Go West (band)
Go West is a British pop music - Duo , which had its most successful period 1985-1993.
Band history
Go West was founded in 1982 by Peter Cox and Richard Drummie.
The debut single We Close Our Eyes was released in 1985. The song climbed into the German and Swiss Top 20 as well as the English Top 10 and is still the most successful Go-West single in Europe . The accompanying album Go West was awarded double platinum in Great Britain . At the BRIT Awards 1986 the duo was honored as "Best British Newcomer".
A number of singles followed by 1987, most of which were able to place themselves in the middle of the English and / or American charts. Only Call Me (1985) and Don't Look Down - The Sequel stood out and reached the top 20 of the UK charts.
After a long hiatus, Go West had a top 10 hit in the United States in 1990 with the single The King of Wishful Thinking from the soundtrack to the film Pretty Woman , which made the song the band's biggest hit in America. In the British homeland, the title climbed a top 20 position, in Germany it was only just enough for the top 50.
With the singles Faithful (1992) and What You Won't Do for Love (1993), both from the gold award-winning album Indian Summer , Go West was able to build on this success. The last top 20 hit in Great Britain was Tracks of My Tears in 1993 , a song from the album Aces and Kings: The Best Of , which reached the top 10 of the UK singles chart and was awarded a gold record.
Members
- Peter Cox (born November 17, 1955 in Twickenham , London , England ) - vocals , guitar , keyboard , drums
- Richard Drummie (born March 20, 1959 in Twickenham, London, England) - keyboard, bass , guitar, percussion , vocals
Members of the live band / session musicians (changing)
- Alan Murphy - guitar, piano
- Tony Beard - drums
- Dolphin Taylor - drums
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 CH
|
 UK
|
 US
|
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| 1985 | Go West |
DE58 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - |
US60 (35 weeks) US |
First published: March 1985
Producer: Gary Stevenson |
| 1987 | Dancing on the couch | - | - |
UK19 (5 weeks) UK |
US172 (9 weeks) US |
First published: May 1987
Producer: Gary Stevenson |
| 1992 | Indian summer | - | - |
UK13  (16 weeks)UK |
US154 (11 weeks) US |
First published: October 1992
Producers: Go West, Jon Gass, Peter Wolf , Ron Fair |
More albums
- 2002: We Close Our Eyes
- 2004: Tony Hadley vs. Peter Cox & Go West (with Tony Hadley and Peter Cox )
- 2008: Futurenow
- 2011: Frame by Frame
Live albums
- 2001: The Best of Go West - Live at the NEC
- 2004: Don't Look Down: Live
- 2005: Greatest Hits Live (Elap)
- 2006: Greatest Hits Live (Pegasus)
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
|
CH
|
UK
|
US
|
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| 1985 | Bangs & Crashes | - | - |
UK8th  × 2
(83 weeks)UK |
- |
First release: March 1985
Best of album with extended versions |
| 1993 | Aces and Kings: The Best of Go West | - | - |
UK5 (15 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: October 1993
|
More compilations
- 1986: More Bangs and Crashes
- 1998: The Best of Go West
- 1999: Greatest Hits
- 2007: 80s Heroes
- 2008: The Kings of Wishful Thinking
- 2012: Extended Versions
- 2012: The Very Best of Go West (2 CDs)
EPs
- 2010: 3D Part 1
- 2011: 3D Part 2
- 2013: 3D Part 3
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
DE
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CH
|
UK
|
US
|
Dance
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| 1985 | We Close Our Eyes Go West |
DE14 (15 weeks) DE |
CH19 (5 weeks) CH |
UK5  (14 weeks)UK |
US41 (15 weeks) US |
Dance5 (11 weeks) Dance |
First published: February 1985
|
| Call Me Go West |
- | - |
UK12 (10 weeks) UK |
US54 (14 weeks) US |
Dance25 (6 weeks) Dance |
First published: May 1985
|
|
| Goodbye Girl Go West |
- | - |
UK25 (7 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: July 1985
|
|
| Eye to Eye Go West |
- | - | - |
US73 (7 weeks) US |
Dance32 (4 weeks) Dance |
First published: September 1985
|
|
| Don't Look Down - The Sequel Go West |
- | - |
UK13 (10 weeks) UK |
US39 (13 weeks) US |
- |
First published: November 1985
|
|
| 1986 | True Colors Dancing on the Couch |
- | - |
UK48 (7 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: November 1986
|
| 1987 | I Want to Hear It from You Dancing on the Couch |
- | - |
UK43 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: April 1987
|
| The King Is Dead Dancing on the Couch |
- | - |
UK67 (4 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: August 1987
|
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| 1990 | King of Wishful Thinking Indian Summer |
DE46 (14 weeks) DE |
- |
UK18 (10 weeks) UK |
US8 (24 weeks) US |
- |
First published: May 1990
|
| 1992 | Faithful Indian Summer |
DE51 (17 weeks) DE |
- |
UK13 (6 weeks) UK |
US14 (20 weeks) US |
- |
First published: October 1992
|
| What You Won't Do for Love Indian Summer |
DE52 (10 weeks) DE |
- |
UK15 (5 weeks) UK |
US55 (11 weeks) US |
- |
First published: December 1992
|
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| 1993 | Still in Love Indian Summer |
- | - |
UK43 (3 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: March 1993
|
| The Tracks of My Tears Aces and Kings: The Best Of |
- | - |
UK16 (5 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First published: September 1993
|
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| We Close Our Eyes '93 | - | - |
UK40 (3 weeks) UK |
- | - |
First release: November 1993
Remix: Tom Lord-Alge, Producer: Gary Stevenson |
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More singles
- 1987: From Baltimore to Paris
- 1987: 3 track sampler
- 2001: All Day, All Night
- 2008: Only Love
- 2008: Let Love Come
Video albums
- 1986: Video EP (VHS)
- 2004: Kings of Wishful Thinking - Live (DVD)
- 2005: Tony Hadley vs. Peter Cox & Go West - Untitled (DVD)
swell
- ^ BRIT Awards 1986
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: Singles DE, US albums DE / CH UK US1 US2
- ↑ a b c UK gold / platinum database
Web links
- Official website
- Go West at Allmusic (English)
- Go West at Discogs (English)