The Riddle (album) - Wikipedia

The Riddle is the second studio album by the English singer-songwriter Nik Kershaw. It was originally released in November 1984, on the label MCA Records. TheRiddle(album) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 1984studioalbumbyNikKershawTheRiddleStudioalbumbyNikKershawReleased19 November 1984 (1984-11-19)Recorded1984StudioSarmEastStudios,LondonGenre Synth-pop[1][2] jazz[2] newwave Length42:32LabelMCAProducerPeterCollinsNikKershawchronology HumanRacing(1984) TheRiddle(1984) RadioMusicola(1986) SinglesfromTheRiddle "TheRiddle"Released:November1984 "WideBoy"Released:March1985 "DonQuixote"Released:August1985 ProfessionalratingsReviewscoresSourceRatingAllMusic[1]Billboardfavourable[3]Džuboksfavourable[4]RecordMirror[5]RollingStone[2]SmashHits[6] TheRiddleisthesecondstudioalbumbytheEnglishsinger-songwriterNikKershaw.ItwasoriginallyreleasedinNovember1984,onthelabelMCARecords. Onrelease,thealbumwasreceivedfavourablybythemajorityofmusiccritics.Itwentontopeakat#8ontheUKAlbumsChartandreached#39ontheAustralianARIACharts.ThealbumlaunchedthreechartingsinglesintheUK."TheRiddle"peakedat#3ontheUKSinglesChart;"WideBoy"at#9;"DonQuixote"at#10.ThealbumwascertifiedplatinumbytheBPI. Thealbumwasre-releasedon9August2013onUniversal'sRe-presentsimprintfeaturingrarebonuscontent.Thereissueisa2-CDsetwiththeoriginalalbumdigitallyremasteredfromtheoriginal1/2"mixtapes;thebonuscontentconsistsofassociatedB-sides,12"mixes,andliveversionsofthesongsfeaturedonthealbum. Contents 1Coverartwork 2Criticalreception 3Tracklisting 4Personnel 5Charts 5.1Weeklycharts 5.2Year-endcharts 6References 7Externallinks Coverartwork[edit] Thealbum'scoverphotographwasshotonChesilBeachinDorset.Onthebacksleeveofthealbum,theIsleofPortlandisseeninthebackground.[7]Additionally,thesinglereleaseofthetitlesong"TheRiddle"usedthesameimageofKershawonthebeach,whilstthebacksleevefeaturedaphotographofKershawreadingamap,standingatPortlandBill.TheTrinityHouseObeliskishighlightedinthephotograph.[8] Criticalreception[edit] SmashHitsgavethealbumamostlypositivereviewcallingit"acommendableofferingfromthethinkingman'sLimahl".[6]ReviewingretrospectivelyforAllMusic,criticScottBultmanwroteofthealbum"Kershaw'ssecondalbumfinallygarneredsomedeservedattention.Therestishisuniquestyleofwell-craftedsynth-pop."[1] Tracklisting[edit] AlltracksarewrittenbyNikKershaw.SideoneNo.TitleLength1."DonQuixote"4:552."KnowHow"4:523."YouMight"3:174."WildHorses"3:595."Easy"4:13 SidetwoNo.TitleLength6."TheRiddle"3:527."CityofAngels"3:568."Roses"3:589."WideBoy"3:2810."SavetheWhale"6:02Totallength:42:32 USrelease TheUSeditionofthealbumreorderedthetracklistingandsubstitutedthealready-releasedhit"Wouldn'tItBeGood"for"CityofAngels." SideoneNo.TitleLength1."TheRiddle"3:522."KnowHow"4:493."YouMight"3:134."DonQuixote"4:575."Easy"4:12 SidetwoNo.TitleLength6."Wouldn'tItBeGood"4:107."WideBoy"3:198."WildHorses"3:589."Roses"3:2510."SavetheWhale"5:57 Bonustrackson2012release Thetracklistingoftheseconddiscis:[9] No.TitleLength1."Roses(Live)"4:432."TheRiddle(Extended12"Remix)"5:093."KnowHow(Live)"4:534."DonQuixote(ExtraSpecialLongMix)"8:425."CityOfAngels(Live)"3:576."SoQuiet"3:117."WildHorses(Live)"3:578."WideBoy(Extended12"Remix)"5:089."YouMight(Live)"3:2810."Don'tLie"3:5211."SaveTheWhale(Live)"6:04 AllofthelivetrackswererecordedattheHammersmithOdeonon31December1984.[10] Thewebsite"SuperDeluxeEdition"notedthattheseconddischadsomenotableabsences,specifically"Progress(Live)",whichwastheB-sideof"TheRiddle",anextendedmixof"WildHorses",whichhadbeenonthe12"versionof"WhenaHeartBeats",andthesingleeditsof"WideBoy"and"DonQuixote".[10]Kershawdefendedtheomissions,[11]calling"Progress""...adodgyperformanceofamediocresong,badlyrecorded".Ofthe"WildHorses"extendedmix,hecommented: The12""Remix"ofWildHorseswasneveranysuchthing.ItwascobbledtogetherbyMCAwhilstIwasawayontourandwithoutmyknowledge.Itwascreatedbyeditingtogethersectionsfromthehalfinchmasterofthebackingtrackwiththehalfinchmasterofthealbumversion.No"Remixing"whatsoeverwasinvolvedand,assuch,Iconsidereditpointless,afraudandnotworthyofaplaceonthisalbum. Healsonotedthathischoiceofmaterialwaslimitedasmastercopiesofcertainitemshadgonemissingintheinterveningyears. Personnel[edit] Creditsareadaptedfromthealbum'slinernotes.