Silk & Steel is the second studio album by British pop group Five Star, released on 18 August 1986. The album was the group's biggest seller, reaching number one in the UK. It was also successful in France, Germany, Austria, Netherlands and Switzerland. In the United States, it was less successful than their first album, Luxury of Life, peaking at number 80 on the Billboard 200.
As with Luxury of Life, the album used a number of producers and was recorded in both the US and UK, the only common producer being Billy Livsey who again produced a track he had co-written (this time with Pete Sinfield), "Rain or Shine", which became the highest-charting UK single from the album. Four tracks including first single, "Can't Wait Another Minute", were recorded in Los Angeles with the British producer Richard James Burgess. The band's manager and father, Buster Pearson, co-produced two tracks with Michael Jay (both of which Jay had co-written), also in Los Angeles, and one with lead singer Deniece on the track she composed, "Stay Out of My Life". There were also two tracks produced by Pete Wingfield, "Please Don't Say Goodnight" with lead vocals from Delroy and "Don't You Know I Love It" written by Doris, who also sings lead on that track. The latter track was originally a B-side but proved popular so was included on the album.
The album produced six UK top 15 hit singles and three US R&B hits. As "Are You Man Enough" was a US-only single, that means seven of the ten tracks were hit singles (and as "Don't You Know I Love It" had also been released as a B-side, only two of the album tracks were not available as singles). The album itself was the ninth best-selling album of 1986 in the UK, and had achieved four-times Platinum status by 1987, denoting shipments in excess of 1.2 million copies. It spent a total of 58 weeks on the UK Albums Chart.[1]
A photograph on the reverse sleeve of Silk & Steel shows the group outside the Lloyd's building in London, which was newly opened at that time.
An expanded version of Silk & Steel was released by Cherry Pop Records in November 2010.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Silk amp Steel Five Star album news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Silk amp Steel is the second studio album by British pop group Five Star released on 18 August 1986 The album was the group s biggest seller reaching number one in the UK It was also successful in France Germany Austria Netherlands and Switzerland In the United States it was less successful than their first album Luxury of Life peaking at number 80 on the Billboard 200 Silk amp SteelStudio album by Five StarReleased18 August 1986Recorded1986GenreR amp B dance pop soulLength43 12LabelRCATentProducerRichard James BurgessMichael JayBuster PearsonPete WingfieldBilly LivseyDeniece PearsonFive Star chronologyLuxury of Life 1985 Silk amp Steel 1986 Between the Lines 1987 Singles from Silk amp Steel Can t Wait Another Minute Released April 1986 Find the Time Released July 1986 Rain or Shine Released September 1986 If I Say Yes Released November 1986 Stay Out of My Life Released January 1987 The Slightest Touch Released April 1987 Are You Man Enough Released April 1987As with Luxury of Life the album used a number of producers and was recorded in both the US and UK the only common producer being Billy Livsey who again produced a track he had co written this time with Pete Sinfield Rain or Shine which became the highest charting UK single from the album Four tracks including first single Can t Wait Another Minute were recorded in Los Angeles with the British producer Richard James Burgess The band s manager and father Buster Pearson co produced two tracks with Michael Jay both of which Jay had co written also in Los Angeles and one with lead singer Deniece on the track she composed Stay Out of My Life There were also two tracks produced by Pete Wingfield Please Don t Say Goodnight with lead vocals from Delroy and Don t You Know I Love It written by Doris who also sings lead on that track The latter track was originally a B side but proved popular so was included on the album The album produced six UK top 15 hit singles and three US R amp B hits As Are You Man Enough was a US only single that means seven of the ten tracks were hit singles and as Don t You Know