Wild and Lonely explained

Wild and Lonely
Type:	studio
Artist:	the Associates
Cover:	Wild and Lonely cover.jpg
Genre:	Dance-pop synth-pop Eurodisco^[1]
Label:	Circa
Prev Title:	Perhaps
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	The Glamour Chase
Next Year:	2002

Wild and Lonely is the fourth studio album by the Scottish act the Associates.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} The album was released on 24 March 1990 by AVL/Virgin subsidiary Circa Records, a label MacKenzie had signed to after WEA/Warner rejected the fourth Associates album The Glamour Chase (with only MacKenzie's cover of Blondie's "Heart of Glass" emerging from this album while under contract to WEA, when it was released as a single and put on the Vaultage From The Electric Lighting Station compilation). Wild and Lonely was produced by Australian record producer Julian Mendelsohn, it peaked at No. 71 on the UK Albums Chart. Three singles were released from the album: "Fever", "Fire to Ice" and "Just Can't Say Goodbye", all of which failed to chart in the UK Top 40, peaking at numbers 81, 92 and 79 respectively.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Associates, The – Nostalgia Central. 29 June 2014. Nostalgiacentral.com. 10 May 2022.
2. Web site: Random Jukebox: the Associates cover Blondie's Heart of Glass. Stevepaffrod.com. 5 September 2018. 10 May 2022.
3. Web site: A Beginner's Guide to BILLY MACKENZIE - THE ELECTRICITY CLUB . 17 March 2021 . 25 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210125235510/http://www.electricityclub.co.uk/the-beginners-guide-to-billy-mackenzie/ . dead .
4. The Glamour Chase: The Maverick Life of Billy Mackenzie by Tom Doyle (published by Birlinn General)
5. Web site: Wild and lonely . Recordcollectormag.com. 10 May 2022.
6. Web site: ASSOCIATES | full Official Chart History . Officialcharts.com. 10 May 2022.