Porcelain (Julia Fordham album)

Porcelain
Studio album by
Released1989
Studio
Label
Producer
Julia Fordham chronology
Julia Fordham
(1988)
Porcelain
(1989)
Swept
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Record Mirror[2]

Porcelain is the second album by English singer-songwriter Julia Fordham, released in 1989. It became Fordham's highest-charting album in both the UK Albums Chart and US Billboard 200, peaking at numbers 13 and 74 respectively.[3][4]

The track "Lock and Key" was released as lead single and reached number 80 in the UK Singles Chart.[3] Follow up UK singles released were "Genius" (which was also released as an extended 12" single) and the double A-side "Girlfriend" / "Manhattan Skyline". "Manhattan Skyline" was released as a US single and reached #40 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[5]

  1. ^ "Porcelain - Julia Fordham - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. ^ O'Shaughnessy, Catriona (31 October 1989). "Review: Julia Fordham — Porcelain" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 19. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021 – via American Radio History.
  3. ^ a b "JULIA FORDHAM - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Julia Fordham Porcelain Chart History". Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Billboard - Julia Fordham Official Chart History". billboard.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.