I Love It had also been released as a B side only two of the album tracks were not available as singles The album itself was the ninth best selling album of 1986 in the UK and had achieved four times Platinum status by 1987 denoting shipments in excess of 1 2 million copies It spent a total of 58 weeks on the UK Albums Chart 1 A photograph on the reverse sleeve of Silk amp Steel shows the group outside the Lloyd s building in London which was newly opened at that time An expanded version of Silk amp Steel was released by Cherry Pop Records in November 2010 Contents 1 Track listing 1 1 2010 CD reissue bonus tracks 2 Charts 2 1 Weekly charts 2 2 Year end charts 3 Certifications 4 ReferencesTrack listing edit Can t Wait Another Minute Sue Sheridan Paul Chiten 4 42 Find the Time Paul Gurvitz Nick Trevisick 4 30 Rain or Shine Billy Livsey Peter Sinfield 3 59 If I Say Yes Michael Jay Marvin Morrow 4 04 Please Don t Say Goodnight Michael George Jackson Clark Clemens Winterhalter 4 43 Stay Out of My Life Deniece Pearson 4 00 Show Me What You ve Got for Me Pamela Phillips Oland Rick Neigher 3 57 Are You Man Enough Paul Gurvitz Nick Trevisick 4 38 The Slightest Touch Michael Jay Marvin Morrow 4 30 Don t You Know I Love It Doris Pearson 3 582010 CD reissue bonus tracks edit Find the Time Midnight mix If I Say Yes extended mix Rain or Shine remix The Slightest Touch The Pettibone Touch remix Are You Man Enough Shep Pettibone remix Charts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Silk amp Steel Chart 1986 1987 PeakpositionAustralian Albums Kent Music Report 2 80Dutch Albums Album Top 100 3 24European Albums Music amp Media 4 21Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 5 35German Albums Offizielle Top 100 6 51Icelandic Albums Tonlist 7 5New Zealand Albums RMNZ 8 30Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 9 28Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 10 17UK Albums OCC 11 1US Billboard 200 12 80US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 13 22 Year end charts edit 1986 year end chart performance for Silk amp Steel Chart 1986 PositionDutch Albums Album Top 100 14 90UK Albums Gallup 15 91987 year end chart performance for Silk amp Steel Chart 1987 PositionUK Albums Gallup 16 33Certifications editCertifications for Silk amp Steel Region Certification Certified units salesUnited Kingdom BPI 17 4 Platinum 1 200 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit Five Star full Official Chart History Official Charts Company Retrieved 10 February 2022 Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 112 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Dutchcharts nl 5 Star Silk amp Steel in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved 10 February 2022 European Hot 100 Albums PDF Music amp Media Vol 3 no 38 27 September 1986 p 17 OCLC 29800226 via World Radio History Pennanen Timo 2006 Sisaltaa hitin levyt ja esittajat Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 in Finnish 1st ed Helsinki Kustannusosakeyhtio Otava ISBN 978 951 1 21053 5 Offiziellecharts de 5 Star Silk amp Steel in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved 10 February 2022 Island LP plotur DV in Icelandic 26 September 1986 p 43 ISSN 1021 8254 via Timarit is Charts nz 5 Star Silk amp Steel Hung Medien Retrieved 10 February 2022 Swedishcharts com 5 Star Silk amp Steel Hung Medien Retrieved 10 February 2022 Swisscharts com 5 Star Silk amp Steel Hung Medien Retrieved 10 February 2022 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 10 February 2022 Top Pop Albums Billboard Vol 98 no 44 1 November 1986 p 72 ISSN 0006 2510 via Google Books Top Black Albums Billboard Vol 98 no 42 18 October 1986 p 27 ISSN 0006 2510 via Google Books Jaaroverzichten Album 1986 in Dutch Dutch Charts Retrieved 10 February 2022 Top 100 Albums January to December 1986 PDF Music Week 24 January 1987 p 25 ISSN 0265 1548 via World Radio History Gallup Year End Charts 1987 Albums PDF Record Mirror 23 January 1988 p 37 ISSN 0144 5804 via World Radio History British album certifications Five Star Silk and Steel British Phonographic Industry 30 June 1987 Retrieved 10 February 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Silk 26 Steel Five Star album amp oldid 1162693385, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
