Bizarre Fruit

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Bizarre Fruit
Studio album by
M People
Released14 November 1994
RecordedApril – August 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]
Cash Box(favorable)[2]
Robert ChristgauA−[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[5]
The Guardian(favorable)[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
Music & Media(favorable)[8]
NME8/10[9]
Smash Hits3/5[10]
Spin7/10[11]

Bizarre Fruit is the third album by 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.[12] The albums Bizarre Fruit and Bizarre Fruit II were certified 5× platinum in the UK for sales of 1.5 million.[13]

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.[14]

  1. ^ Cooper, William. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. ^ Robertson IV, Gil L. (27 May 1995). "Urban" (PDF). Cash Box. p. 11. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: M People". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  5. ^ Galvin, Peter (19 May 1995). "Bizarre Fruit". Entertainment Weekly.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (18 November 1994). "Music: Pop - Your essential guide to the new CDs". The Guardian.
  7. ^ Hardy, Ernest (16 July 1995). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  8. ^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 50. 10 December 1994. p. 9. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  9. ^ Dee, Johnny (19 November 1994). "Long Play". NME. p. 46. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  10. ^ Sutherland, Mark (23 November 1994). "New Albums". Smash Hits. p. 65. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  11. ^ Walters, Barry (June 1995). "Spins". Spin. 11 (3): 99. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Who's Selling Where". Billboard. 17 February 1996. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  13. ^ "BPI Awards". BPI. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Search for the Hero (4:09)". last.fm. Retrieved 18 December 2013.