Different (Thomas Anders album)
Different is debut solo-album released in 1989 by Thomas Anders, who first attained success as the lead vocalist for Modern Talking in the mid-'80s. The album was recorded in London at Alan Parsons' studio and was produced by Gus Dudgeon & Alan Tarney. It features a cover of Chris Rea's Fool .Track listing
- "Love Of My Own" — 4:52
- "On My Way" — 5:54
- "Turn On The Light" — 4:16
- "Living On The Edge" — 4:45
- "You Are My Life" — 4:44
- "One Thing" — 3:57
- "Soldier" — 4:37
- "Someone New" — 4:51
- "Close Your Eyes To Heaven" — 5:06
- "Fool " — 5:41
- "True Love" — 4:30
- "You Are My Life " — 4:44
Alternative track listing
The title of the first solo-album was supposed to be Fool If You Think It's Over with track-listing as follows:
- "Love Of My Own "
- "True Love"
- "One Thing "
- "You Are My Life"
- "Soldier"
- "Close Your Eyes To Heaven"
- "Fool If You Think It's Over"
- "Light For Love"
- "I'm On My Way"
- "Time To Touch"
- "I'm On The Edge"
- "That Someone "
- "You Are My Life "
- "One Thing "
Personnel
- Ian Lynn, Marc Cassandra – keyboards, programming
- Thomas Anders – piano-rhodes, vocal
- Phil Palmer, Reinhard Besser – guitar
- Martin Jenner – acoustic guitar
- Jeremy Meeks – bass
- Jeremy Stacey – drums
- Frank Ricotti – percussion
- Pete Zorn – sax
- Gürzenich Orchestra – strings
- Ian Lynn, Andy Brown & Pete Zorn, Thomas Anders, Sabine van Baaren, Marc Cassandra – backing vocals
Technical personnel
- Produced by Gus Dudgeon
- Arranged by Ian Lynn, Gus Dudgeon & Marc Cassandra
- Digitally Engineered & Mixed by Tony Richards & Gus Dudgeon at the Grange, Benenden, Kent/England
- Edited at The Town House, London/England by Gordon Vicary
- Produced & arranged by Alan Tarney
- Recorded at RG Jones Studio, London/England
- Produced by Thomas Anders & Marc Cassandra
- Recorded at Sound Studio N. Cologne/West Germany, by Gunter Kasper
- Mixed at Wisseloord Studios, Hilversum/Netherlands, by Ronald Prent
- Mixed by Bert Bevans, Remix Engineer Ian Grimble at Livingston Studio, London/England
- Photos by Peter Ashworth
- Art Direction & Design: Mainartery, London
Release history
- 1989 Germany: Teldec Records Service GmbH 246188-2, &
- 1989 France: East West Records/A Time Warner Company WE 481, &
- 1989 Taiwan: UFO Group WU 1475 &
- 1989 Germany: East West Records GmbH 2292-46188-2, &
- 1998 Russia: Soyuz Music 2292-46188-4
Music videos
- Love Of My Own and One Thing were released on Thomas Anders - The DVD-Collection. Soldier was released on its own as a music video.