Conscience (The Beloved album)

Conscience (The Beloved album)
Conscience
Studio album by The Beloved
Released 8 February 1993 (album)
1992 (EP)
Recorded by Ren Swan and Paul Wright
@Sarm West Studios +
Wolf Studio and Abbey Road
in March-July 1992
Genre Electronic dance
Pop rock
Length 57:06
Label EastWest Records (album)
Atlantic (EP and U.S. album)
Producer Jon Marsh and Helena Marsh
Professional reviews

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Allmusic 3/5 stars Link
The Beloved chronology
Blissed Out
(1991)		 Conscience
(1993)		 X
(1996)

Conscience is a 1993 album from British Pop band The Beloved. The album reached #2 on the UK Albums Chart on its release, and includes "Sweet Harmony", the first single taken from it, being the first single from the band which entered the UK Top Ten, peaking at Number 8. Both are the highest positions ever reached by The Beloved in Great Britain with an album and with a single release.

The band faced some controversy for the video of the first new single, "Sweet Harmony," which consisted of a naked Marsh, among a group of women, also naked (although it was shot and edited so as not to show anything which might cause it to be censored). One of the nude stars of this video is British television presenter Tess Daly. By this time, the project had dropped the definite article from its name, and was now simply called Beloved. By the way, still a duo, Jon had fired former member Steve Waddington, and recruited his wife Helena instead, after 1991 remix album Blissed Out. Jon and Helena in fact composed all songs on the new studio album, but Helena rarely appeared on live promotional gigs, though she did feature on some videos for the new singles, but not on "Sweet Harmony." This song, which was originally used to promote the second season of the popular American primetime soap opera Melrose Place in some European countries, including Italy, has since been used in Homebase advertising too.

The album produced other singles too, but none of them being as successful as the first single taken from the LP or the long playing work itself, In fact, while "Sweet Harmony", as mentioned above, went on to become their biggest hit in the UK, reaching Number 8, in January 1993, the other four tracks taken from the album, pressed onto three singles, one of them being a double A-side, did not make that well, with "Celebrate Your Life"/"You've Got Me Thinking" peaking at Number 23, "Outerspace Girl" reaching Number 38, and the final single, "Rock to the Rhythm of Love," not even charting. This latter song was performed live at the London Gay Pride in 1994, during the afternoon hours of a concert that started early in the morning and was then closed by Boy George late at night. Both Boy George with his project called Jesus Loves You and Jon Marsh with his Beloved are held as two amongst the first acts to start the so-called 'dance revolution' of the early Nineties. Not casually, many musicians who participated in the Jesus Loves You project are also featured on the Beloved 1993 album, such as keyboardist Richard Cottle and, most notably, guitarist John Themis, who authored much of Boy George's solo works after the Jesus Loves You experience, including some of the latest songs by Culture Club, of which he is recently considered as the fifth member, virtually, and actually he is in the band's live gigs.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Jon Marsh and Helena Marsh.

  1. "Spirit" - 4:44
  2. "Sweet Harmony" - 5:00
  3. "Outerspace Girl" - 4:46
  4. "Lose Yourself in Me" - 4:32
  5. "Paradise Found" - 7:16
  6. "You've Got Me Thinking" - 4:07
  7. "Celebrate Your Life" - 5:31
  8. "Rock to the Rhythm of Love" - 4:30
  9. "Let the Music Take You" - 5:01
  10. "1000 Years from Today" - 5:17
  11. "Dream On" - 6:22

EP "Sweet Harmony"

  1. "Sweet Harmony" («Conscience» Radio Edit)
  2. "Sweet Harmony" («Live the Dream» Mix)
  3. "Sweet Harmony" («Come Together and Consolidate» Radio Edit) *
  4. "Sweet Harmony" («Come Together and Consolidate» Extended Mix) *
  5. "Sweet Harmony" («Sweet Sensation» Mix) +
  6. "Sweet Harmony" («Tout de Suite» Dub Mix) +
  7. "Dream On" (LP version)

Singles from the album

  • 18 January 1993 - "Sweet Harmony" (UK #8)
  • 2 March 1993 - "Celebrate Your Life" / "You've Got Me Thinking" [double A-side single] (UK #23)
  • July 1993 - "Outerspace Girl" (UK #38)
  • 1993 - "Rock to the Rhythm of Love" (UK -)

Credits

Band

Musicians

Recording and production

Other staff

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 2

Release details

Album

Country Date Label Format Catalog
Germany 1993 EastWest CD 4509-91483-2
France CA 851
U.S. Atlantic CD/MC 82457

EP

Country Date Label Format Catalog
U.S. 1992 Atlantic EP 85759-2

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