Love Zone

This article is about the Billy Ocean album. For the song, see Love Zone (song). For the album by Surface, see Love Zone (Surface album).
Love Zone
Studio album by Billy Ocean
Released January 22, 1986
Recorded 1985
Genre Contemporary R&B, dance-pop, soul, pop rock
Length 45:01
Label Jive Records/Arista Records
Producer Barry Eastmond and Wayne Brathwaite
Billy Ocean chronology
Suddenly
(1984)		 Love Zone
(1986)		 Tear Down These Walls
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Love Zone is the sixth album recorded by R&B singer Billy Ocean. The album includes the hit singles "Love Zone" and "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)", as well as "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going", which had originally been featured on the soundtrack to the 1985 film The Jewel of the Nile. The album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over 2 million copies.

Track listing

  1. "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" (5:45) (Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Wayne Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond)
  2. "Love Zone" (5:37) (Ocean, Barry Eastmond, Wayne Braithwaite)[2]
  3. "Without You" (5:03) (Ocean, Wayne Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond)
  4. "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" (4:55) (Ocean, Wayne Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond)
  5. "Bittersweet" (4:58) (Ocean, Wayne Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond)
  6. "It's Never Too Late To Try" (4:54) (Ocean, Barry Eastmond, Wayne Braithwaite, Jolyon Skinner)
  7. "Showdown" (4:58) (Ocean, Barry Eastmond, Wayne Braithwaite, Jolyon Skinner)
  8. "Promise Me" (4:36) (Jonathan Butler, Jolyon Skinner)[2]
  9. "Love Is Forever" (4:15) (Ocean, Wayne Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond)

Expanded Edition (released July 2011)

Bonus Tracks

  1. "Love Zone" (Extended Version)
  2. "Bittersweet" (Extended Version)
  3. "When the Going Gets Tough" (Club Mix)
  4. "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" (7" Version)

Charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[3] 8
Canadian Albums Chart[4] 3
Dutch Albums Chart[5] 7
Finnish Albums Chart[6] 10
German Albums Chart[7] 33
New Zealand Albums Chart[8] 8
Norwegian Albums Chart[9] 3
Swedish Albums Chart[10] 7
Swiss Albums Chart[11] 16
UK Albums Chart[12] 2
U.S. Billboard 200 Chart[13] 6
U.S. Billboard R&B Albums Chart[14] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Gold 100,000
United States (RIAA)[16] 2× Platinum 2,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Production credits

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r14346
  2. 1 2 Billy Ocean- Love Zone @Discogs.com
  3. ↑ David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=5gtksk1er11s8bda620pobg4f2&q1=billy+ocean+love+zone&q2=&interval=20
  5. ↑ http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Billy+Ocean&titel=Love+Zone&cat=a
  6. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 227. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  7. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Billy+Ocean&title=Love+Zone&country=de
  8. ↑ http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Billy+Ocean&titel=Love+Zone&cat=a
  9. ↑ http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Billy+Ocean&titel=Love+Zone&cat=a
  10. ↑ http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Billy+Ocean&titel=Love+Zone&cat=a
  11. ↑ http://hitparade.ch/album/Billy-Ocean/Love-Zone-403
  12. ↑ http://www.theofficialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/Love+Zone#album
  13. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-zone-mw0000191168/awards
  14. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-zone-mw0000191168/awards
  15. ↑ "British album certifications – Billy Ocean – Love Zone". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Love Zone in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  16. ↑ "American album certifications – Billy Ocean – Love Zone". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH


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