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'''''Up to You''''' was an [[Extended play|EP]] by the [[Toronto]]-based [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[Blue Peter (band)|Blue Peter]]. Released in 1982, it included the [[single (music)|single]] "Chinese Graffiti",<ref name=Jam>{{cite web|title=Blue Peter|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/B/Blue_Peter.html|work=The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia|publisher=CANOE Jam!|access-date=31 January 2011|archive-url=https://archive. |
'''''Up to You''''' was an [[Extended play|EP]] by the [[Toronto]]-based [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[Blue Peter (band)|Blue Peter]]. Released in 1982, it included the [[single (music)|single]] "Chinese Graffiti",<ref name=Jam>{{cite web|title=Blue Peter|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/B/Blue_Peter.html|work=The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia|publisher=CANOE Jam!|access-date=31 January 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208132033/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/B/Blue_Peter.html|archive-date=8 December 2012|url-status=usurped}}</ref> which garnered the band their biggest radio exposure to date, winning a [[CASBY Award]] (then known as the "U-Knows") for Single of the Year.<ref name=Casby>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.edge.ca/ConcertsandEvents/Casbys/History.aspx|work=Casbys|publisher=102.1 The Edge|access-date=31 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317035636/http://www.edge.ca/ConcertsandEvents/Casbys/History.aspx|archive-date=17 March 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the past, "Chinese Graffiti" had been released as a single by the band on their own short-lived [[independent record label]], AWOL Records, in 1981.<ref name=BPU2U>{{cite web|title=Up To You|url=http://bluepeterband.com/up_to_you|work=Discography|publisher=Blue Peter|access-date=31 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525213617/http://bluepeterband.com/up_to_you|archive-date=25 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The EP ranked 29th on CFNY's Top 82 Albums of 1982,<ref name=82of82>{{cite web|title=Top 82 Albums of 1982|url=http://www.edge.ca/Music/Countdowns/1982Top82Albums.aspx|work=Year End Charts|publisher=102.1 The Edge|access-date=31 January 2011}}</ref> and its success led to the following year's [[album]], ''[[Falling (Blue Peter album)|Falling]]'' being produced by [[Steve Nye]].<ref name=falling>{{cite web|last=Carruthers|first=Sean|title=Falling review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/falling-r598795/review|work=Blue Peter|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=31 January 2011}}</ref> |
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==Re-issue== |
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| Released | 1982 | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Label | Ready Records ER025[1] | |||
| Producer | Kevin Doyle, Chris Wardman | |||
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Up to You was an EP by the Toronto-based new wave band Blue Peter. Released in 1982, it included the single "Chinese Graffiti",[2] which garnered the band their biggest radio exposure to date, winning a CASBY Award (then known as the "U-Knows") for Single of the Year.[3] In the past, "Chinese Graffiti" had been released as a single by the band on their own short-lived independent record label, AWOL Records, in 1981.[4] The EP ranked 29th on CFNY's Top 82 Albums of 1982,[5] and its success led to the following year's album, Falling being produced by Steve Nye.[6]
Personnel
[edit]- Mike Bambrick - drums
- Paul Humphrey - vocals
- Ric Joudrey - bass
- Chris Wardman - guitars
Additional personnel:
- Malcolm Burn - keyboards on "Chinese Graffiti"[4]
- Sherry Kean (credited as "Sherry Huffman")[7] - backing vocals on "Chinese Graffiti"[8]
- Glenn Gould, whose recordings had been produced by Blue Peter producer Kevin Doyle,[9] was credited as having sourced the orchestral sample used on "Guilty Secret".[10][11]
Track listing
[edit]All songs on the album were written by Chris Wardman:
Side A
1. "Up to You" - 2:57
2. "Chinese Graffiti" - 3:39
3. "Guilty Secret" - 3:48
Side B
4. "Around You" - 3:49
5. "The World Stops Here" - 3:26
6. "Up to U" (instrumental) - 3:22[4][7]
Re-issue
[edit]In 2007, Up to You was re-issued by Universal Music Canada on compact disc, combined with Version, a 1983 EP of remixes from Falling, and other previously unreleased bonus tracks and demos, as Burning Bridges.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Ready Records Catalogue". Catalogue. Ready Records. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Blue Peter". The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia. CANOE Jam!. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "History". Casbys. 102.1 The Edge. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Up To You". Discography. Blue Peter. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Top 82 Albums of 1982". Year End Charts. 102.1 The Edge. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ Carruthers, Sean. "Falling review". Blue Peter. AllMusic. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ a b c "liner notes". Blue Peter — Up To You. Discogs. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ Barclay, Michael (2 June 2008). "Blue Peter @ Lee's Palace, May 29". Concert Review. EYE Weekly. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ "Discography". Kevin Doyle music. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Burning Bridges". Discography. Blue Peter. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Burning Bridges". Blue Peter Discography. AllMusic. Retrieved 31 January 2011.