Nude (Dead or Alive album)

Nude is the fourth studio album by British pop group Dead or Alive, released in Japan in December 1988 and in Europe and America in July 1989 on Epic Records.^[4] It was the band's first self-produced album. During the album's production Tim Lever and Mike Percy were fired from the band. The album proved to be a massive success in Japan, where a companion remix album was released with the title Nude – Remade Remodelled.^[5] In 2021, RetroPop Magazine retrospectively described Nude as the "perfect Dead or Alive album" and "their strongest offering overall".^[6]

Nude
Studio album by Dead or Alive
Released	December 1988 (Japan) 31 July 1989 (UK)[1]
Recorded	1988
Studio	Good Earth (London)
Genre	Dance-pop hi-NRG[2]
Length	44:06
Label	Epic
Producer	Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive chronology
Rip It Up (1987) Nude (1988) Nude – Remade Remodelled (1989)
Singles from Nude
"Turn Around and Count 2 Ten" Released: 15 August 1988[3] "Come Home with Me Baby" Released: July 1989 "Baby Don't Say Goodbye" Released: October 1989

Production

From the information booklet in Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI, Burns stated:

During the first couple of months of writing and recording, Mike and Tim seemed to be acting a little distant and insular, and after a bit of investigation, we discovered that they were building their own professional recording studio where they lived. When we asked why, they said they wanted to move into concentrating on record production work on their own, didn't want to be in a band and touring and away from their families all of the time and say they were leaving the band at the end of the "Nude" album recording! Well, excuse me boys, but I don't tolerate disloyalty and people making plans behind my back. I discussed it with Steve, and he and I decided that we didn't want them working half-heartedly on an album that we knew had to be the very best we could make, so we fired them on the spot, and told them to go concentrate on giving 100% to their new career as producers. It was a tough decision to make, but they made the decision for us.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Turn Around and Count 2 Ten"	6:52
2.	"Give It Back That Love Is Mine"	3:28
3.	"Baby Don't Say Goodbye"	5:56
4.	"Stop Kicking My Heart Around"	6:09
5.	"Come Home with Me Baby"	4:07
6.	"I Don't Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"	4:40
7.	"Get Out of My House"	4:19
8.	"I Cannot Carry On"	5:00
9.	"My Forbidden Lover"	3:35

Japanese version bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Give It Back" (Instrumental)	3:27
11.	"Baby Don't Say Goodbye" (Alternative Mix)	4:19
12.	"Love Toy" (Instrumental)	1:55

Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI bonus track

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Love Toy" (Unreleased Full Vocal Version)	4:16

Personnel

Dead or Alive

• Pete Burns – vocals
• Steve Coy – drums

Additional personnel

• Andy Stennet – additional keyboards
• Tracy Ackerman, Laura Pallas, Jackie Raw – backing vocals

Production

• All tracks produced, arranged and mixed by Pete Burns and Steve Coy
• Tracks 1, 3 & 5 engineered and mixed by Bruce Robins, re-recorded and mixed by Phil Bodger
• House engineers: Paul Cartledge, Simon Clay
• Assistant engineers: Benjamin Hallowell, Garrison III
• Recorded and mixed at Good Earth Studios, London
• Digitally edited by Simon Everett at Mayfair
• Photography: Paul Cox, Peter Brown, Marti & Pierre Chan

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[8]	62
Canada Top 100 Albums[9]	87
Finnish Album Chart[10]	20
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart	9
US Billboard 200[11]	106
UK Albums Chart[12]	82

References

1. "Music and Media" (PDF). p. 14.
2. Green, Jim; Robbins, Ira. "Dead or Alive". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
3. "Music Week" (PDF). p. 39.
4. Nude (liner notes). Dead or Alive. ?Epic. 1988.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
5. Nude (Japanese release) at Discogs
6. Gotto, Connor (2 August 2021). "Dead or Alive's seven studio albums ranked from great to greatest".
7. "Dead or Alive - Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI". Discogs.
8. "The ARIA Report Issue No. 347: Chartifacts - Week Ending 13 October 1996". Australian Recording Industry Association Ltd. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
9. "RPM 100 Albums". RPM. 50 (13). archived at Library and Archives Canada. 24 July 1989. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
10. "Artistit DE - DIA" (in Finnish). Suomen listalevyt. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
11. "Billboard > Artists / Dead or Alive > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
12. "Official Charts > Dead or Alive". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

External links

• Nude at Discogs (list of releases)