Everybody Knows | ||||
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Released | 23 April 1990 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1989–1990 | |||
Genre | Dance-pop | |||
Length | 33:16 | |||
Label | Chrysalis | |||
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Sonia chronology | ||||
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Singles from Everybody Knows | ||||
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Everybody Knows is the debut album by English dance-pop singer Sonia, released in April 1990. [1] The album was predominantly written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman and includes the UK and Irish number one single " You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" and the UK top 20 hits " Can't Forget You", " Listen to Your Heart", " Counting Every Minute", and " End of the World". At the time of release, Sonia became the first female UK artist to achieve five top 20 hit singles from one album. [2] Everybody Knows was re-issued by Cherry Red Records in October 2010 in remastered and expanded form.
A review in Pan-European magazine Music & Media noted that as a Stock, Aitken & Waterman production, the album "style will come as no surprise - persistent, bubbling dance grooves topped off by the ultimate girl-next-door voice", and added that "every track is a potential single". [3] Commenting the album, a review published in Music Week magazine stated that Sonia "slips through more SAW-inspired teenage drama, all lost love and yearning, but always bubbly and strangely celebratory" and deemed the album offers a "pop at its most simple and all the more engagingly harmless". [4]
Everybody Knows entered the UK albums chart at a peak of number seven on 5 May 1990 and spent ten weeks in the top 100, two of them in the top ten. [5] It was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry for sales exceeding 100,000 copies. [6] [7] On the overall European Top 100 Albums, it started at number 27, its highest position, on 12 May 1990. [8] In Australia, the album peaked at number 144 on the ARIA albums chart. [9] Sonia had a further UK top 20 single in 1990, with " You've Got a Friend", [10] recorded with Big Fun, in aid of ChildLine. Despite her chart success, the record company Chrysalis ended their recording contract with Sonia following the album. [2]
All tracks written by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, except where noted.
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Australia ( ARIA Charts) [9] | 144 |
Europe ( European Top 100 Albums) [8] | 27 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [5] | 7 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom ( BPI) [6] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |