is the debut album by British band Matt Bianco, released in 1984 by WEA. For this album, Matt Bianco was a trio of Mark Reilly (vocals), Basia Trzetrzelewska (vocals), and Danny White (keyboards).

The album contains the band's first five international hits, most notably "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed", "Half a Minute", and the title song.

Overview

The original vinyl record featured 10 tracks. The cassette edition had 12 tracks, adding two bonus tracks: the 12" version of "Big Rosie" (B-side of the band's debut single "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed") and "The Other Side", the instrumental B-side of the single "Whose Side Are You On?". Additionally, the versions of "More Than I Can Bear", "Half a Minute", "Matt's Mood", "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" and "Sneaking Out the Back Door" on the cassette are different from the versions heard on the vinyl/CD edition. The CD edition was released slightly later, and was one of the earliest pop music compact discs to be released in the music industry.

Whose Side Are You On? achieved a considerable international success, peaking at no. 1 in Austria, where it was the second best-selling album of 1985, behind Tina Turner's Private Dancer. Furthermore, it reached the top 10 in Germany, the Netherlands and Norway. In the UK, the album charted within the top 40 and was awarded gold certification. All of its five singles charted in the top 30 in at least one European country.[1] [2] [3]

Track listings

LP/CD

All tracks written by Reilly/White except "Whose Side Are You On?" by Reilly/White/Ross, and "Half a Minute" by Reilly/White/Poncioni.

  1. "Whose Side Are You On?" (Extended Version) – 4:32
  2. "More Than I Can Bear" – 4:15
  3. "No No Never" – 3:43
  4. "Half a Minute" – 3:49
  5. "Matt's Mood" – 5:19
  6. "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" – 3:28
  7. "It's Getting Late" – 3:20
  8. "Sneaking Out the Back Door" – 3:46
  9. "Riding with the Wind" – 3:22
  10. "Matt's Mood II" – 5:15

MC

All tracks written by Reilly/White except "Whose Side Are You On?" by Reilly/White/Ross; "Half a Minute" and "Big Rosie" by Reilly/White/Poncioni.

  1. "Whose Side Are You On?" (Extended Version) – 4:32
  2. "More Than I Can Bear" – 4:44
  3. "No No Never" – 3:43
  4. "Half a Minute" (Extended Version) – 4:49
  5. "Matt's Mood" – 5:29
  6. "Big Rosie" (Extended Version) – 6:07
  7. "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" (Extended Version) – 4:30
  8. "It's Getting Late" – 3:20
  9. "Sneaking Out the Back Door" (Extended Version) – 4:46
  10. "Riding with the Wind" – 3:22
  11. "Matt's Mood II" – 5:15
  12. "The Other Side" – 4:14

2016 expanded deluxe CD edition

Disc One
  1. "Whose Side Are You On?" (Extended Version) – 4:35
  2. "More Than I Can Bear" (Remix) – 4:42
  3. "No No Never" – 3:44
  4. "Half a Minute" – 3:50
  5. "Matt's Mood" (12" Remix) – 5:26
  6. "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" – 3:27
  7. "It's Getting Late" – 3:24
  8. "Sneaking Out the Back Door" – 3:47
  9. "Riding with the Wind" – 3:24
  10. "Matt's Mood II" – 5:16
  11. "More Than I Can Bear" (Original UK Album Version) – 4:14
  12. "Matt's Mood" (Original UK Album Version) – 5:19
  13. "Big Rosie" (7" Version) – 3:29
  14. "Whose Side Are You On?" (7" Version) – 3:45
  15. "The Other Side" – 4:16
  16. "More Than I Can Bear" (US Edited Remix) – 3:57
  17. "Whose Side Are You On?" (US 7" Version) – 3:25
Disc Two
  1. "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" (Extended Version) – 4:34
  2. "Matt's Mood" (Single Edit) – 4:36
  3. "Big Rosie" (Extended Version) – 6:10
  4. "Matt's Mood II" (Single Edit) – 3:41
  5. "Sneaking Out the Back Door" (Extended Version) – 4:48
  6. "More Than I Can Bear" (7" Remix) – 4:18
  7. "Big Rosie" (Remix) – 4:55
  8. "Half a Minute" (Extended Version) – 4:46
  9. "Matt's Mood II" (Extended Version) – 5:31
  10. "Whose Side Are You On?" (Demo) – 4:07
  11. "Half a Minute" (Demo) – 3:33
  12. "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" (Demo) – 3:53
  13. "Sneaking Out the Back Door" (Demo) – 3:42
  14. "Big Rosie" (Demo) – 3:42
  15. "The Happy Christmas Song" (Demo) – 2:46
  16. "Half a Minute" (2016) – 3:49

Personnel

Band

Production

Musicians

Staff

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1984–85)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 38
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[5] 16

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria)[7] 2
Germany (Media Control)[8] 5
Netherlands (MegaCharts)[9] 15

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MATT BIANCO - full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company. 9 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Zoeken naar: Matt Bianco. 2021-05-04. dutchcharts.nl. Dutch.
  3. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know. irishcharts.ie. 2024-10-07.
  4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 194.
  5. Web site: M&D: Classifiche . musicaedischi.it . 2024-09-07 . it. (Enter "Matt Bianco" in the "Artista" field and click "cerca".)
  6. Web site: JAAROVERZICHTEN - Album 1984 . dutchcharts.nl . 2024-10-07 . Dutch.
  7. Web site: Jahreshitparade 1985 . austriancharts.at . 2024-10-07 . German.
  8. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts: 1985 . offiziellecharts.de . 2024-10-07 . German.
  9. Web site: JAAROVERZICHTEN - Album 1985 . dutchcharts.nl . 2024-10-07 . Dutch.

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