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''Silk & Steel'' is the second album by the British pop group Five Star. The album was the group's biggest seller, reaching No.1 in the UK. It was also successful in France, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. 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 biggest UK hit 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 ended up 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 tenth best selling album in 1986 in the UK, and had achieved 4 x Platinum status (1.2 million copies sold) by 1987. It spent a total of 58 weeks in the UK albums chart.〔(Chart Stats - Silk And Steel )〕 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. ==Tracklisting== #"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) - 3:58 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Silk & Steel (Five Star album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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