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The Dollar Album
The Dollar Album Your Number Wrong" by Van Day.[3] The production was
also largely handled by Bazar herself after she had spent
much time working closely with Horn in the studio. A
fifth single, "Give Me Some Kinda Magic", was released to
coincide with the album. Although it became another top
40 hit, it failed to chart as highly as the previous four sin-
gles. Despite containing five Top 40 singles and a televi-
sion advertising campaign, the album itself did not fare
as well as expected, though it still became their biggest
seller, peaking at no.18 (their highest charting album)
and was certified Silver by the BPI.[4][5] Thereza Bazar
has since said of the album that she is proud of their
own songs (particularly "Pink and Blue") but regrets that
Trevor Horn couldn’t have worked on more of it. She says
that the four songs he did with them were very expen-
Studio album by Dollar sive due to the vast amount of time spent in the studio on
them, but they were "worth every penny".[6]
Released 22 October 1982
In early 1983, Dollar were on a promotional tour of
Recorded 1981 - 1982 Japan with their new single "Two Hearts". The formerly
dating couple were by this time finding it difficult to con-
Genre Pop, MOR
tinue working together and decided to split. The single
Label WEA was never released in the UK. Dollar reformed in 1986
and despite four single releases, including a top 10 hit,
Producer Trevor Horn, Dollar
the group never released another album.
Dollar chronology Many of the tracks on this album were released on
compact disc on a 2006 compilation, The Platinum Collec-
The Very Best of Dollar The Dollar Album -
tion.[7] The whole album was released on compact disc in
(1982) (1982)
February 2010 by Cherry Red Records, and included six
bonus tracks.[8]
The Dollar Album is the third and final studio album re-
leased by the pop group Dollar.[1] It was released in Oc-
tober 1982 and featured five top 40 hit singles, including Track listing
their biggest "Mirror Mirror". 1. "Mirror Mirror (Mon Amour)" (Trevor Horn / Bruce
Woolley) 3.30
Background 2. "Give Me Back My Heart" (Horn / Simon Darlow)
5.01
By its release in 1982, Dollar had seen a revival in for- 3. "Hand Held in Black and White" (Horn / Woolley)
tunes following their previous, unsuccessful album. After 3.20
teaming up with producer Trevor Horn in 1981, the 4. "Pink and Blue" (David Van Day / Thereza Bazar)
group had enjoyed their biggest success with four hit sin- 4.13
gles; "Hand Held in Black and White", "Mirror Mirror 5. "I Got Your Number Wrong" (Van Day / Bazar) 3.49
(Mon Amour)", "Give Me Back My Heart" and 6. "Guessing Games" (Van Day / Bazar) 3.42
"Videotheque" - all of which reached the UK top 20.[2] Side Two
Members David Van Day and Thereza Bazar began work 1. "Give Me Some Kinda Magic" (Van Day / Bazar) 3.43
on a new album and wrote and produced the remainder 2. "Videotheque" (Horn / Darlow) 3.34
of the tracks themselves. Although all their own songs 3. "Dangerous Blondes" (Van Day / Bazar) 4.13
were credited as joint compositions, a number of them 4. "You Made Me Love You" (Van Day / Bazar) 4.09
were written by only one of them, such as "Dangerous 5. "Anyone Who’s Anyone" (Van Day / Bazar) 3.18
Blondes", "Guessing Games" and "Anyone Who’s Any- 6. "The Second Time Around" (Van Day / Bazar) 5.01
one" by Bazar and "You Made Me Love You" and "I Got
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Release date Single title UK Chart position
August 1981 "Hand Held in Black and White" 19
November 1981 "Mirror Mirror (Mon Amor)" 4
March 1982 "Give Me Back My Heart" 4
June 1982 "Videotheque" 17
September 1982 "Give Me Some Kinda Magic" 34
Release date Album title UK Chart position
October 1982 The Dollar Album 18
Bonus tracks (2010 re-issue) Design
1. "Hand Held in Black and White" (Alternative Trevor • Stefano Massimo - Photography
Horn 1981 Mix) 3.21 • Nicky Clarke - Hair
2. "Mirror Mirror" (Alternative Trevor Horn 1981 Mix) • Glauca Rossi - Make Up
3.52 • Bill Smith - Design
3. "Give Me Back My Heart" (Alternative Trevor Horn
1982 Mix) 5.13
4. "Videotheque" (Alternative Trevor Horn 1982 Mix)
Chart performance
3.33
5. "I Got Your Number Wrong" (Alternative Mix) 4.24 References
6. "Guessing Games" (Alternative Mix) 3.51
[1] "Dollar - Shooting Stars". Dollarsite.co.uk.
http://www.dollarsite.co.uk/. Retrieved
Personnel 2011-09-28.
• David Van Day - vocals [2] "Dollar UK Chart discography". Chartstats.
• Thereza Bazar - vocals http://www.chartstats.com/
• Graham Broad - Linn Drum, Symons Kit, Percussion artistinfo.php?id=3029. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
• John Reid - Bass Guitar [3] CD Liner notes, Alan Connor, October 2009
• William C Lyall - Piano, Keyboards, Synthesizers [4] "The Dollar Album - UK Chart details".
• Richard Cottle - Prophet Synthesizer Chartstats.com. 1982-10-30.
• Danny McIntosh Jr - Guitar http://www.chartstats.com/
• Trevor Horn - Bass Guitar albuminfo.php?id=7026. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
• Bruce Woolley - Keyboards, Synthesizers [5] "Certifications - search Dollar". BPI.
• Simon Darlow - Keyboards, Synthesizers http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/
• Anne Dudley - Keyboards, Synthesizers search.aspx. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
• George McFarlane - Bass [6] "Thereza Bazar answers your questions".
Production Dollarsite. http://www.dollarsite.co.uk/. Retrieved
• Thereza Bazar and David Van Day - Production on 2011-09-28.
tracks 4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 [7] "The Platinum Collection". Dollarsite.
• Trevor Horn - Production on tracks 1,2,3,8 http://www.dollarsite.co.uk/disc/album.html.
• Thereza Bazar, David Van Day, William C. Lyall - Retrieved 2011-09-28.
Arrangements [8] Cherry Red Records - Dollar
• Gerry Kitchingham - Engineer
• Gary Langan - Engineer
• Recorded at R.G.Jones Studios, Wimbledon; The Band
Stand, Holland; Sarm Studios, London; Damiens
Studios, Paris
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