Century (band)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Lover Why   DE 32 02/24/1986 (9 weeks)   CH 11 December 15, 1985 (11 weeks)   FR 1  gold 08/31/1985 (24 weeks) Jane   FR 35 04/26/1986 (13 weeks)

Century was a French rock band formed in Marseille in 1985 .

Career

The songs on the 1986 debut album … And Soul It Goes were written by John Milford, John Wesley and Paul Ives. The pre-release Lover Why became the group's biggest hit . The single reached number 1 in the French charts in the summer of 1985 , rose to number 11 on the Swiss charts at the end of the year and reached number 32 in Germany at the beginning of 1986 . With Jane , the band had their second and last hit at home in 1986 (number 35). Century sold over ten million records worldwide . The group split in 1989.

Members

Century consisted of the following members:

• Jean-Louis Milford - vocals , keyboard
• Thomas Richard - guitar , keyboard
• Philipp Sanders - drums
• Stephen Pisani - bass

Discography

Albums

• 1986: … And Soul It Goes
• 1987: Exitos de Century
• 1988: Is It Red?
• 2012: Référence 80

Singles

• 1985: Lover Why
• 1986: Jane
• 1986: Gone with the Winner
• 1986: Self Destruction
• 1987: Pay as You Hurt (Promo)
• 1988: Gemini
• 1988: This Way to Heaven

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1. ↑ Chart sources: DE, CH FR
2. ↑ Awards for music sales: FR
3. ↑ … And Soul It Goes - Info
4. ↑ ^{a b} Century - Info ( Memento from September 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• Century at Allmusic (English)
• Century at Discogs (English)