[12] NikKershaw –leadandbackgroundvocals;vocalpercussion;guitar;bassguitar;keyboards Paul"Wix"Wickens –FairlightCMIprogramming;OberheimDMXprogramming TimMoore –keyboards(andacousticpianoon"SoQuiet"(2013re-releaseonly)) AndyRichards –keyboards CharlieMorgan –drums DennisSmith –bassguitar StuartCurtis –horns DaveLand –horns PanditDinesh –percussion SheriKershaw –backingvocals(andleadvocalon"Don'tLie"(2013re-releaseonly)) DonSnow –backingvocals MarkKing –specialguestbassguitaron"Easy" Productionteam PeterCollins –producer JulianMendelsohn –engineer DaveMeegan –assistantengineer GregFulginiti –mastering Livepersonnel(2013re-release) NikKershaw –vocals;guitar;keyboards KeithAirey –guitar;keyboards;backingvocals TimMoore –keyboards;backingvocals MarkPrice –drums DennisSmith –bassguitar GaryWallis –percussion Charts[edit] Weeklycharts[edit] Chart(1984) Peakposition Australia(KentMusicReport)[13] 39 CanadianAlbumsChart[14] 45 GermanAlbumsChart[15] 12 NewZealandAlbumsChart[16] 8 NorwegianAlbumsChart[17] 5 SwedishAlbumsChart[18] 11 SwissAlbumsChart[19] 23 UKAlbumsChart[20] 8 USBillboard200[21] 113 Year-endcharts[edit] Chart(1985) Position NewZealandAlbums(RMNZ)[22] 24 References[edit] ^abcBultman,Scott."NikKershaw–TheRiddle".AllMusic.Retrieved29November2015. ^abcHenke,James(5May1985)."LoneJusticeProvesTheyAreMoreThanHype".TheTuscaloosaNews.Retrieved2January2016. ^Billboardmagazine-Reviews:albums-30March1985-page72 ^"NikKershaw–TheRiddle".Džuboks(inSerbian)(194(secondseries)):14. ^Gardner,Mike(24November1984)."Albums".RecordMirror.31(48):20. ^abSheaff,Claire(22November1984)."AlbumReviews".SmashHits.6(24):25. ^"ImagesforNikKershaw-TheRiddle".Discogs.com.Retrieved3June2013. ^"NikKershaw-TheRiddle/Progress-MCA-UK-NIK6".45cat.17March2012.Retrieved3June2013. ^"NikKershawToReleaseExpandedReissueOf'TheRiddle'".thisisnotretro.com.5July2013.Retrieved9July2013. ^ab"NikKershaw:TheRiddle-DeluxeEditionTrackListing".www.superdeluxeedition.com.20June2013.Retrieved14July2013. ^"NikrespondstoTheRiddledeluxebonustrackselectioncomments".www.nikkershaw.net.12July2013.Archivedfromtheoriginalon16October2013.Retrieved14July2013. ^TheRiddlelinernotes.MCARecords.1984. ^Kent,David(1993).AustralianChartBook1970–1992(illustrated ed.).StIves,N.S.W.:AustralianChartBook.p. 165.ISBN 0-646-11917-6. ^"BienvenueausiteWebBibliothèqueetArchivesCanada/WelcometotheLibraryandArchivesCanadawebsite".Collectionscanada.gc.ca.30March2012.Retrieved29November2015. ^"Charts-Surfer".Charts-surfer.de.Retrieved7January2012. ^SteffenHung."NewZealandchartsportal".charts.nz.Retrieved7January2012. ^SteffenHung(15June2006)."Norwegianchartsportal".norwegiancharts.com.Retrieved7January2012. ^SteffenHung."SwedishChartsPortal".swedishcharts.com.Archivedfromtheoriginalon21July2011.Retrieved7January2012. ^SteffenHung."DieOffizielleSchweizerHitparadeundMusicCommunity".swisscharts.com.Retrieved7January2012. ^"NikKershaw|fullOfficialChartHistory|OfficialChartsCompany".OfficialCharts.com. ^"MusicNews,Reviews,Articles,Information,NewsOnline&FreeMusic".Billboard.com.Retrieved7January2012. ^"TopSellingAlbumsof1985—TheOfficialNewZealandMusicChart".RecordedMusicNewZealand.Retrieved3February2022. Externallinks[edit] TheRiddleatDiscogs(listofreleases) TheRiddleatAllMusic vteNikKershawStudioalbums HumanRacing TheRiddle RadioMusicola TheWorks 15Minutes ToBeFrank You'veGottoLaugh Ei8ht Compilationsandlivealbums TheBestofNikKershaw TheEssential ThenAndNow NoFrills Singles "IWon'tLettheSunGoDownonMe" "Wouldn'tItBeGood" "DancingGirls" "HumanRacing" "TheRiddle" "WideBoy" "DonQuixote" "WhenaHeartBeats" "NobodyKnows" "RadioMusicola" "OneStepAhead" "Elisabeth'sEyes" "SomebodyLovesYou" Relatedarticles Discography SheriKershaw Authoritycontrol MusicBrainzreleasegroup Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Riddle_(album)&oldid=1069651283" Categories:NikKershawalbums1984albumsAlbumsproducedbyPeterCollins(recordproducer)MCARecordsalbumsHiddencategories:CS1Serbian-languagesources(sr)UsedmydatesfromSeptember2019UseBritishEnglishfromSeptember2019ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionisdifferentfromWikidataArticleswithhAudiomicroformatsAlbumarticleslackingalttextforcoversArticleswithMusicBrainzreleasegroupidentifiers Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages DeutschFrançaisItalianoMagyarPolski Editlinks