Bizarre Fruit

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Bizarre Fruit
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Studio album by
M People
Released14 November 1994
StudioStrongroom Studios (London)
GenreHouse, pop
Length57:45
LabelDeconstruction
ProducerM People
M People chronology
Elegant Slumming
(1993) 		Bizarre Fruit
(1994) 		Bizarre Fruit II
(1995)
Alternative cover
North American cover
North American cover
Singles from Bizarre Fruit
  1. "Sight for Sore Eyes"
    Released: 7 November 1994
  2. "Open Your Heart"
    Released: 23 January 1995
  3. "Search for the Hero"
    Released: 12 June 1995
  4. "Love Rendezvous"
    Released: 2 October 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
Music & MediaFavorable[2]
Spin7/10[3]

Bizarre Fruit is the third album by the British dance band M People. It was released on 14 November 1994 and charted and peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart, spending one year on the chart before an expanded version of the album, Bizarre Fruit II, was released a year later. In 1996 it was announced that Bizarre Fruit had reached 1.1 million copies sold worldwide.[4] The albums Bizarre Fruit and Bizarre Fruit II were certified 5× platinum in the UK for sales of 1.5 million.[5]

The album's two most popular singles were "Sight for Sore Eyes", which reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart and "Search for the Hero", which peaked at No. 9 on the same chart. Other singles released from this album were "Open Your Heart" (No. 9), "Love Rendezvous" (No. 32) and "Itchycoo Park" (No. 11) from the re-released album. In the US, remixes for the song "Padlock" were supplied to club DJs and appeared as the B-side to the CD maxi single of "Search for the Hero". The track reached No. 13 on the Billboard Dance chart.[6]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sight for Sore Eyes"Pickering, Heard, Small6:12
2."Search for the Hero"Pickering, Heard6:11
3."Open Your Heart"Pickering, Heard5:42
4."Love Rendezvous"Pickering, Heard5:24
5."Precious Pearl"Pickering, Heard6:04
6."Sugar Town"Pickering, Heard5:41
7."Walk Away"Pickering, Heard5:48
8."Drive Time"Pickering, Heard5:30
9."Padlock"Tamy Smith6:12
10."And Finally..."Pickering, Heard, Small5:04
Total length:57:45
2005 Re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Itchycoo Park"Marriott, Lane6:42
12."Itchycoo Park" (Morales Classic Club Mix)Marriott, Lane7:53
North American Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
11."Renaissance" (M People Master Mix)6:30

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1994–96) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 28
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 30
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC)[11] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 29
UK Albums (OCC)[13] 3
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[14] 17

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1995) Position
German Albums Chart[15] 47

Release history[]

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
United Kingdom 14 November 1994 Deconstruction LP 74321 24081 1
CD 74321 24081 2
Cassette 74321 24081 4
North America 12 May 1995 Epic LP E 67037
CD EK 67037
Cassette ET 67037
United Kingdom 7 March 2005 Sony BMG CD

References[]

  1. ^ Cooper, William. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. ^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. 10 December 1994. p. 9. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ Walters, Barry (June 1995). "Spins". Spin. 11 (3): 99. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Who's Selling Where". Billboard. 17 February 1996. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  5. ^ "BPI Awards". BPI. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Search for the Hero (4:09)". last.fm. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  7. ^ "Austriancharts.at – M People – Bizarre Fruit" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Australiancharts.com – M People – Bizarre Fruit". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – M People – Bizarre Fruit" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Charts.nz – M People – Bizarre Fruit". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Swisscharts.com – M People – Bizarre Fruit". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  14. ^ "M People Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 13 August 2018.



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