Push (Bros album)

Push
Studio album by Bros
Released	March 28, 1988
Recorded	1987
Genre	Teen pop, dance-pop
Length	42:13
Label	CBS
Producer	Nicky Graham
Bros chronology
Push (1988) The Time (1989)
Singles from Push
"I Owe You Nothing" Released: 31 August 1987 "When Will I Be Famous?" Released: 16 November 1987 "Drop The Boy" Released: 7 March 1988 "I Owe You Nothing (reissue)" Released: 6 June 1988 "I Quit" Released: 5 September 1988 "Cat Among the Pigeons / Silent Night" Released: 21 November 1988

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Push is the debut album by British pop band Bros and was released on 28 March 1988. The album spawned five hit singles, including the reissue of "I Owe You Nothing" which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1988.^[2] The album reached No. 2 in the UK Albums Chart and spent 54 weeks in the Top 75.^[3] The album went 4× Platinum in the UK.^[4] In late 2013, a 25th Anniversary 3 CD remastered and expanded edition of the album was released on the Cherry Red record label. The song "Silent Night", originally released as a double A-side single with "Cat Among the Pigeons", featured for the very first time on the Push expanded edition.

Track listing

All tracks written by The Brothers (a pseudonym for Nicky Graham)

Side One
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"When Will I Be Famous?"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	5:02
2.	"Drop The Boy"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	4:08
3.	"Ten out of Ten"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	4:06
4.	"Liar"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	3:42
5.	"Love to Hate You"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	5:17

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Owe You Nothing"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	3:40
2.	"I Quit"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	3:32
3.	"It's a Jungle Out There"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	4:14
4.	"Shocked"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	4:19
5.	"Cat Among the Pigeons"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	4:05

2013: Deluxe Edition (Disc 1 Continued.)
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"I Owe You Nothing (7" Mix)"		3:35
12.	"I Quit (Single Mix)"		3:32
13.	"Drop The Boy (Single Edit)"		3:49
14.	"When Will I Be Famous? (Single Edit)"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	4:00

2013: Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks (Disc 2)
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Boy Is Dropped"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	3:54
2.	"Silent Night"	Traditional	3:53
3.	"Shocked (Live)"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	6:07
4.	"The Big Push Overture"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	5:50
5.	"I Owe You Nothing (The Pettibone Remix)" (Remix - Shep Pettibone)	-	6:38
6.	"I Owe You Nothing (Pettibeats)" (Remix - Shep Pettibone)	-	3:41
7.	"I Owe You Nothing (The Voice)"	-	3:18
8.	"I Owe You Nothing (Club Mix)"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	7:42
9.	"I Owe You Nothing (The Beats)"	Nicky Graham, Tom Watkins	3:42
10.	"I Owe You Nothing (Over 18 Mix)"	-	18:01

2013: Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks (Disc 3)
Track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"When Will I Be Famous? (Contender Dub Mix)"		8:21
2.	"When Will I Be Famous? (Infamous Mix)"	-	5:44
3.	"When Will I Be Famous? (Club Mix)"	The Brothers	8:11
4.	"When Will I Be Famous? (Acapella Mix)"	-	4:05
5.	"When Will I Be Famous? (Bonus Beats)"	-	2:56
6.	"Drop The Boy (Art Mix)"	-	5:56
7.	"Drop The Boy (Shep Pettibone Dub Mix)" (Remix - Shep Pettibone)	-	7:04
8.	"Drop The Boy (Shep Pettibone Mix)" (Remix - Shep Pettibone)	-	6:47
9.	"I Quit (Acid Drops)"	-	4:01
10.	"I Quit (The "Turn-On" Mix)"	-	6:55
11.	"I Quit (The Acidic Mix)"	-	8:07

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)	Peak Position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[5]	4
Austrian Albums Chart[5]	14
Dutch Albums Chart[5]	32
European Albums Chart[6]	6
Finnish Albums Chart[7]	7
French Albums Chart[8]	22
German Albums Chart[9]	6
Irish Albums Chart	1
Italian Albums Chart[10]	7
Japanese Albums Chart[11]	31
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart[5]	1
Norwegian Albums Chart[5]	6
Spanish Albums Chart[12]	31
Swedish Albums Chart[5]	29
Swiss Albums Chart[5]	3
UK Albums Chart[3]	2
US Billboard 200[13]	171
Zimbabwe Albums Chart[14]	10

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[15]	2× Platinum	140,000^^
France (SNEP)[16]	2× Gold	200,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[17]	Gold	250,000^^
Ireland (IRMA)[18]	5× Platinum	75,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[19]	Platinum	15,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[20]	Gold	50,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[21]	Gold	25,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[22]	4× Platinum	1,200,000^^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[23]	1× Platinum	1,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[24]	9
Austrian Albums Chart[25]	22
French Albums Chart[26]	30
German Albums Chart[27]	28
Italian Albums Chart[28]	51
Norwegian Albums Chart (Russetid Period)[29]	8
UK Albums Chart[30]	4

Decade-end charts

Chart (1980–89)	Position
UK Albums Chart[31]	53

Chart performance

In the UK Albums Chart, Push was kept off the number 1 spot by the compilation album Now 11 for two weeks, and then by Tracy Chapman's self-titled album for a week, although Push went on to sell more copies than both albums in 1988 and ranked as the 4th best-selling album for that year in the UK.

Credits

Performance

Bros are:
Matt Goss – vocals
Luke Goss – drums
Craig Logan – bass

Also appearing

Nicky Graham – keyboards, programming and arranging
Pete Glenister – guitars
Andy Richards – Fairlight Series III
Jimmie Gallagher – saxophones
Helena Springs – backing vocals (appears by courtesy of Arista)
Dee Lewis – backing vocals (appears by courtesy of Phonogram)
Shirley Lewis – backing vocals

Production

• Mixed and Produced by Nicky Graham
• Recorded at Hot Nights Studio, London, England
• Recorded by Simon Humphrey, Robin Sellers, John Brand
• Mixed at Sarm Studios (East), London, England
• Engineered by Christopher Marc Potter
• Assisted by Alex Osman, Richard Edwards
• All songs written by The Brothers

   The Brothers is a pseudonym for Nicky Graham.

• Designed by Three Associates
• Photography by Neil Matthews

Songs published by Graham Music Publishers Ltd. / Virgin Music (Pubs) Ltd.

Management

Tom Watkins & Mick Newton
with Marc Evans & Rob Holden
at Three Associates

Versions

Europe

• LP: CBS 460629 1^[32]
• CD: CBS 460629 2^[33]
• CD: CBS 460629 9 (CD Picture Disc)
• CD: Columbia 460629 2 (2004 reissue)
• 3CD: Cherry Red CDPOP137 (2013 reissue)

United States

• CD: EK 44285^[34]

Sources

• European CD release 1988, catalogue number CBS 460629 2, EAN 5099746062927

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19. THE FIELD id (chart number) MUST BE PROVIDED for NEW ZEALAND CERTIFICATION.
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