Breathe (band)

Breathe was a British band from Surrey , which consisted of the singer David Glasper (born January 4, 1965 ), the drummer Ian Spice (September 28, 1966) and the guitarist Marcus Lillington (born February 28, 1967).

biography

The members, who had known each other since childhood, attended Yately School in London . Together with other students, they first formed a six-member band called Catch 22. After school, some musicians left the group and the trio Breathe emerged, which was reinforced by the bassist Michael Delahunty during studio recordings and live performances . The music of the formation was a mixture of soul and pop with subtle jazz influences . The first demo tapes were made in 1984.

Some of the Breathe tracks were well received by the Siren Records label, which earned the group a record deal . The band's biggest hit was Hands to Heaven . The song reached number two in the US in 1988 , number four in the UK and number 29 in Germany . The follow-up single How Can I Fall was also a great success, rising to number three on the Billboard charts in September of that year and number 48 on the UK charts in December.

The accompanying debut album All That Jazz was placed in the English and American Top 40 in 1988 and a little later, in February 1989, in the German Top 50. The release Jonah made it to number 60 in the UK shortly after the album entered the charts. A remix of the song Don't Tell Me Lies , which was released in 1985, climbed to 10th place in the US and 45th in England in early 1989.

In 1990 the second Breathe album Peace of Mind followed , which could not build on the success of the debut and only reached number 116 in the US charts. The extractions Say a Prayer (No. 21) and Does She Love That Man? (34th place) were also listed in the American charts. After falling success, the band broke up in 1991. In 2004 the compilation Best of Breathe was released .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	UK	US
1988	All that jazz	DE50 (5 weeks) DE	UK22nd silver (5 weeks)UK	US34 gold (51 weeks)US	First published: April 1988 Producers: Bob Sargeant, Chris Porter
1990	Peace of Mind	-	-	US116 (20 weeks) US	First published: September 1990 Producers: Bob Sargeant, Breathe

More albums

• 2004: Best of Breathe (compilation)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		DE	UK	US
1986	Don't Tell Me Lies All That Jazz	-	UK77 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 1986
1988	Hands to Heaven All That Jazz	DE29 (16 weeks) DE	UK4 (12 weeks) UK	US2 (29 weeks) US	First published: July 11, 1988 reissue
	How Can I Fall All That Jazz	-	UK48 (7 weeks) UK	US3 (22 weeks) US	First published: June 1988
	Jonah All That Jazz	-	UK60 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1988
1989	Don't Tell Me Lies (Remix) All That Jazz	-	UK45 (5 weeks) UK	US10 (16 weeks) US	First published: January 1989
1990	Say a Prayer Peace of Mind	-	UK93 (3 weeks) UK	US21 (15 weeks) US	First published: August 1990
	Say Hello Peace of Mind	-	UK87 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1990
	Does She Love That Man? Peace of Mind	-	-	US34 (13 weeks) US	First release: November 1990 Breathe feat. David Glasper

More singles

• 1986: In All Honesty
• 1987: Jonah (release: June)
• 1987: All That Jazz (release: August 31)
• 1987: Hands to Heaven (release: December)
• 1988: Any Trick (Like a Monkey Mix) (released March 28)
• 1988: All This I Should Have Known
• 1988: Any Trick

Video albums

• 1989: All That Jazz: The Videos (VHS)

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	-	500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	60,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	gold1	-

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK All That Jazz US
2. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .

Web links

• Breathe at Allmusic (English)
• Breathe at Discogs (English)
• Biography at Taurus Press