Velocity (album)

Velocity
Studio album by the Vels
Released	1984
Recorded	February–March 1983
Studio	Compass Point Studios (Nassau, Bahamas, U.S.) Park South Studios (New York City)
Genre	New wave synth-pop
Length	32:49
Label	Mercury PolyGram
Producer	Steven Stanley Peter Lubin
The Vels chronology
Velocity (1984) House of Miracles (1986)
Singles from Velocity
"Look My Way" Released: 1984 "Private World" Released: 1984

Velocity is the debut studio album by American new wave and synth-pop band the Vels, released in 1984 by Mercury Records and PolyGram. It was principally recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, with producer Steven Stanley, known for his work with Tom Tom Club, whereas "Secret Garden" was produced by their A&R representative Peter Lubin at Park South Studios in New York City. When reflecting on the recording of the album, lead vocalist Alice Cohen said, "the whole Compass Point thing was great. We were unassuming Philly folks, living in cheap apartments, suddenly in this amazing studio in the Bahamas. It was very surreal."^[1] While the album itself failed to chart, it featured two songs that charted on the U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, with "Hieroglyphics" peaking at No. 30 and "Look My Way" peaking at No. 39. "Look My Way" also peaked at No. 72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, their only showing on that chart.^[2]

To date, the album remains unavailable on CD or MP3, and it has been out of print since its initial release on vinyl and cassette.