Vegas (Vegas album)

Vegas
Studio album by Vegas
Released	5 October 1992
Recorded	The Church Studio
Genre	Electronic, rock
Length	48:53
Label	RCA, BMG[1]
Singles from Vegas
"Possessed" Released: September 1992 "She" Released: November 1992 "Walk into the Wind" Released: April 1993
Terry Hall chronology
Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes by Terry, Blair & Anouchka (1990) Vegas (1992) Home (1994)
David A. Stewart chronology
Honest by Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys (1991) Vegas (1992) Greetings from the Gutter (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Vegas is a one-off collaborative album between British solo-artist Terry Hall - formerly of the 2 Tone and ska revival band The Specials - with Dave Stewart formerly of Eurythmics. The duo working with Eurythmics assistants engineer and drummer Olle Romo and engineer Manu Guiot recorded under the group name Vegas. Vegas includes the singles "Possessed", "She" and "Walk into the Wind". Of the three only "Possessed" charted in the UK Top 40.^[3] Receiving positive reviews the album was released on CD, Cassette and vinyl LP by the major record label RCA/BMG in October 1992, but failed to chart. The album has since been deleted.

The album was written by Hall and Stewart with the exception of the musical standard "She". No performer credits are provided, Allmusic speculates that Vegas is almost certainly a Dave Stewart production.^[2] Dave Stewart likely was responsible for the lion's share of the musical backing with assistance from Romo and Guiot and Hall contributing his vocal.

Following the album's commercial failure the group split. Hall subsequently launched a solo-career, releasing Home in 1994. Stewart also returned to solo-work, releasing Greetings from the Gutter in 1994. The pair re-united in 1997 to support Bob Dylan during his Never Ending Tour for a pair of concerts in Japan.^[4]

Track listing

1. "Possessed" (Dave Stewart, Terry Hall) – 4:51
2. "Walk into the Wind" (Hall, Stewart) – 5:17
3. "She's Alright" (Stewart, Hall) – 4:13
4. "Take Me for What I Am" (Hall, Stewart) – 4:51
5. "The Trouble with Lovers" (Stewart, Hall) – 5:25
6. "Nothing Alas Alack" (Hall, Stewart) – 5:18
7. "The Thought of You" (Stewart, Hall) – 3:39
8. "Wise Guy" (Stewart, Hall) – 7:21
9. "The Day It Rained Forever" (Hall, Stewart) – 4:46
10. "She" (Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer) – 3:11

Personnel

Performers

• Terry Hall
• Dave Stewart
• Olle Romo
• Manu Guiot

Technical

• Olle Romo – programming, production
• Darren Allison – engineering
• Recorded at The Church Studio

B-sides

Vegas recorded an additional six tracks for release as b-sides. As well as three remixes of "She".

from "Possessed"

• "Lying In Bed Barefoot" (Stewart, Hall)
• "Infectious" (Stewart, Hall)

from "She"

• "Tip Of My Tongue"
• "If You Kill My Cat I'll Kill Your Dog"
• "She (Disco Mix)"
• "She (Disco Mix Instrumental)"
• "She (Rapino Brothers Mix)"

from "Walk into the Wind"

• "Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction" (Hall, Stewart)
• "Art Blind" (Stewart, Hall)

Chart positions

Singles

Single	Chart (1992/3)	Position
"Possessed"	UK Singles Chart[3]	32
"She"	UK Singles Chart[3]	43
"Walk into the Wind"	UK Singles Chart[3]	65

References

1. "Vegas (8) - Vegas (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
2. Vegas (Review) at AllMusic. Retrieved July 13, 2014.
3. "Vegas / Artist / Official Charts". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
4. http://www.eurythmics-ultimate.com/vegas-20-introduction/