Read My Lips (Jimmy Somerville album)

Read My Lips
Studio album by
Jimmy Somerville
Released27 November 1989[1]
Studio
  • Advision
Genre
LabelLondon
Producer
Jimmy Somerville chronology
Read My Lips
(1989) 		The Singles Collection 1984/1990
(1990)
Singles from Read My Lips
  1. "Comment te dire adieu"
    Released: October 1989
  2. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
    Released: January 1990
  3. "Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)"
    Released: March 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Read My Lips is the 1989 debut solo album by Jimmy Somerville, former lead singer of the successful synthpop groups Bronski Beat and The Communards. The album was released through London Records and peaked at number 29 on the UK Albums Chart. It has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales in excess of 100,000 copies.

In July 2012, Read My Lips was released as a two-disc CD set including the original album plus bonus tracks of B-sides and remixes.[3]

On 1 September 2023, Read My Lips was reissued by London Records as a two-disc CD set including the original album plus bonus tracks of B-sides, Demos, New and Original remixes.[4]

The album was produced and engineered by Avril Mackintosh with the exception of Mighty Real (Stephen Hague) and Comment Te Dire Adieu (Pascal Gabriel)

  1. ^ "Read My Lips" (PDF). Music Week. Miller Freeman. 25 November 1989. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2023. Read My Lips (p. 1) | Released November 27 (p. 2) (see both pages split for 1-2)
  2. ^ "Read My Lips - Jimmy Somerville - Releases - AllMusic". Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ^ Jimmy Somerville - Read My Lips, 30 July 2012, retrieved 19 June 2023
  4. ^ "Jimmy Somerville / Read My Lips reissue – SuperDeluxeEdition". 15 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.