Name: Viva
Brand: Bananarama

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

IMT9849129.2

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2019-02-01

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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5013929849129

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Bananarama

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Bananarama is a British pop group formed in London in 1981 by childhood friends Keren Woodward and Sarah Dallin, along with their friend Siobhan Fahey. They gained international success with their self-titled second album, featuring the hit single "Cruel Summer". In 1986, they achieved worldwide fame with their cover of Shocking Blue's "Venus". Siobhan left the group in 1988 to form Shakespear's Sister. Since then, Sara and Keren have continued as a duo. They celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2022 with the release of their seventh album, "Masquerade".

Throughout their career, Bananarama has been recognized as one of the most successful female groups in pop history. Their achievements include entering the UK charts at number four with "It Ain't What You Do" and being named by Guinness Book of Records as more successful than The Supremes.

In addition to their music career, Bananarama has also made notable collaborations and appearances. They reunited briefly with Siobhan for a tour between November 2017 and August 2018. The duo released an autobiography titled "Really Saying Something" in 2020.

Digitally remastered and expanded two CD edition. Bananarama's tenth studio album, 2009's Viva, remains their most electro sounding collection to date. It was a collaboration with celebrated producer, composer, songwriter and remixer Ian Masterson, whose credits include work with Girls Aloud, Kylie Minogue and the Pet Shop Boys. His instinctive grasp of Bananarama's sound, spirit and energy resulted in some monumental feel-good pop-dance music. The album is a veritable masterclass in melodic, upbeat pop. It was also the album on which Sara and Keren both started to play bass guitar again after a 17 year break! Viva originated as a discofied cover versions album, but Sara and Keren changed their minds on this approach half way through recording, in response to their, then, record company actively preferring their original compositions to the array of disco styled cover versions. Just three of these originally chosen cover versions made it through to the final track listing of Viva. Four additional cover version rarities, originally made available as either bonus 'download only' album tracks or as B-sides on the related singles, have also been included in this deluxe expanded edition. This expanded edition of Viva also includes all the commercially available remixes, and edits thereof, that were released across the various formats of both of the album's two singles; 'Love Comes' and 'Love Don't Live Here'. This release comes with a richly illustrated 20 page booklet including an introductory message from Sara and Keren.

Viva

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