Bizarre Fruit

Bizarre Fruit is the third album by the British dance band M People. It was released on 14 November 1994 and charted and peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart, spending one year on the chart before an expanded version of the album, Bizarre Fruit II, was released a year later. In 1996 it was announced that Bizarre Fruit had reached 1.1 million copies sold worldwide.[4] The albums Bizarre Fruit and Bizarre Fruit II were certified 5× platinum in the UK for sales of 1.5 million.[5]

For the chimeric plant, see Bizzaria.

Bizarre Fruit
Studio album by
M People
Released14 November 1994
StudioStrongroom Studios (London)
GenreHouse, pop
Length57:45
LabelDeconstruction
ProducerM People
M People chronology
Elegant Slumming
(1993)		 Bizarre Fruit
(1994)		 Bizarre Fruit II
(1995)
Alternative cover
North American cover
Singles from Bizarre Fruit
  1. "Sight for Sore Eyes"
    Released: 7 November 1994
  2. "Open Your Heart"
    Released: 23 January 1995
  3. "Search for the Hero"
    Released: 12 June 1995
  4. "Love Rendezvous"
    Released: 2 October 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Music & MediaFavorable[2]
Spin7/10[3]

The album's two most popular singles were "Sight for Sore Eyes", which reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart and "Search for the Hero", which peaked at No. 9 on the same chart. Other singles released from this album were "Open Your Heart" (No. 9), "Love Rendezvous" (No. 32) and "Itchycoo Park" (No. 11) from the re-released album. In the US, remixes for the song "Padlock" were supplied to club DJs and appeared as the B-side to the CD maxi single of "Search for the Hero". The track reached No. 13 on the Billboard Dance chart.[6]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sight for Sore Eyes"Pickering, Heard, Small6:12
2."Search for the Hero"Pickering, Heard6:11
3."Open Your Heart"Pickering, Heard5:42
4."Love Rendezvous"Pickering, Heard5:24
5."Precious Pearl"Pickering, Heard6:04
6."Sugar Town"Pickering, Heard5:41
7."Walk Away"Pickering, Heard5:48
8."Drive Time"Pickering, Heard5:30
9."Padlock"Tamy Smith6:12
10."And Finally..."Pickering, Heard, Small5:04
Total length:57:45
2005 Re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Itchycoo Park"Marriott, Lane6:42
12."Itchycoo Park" (Morales Classic Club Mix)Marriott, Lane7:53
North American Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
11."Renaissance" (M People Master Mix)6:30

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1994–1996) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 14
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 28
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 30
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC)[11] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 29
UK Albums (OCC)[13] 3
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[14] 17

Year-end charts
Chart (1995) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[16] 47
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17] 23
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 19
Chart (1996) Position
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 14

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[20] Platinum 70,000^
Germany (BVMI)[21] Gold 250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[22] Platinum 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] 5× Platinum 1,500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalogue
United Kingdom 14 November 1994 Deconstruction LP 74321 24081 1
CD 74321 24081 2
Cassette 74321 24081 4
North America 12 May 1995 Epic LP E 67037
CD EK 67037
Cassette ET 67037
United Kingdom 7 March 2005 Sony BMG CD

References
  1. Cooper, William. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. 10 December 1994. p. 9. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. Walters, Barry (June 1995). "Spins". Spin. 11 (3): 99. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. "Who's Selling Where". Billboard. 17 February 1996. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  5. "BPI Awards". BPI. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  6. "Search for the Hero (4:09)". last.fm. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  7. "Australiancharts.com – M People – Bizarre Fruit". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  8. "Austriancharts.at – M People – Bizarre Fruit" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  9. "Offiziellecharts.de – M People – Bizarre Fruit" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  10. "Charts.nz – M People – Bizarre Fruit". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  11. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  12. "Swisscharts.com – M People – Bizarre Fruit". Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  13. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  14. "M People Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  15. "ARIA Top 100 Albums for 1995". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  16. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  17. "Top Selling Albums of 1995". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  18. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1995". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  19. "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 1996". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  20. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1995 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  21. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (M People; 'Bizarre Fruit')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  22. "New Zealand album certifications – M People – Bizarre Fruit". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  23. "British album certifications – M People – Bizarre Fruit". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 November 2021.



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