Brother Beyond
Brother Beyond is a British pop band from the late 1980s. The group was produced by Stock Aitken Waterman in their most successful period and had their biggest hit in 1988 with the song The Harder I Try .
biography
In the mid-1980s David White (guitar) and his younger brother Francis, called Eg, (bass, drum computer) founded the band Brother Beyond together with Carl Fysh (keyboard) . A short time later, the singer Nathan Moore was added. In 1986 the song I Should Have Lied , which was written by Fysh and Eg White, was the first single . The producer was the American musician Don Was .
The second single How Many Times , again written by Fish and Eg White, made it into the English charts in April 1987 and reached number 62. Chain gang Smile followed in August of that year . The song, produced by Richard James Burgess , made it to number 57 on the UK charts. In early 1987 Eg White left the group to continue his career as a musician, producer and songwriter . Steve Alexander joined Brother Beyond as a drummer.
After the band of Stock Aitken Waterman under contract was taken, was in the PWL studios the single Can You Keep a Secret? which was to become the quartet's greatest success by then . The song entered the UK singles chart in January 1988 and narrowly missed the top 20 at number 22. The group reached the peak of their career with The Harder I Try , a track written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. The single climbed to number two in the UK, number 13 in Switzerland and number 32 in Germany in the summer .
The successor He Ain't No Competition was similarly successful and at the end of the year was 6th in the United Kingdom and 39th in Germany. The debut album Get Even followed in November , which rose to number 9 on the UK charts. The Be My Twin contained on it and released at the end of 1988 made it to number 14 in England and number 53 in Germany in early 1989.
After a break of several months, I took part in the Spirit of the Forest project, which was dedicated to protecting the rainforest . Together with artists such as Olivia Newton-John , Taylor Dayne , Donna Summer , Chris Rea , David Gilmour and others, the single Spirit of the Forest was created , which was released in England in June 1989.
From autumn 1989 the Brother Beyond singles Drive On , When Will I See You Again and Trust appeared , which made it into the UK charts, but had to be content with middle positions. The accompanying album Trust was also released at the end of the year, but did not go beyond number 60 on the English album chart. The band's last chart success was the single The Girl I Used to Know , which only reached number 48 at home in June 1990, but at the same time became the first and only hit in the USA and climbed to number 27 on the Billboard charts .
In the fall of 1990, Brother Beyond broke up after the US single Just a Heartbeat , which was released in September, flopped. Moore continued his music career three years later as a member of the boy group Worlds Apart and switched to music management after it ended .
Members
- Nathan Moore ( Nathan Marcellus Moore , born January 10, 1965 in Stamford Hill , London ) - vocals
- Carl Fysh ( Carl Anthony Fysh , born January 25, 1963 , England) - keyboard
- David White ( David Benjamin White , born June 6, 1965 in Highbury , North London) - guitar
- Eg White ( Francis Anthony White , born November 22, 1966 in Highbury, North London) - bass , drum computer - until 1988
- Steve Alexander (born November 20, 1962 ) - drums - from 1988
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 CH
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 UK
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 US
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| 1988 | Get even |
DE63 (3 weeks) DE |
- |
UK9  (23 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: November 1988
Chart entry in DE only in March 1989 |
| 1989 | Trust | - | - |
UK60  (1 week)UK |
- |
First published: November 1989
|
More albums
- 1990: Trust (US version with additional tracks)
- 2005: The Very Best Of (compilation)
- 2005: The River Sessions (live album, recorded at the Edinburgh Playhouse on May 11, 1989)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 1987 | How Many Times Get Even |
- | - |
UK62 (9 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 23, 1987
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| Chain gang Smile Get Even |
- | - |
UK57 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 27, 1987
|
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| 1988 | Can You Keep a Secret Get Even |
- | - |
UK56 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 4, 1988
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| The Harder I Try Get Even |
DE32 (13 weeks) DE |
CH13 (7 weeks) CH |
UK2  (14 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: July 18, 1988
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| He Ain't No Competition Get Even |
DE39 (12 weeks) DE |
- |
UK6 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 24, 1988
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| 1989 | Be My Twin Get Even |
DE53 (4 weeks) DE |
- |
UK14 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 9, 1989
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| Can You Keep a Secret (1989 Mix) Get Even |
- | - |
UK22 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 20, 1989
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| Drive On Trust |
- | - |
UK39 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 16, 1989
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| When Will I See You Again Trust |
- | - |
UK43 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 27, 1989
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| 1990 | Trust trust |
- | - |
UK53 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 26, 1990
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| 1991 | The Girl I Used to Know Trust (US Version) |
- | - |
UK48 (3 weeks) UK |
US27 (15 weeks) US |
First published: January 7, 1990
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More singles
- 1986: I Should Have Lied (release: August)
- 1989: Spirit of the Forest (with the artist project Spirit of the Forest)
- 1990: Just a Heartbeat
swell
- ↑ a b Spirit of the Forest at Discogs (English)
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK
- ↑ a b UK gold / platinum database
Web links
- Brother Beyond on Allmusic (English)
- Brother Beyond at Discogs (English)