Sheena Easton – Madness, Money and Music LP Coloured Vinyl

Sheena Easton – Madness, Money and Music

• First-ever vinyl repress of her classic 1982 fan-favourite album, third in a series of remastered vinyls of her 1980s albums, and part of Cherry Red’s on-going re-issue campaign of the star’s EMI catalogue in association with RT Industries.

• Remastered from the original master tapes and pressed on green coloured vinyl with refreshed artwork including new inner sleeve.

• Includes the singles ‘Machinery’, ‘Are You Man Enough’ and ‘I Wouldn’t Beg For Water’ as well as her original recording of ‘Wind Beneath My Wings.’

Sheena Easton rocketed to overnight fame in 1980 with the BBC broadcast of ‘The Big Time’ – arguably the first pop reality show – subsequently breaking records with her first two singles ‘Modern Girl’ and ‘9 To 5’ simultaneously hitting the UK Top Ten. Within a year, she had topped the US Hot 100 with the renamed ‘Morning Train (Nine To Five)’, recorded the Bond theme ‘For Your Eyes Only’, released two platinum-selling albums and become an international sensation.1982 proved another whirlwind year for Sheena – beginning with her ‘Best New Artist’ win at the Grammies, followed by first national US tour, the recording of her first TV special ‘Live At The Palace, Hollywood’ and capped with the release of her third album
– the aptly-titled ‘Madness, Money and Music’. Produced by Christopher Neil, the album ranged from the hyperkinetic new wave-infused ‘Machinery’ via the smooth west coast yacht rock of ‘There When I Needed You’ to classic, Streisand-style balladry on the top 20 AC hit ‘I Wouldn’t Beg For Water.’ It also included one of the earliest recordings of the classic ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’.

Tracklist:
SIDE A
1 Weekend In Paris
2 Are You Man Enough
3 I Wouldn’t Beg For Water
4 Machinery
5 Ice Out In The Rain
6 I Don’t Need Your Word

Side B
1 Madness, Money and Music
2 There When I Needed You
3 Wind Beneath My Wings
4 You Do It
5 In The Winter
6 Please Don’t Sympathise

Label: Cherry Red Records
Released: 1982/2023