Red is the fourth studio album by British pop-rock group T'Pau, which was released by Gnatfish in 1998. In 1988 they released their second album Rage, which peaked at No. [9], On its release, Dave Ling of Classic Rock wrote, "Sonically, T'Pau still favour smooth, occasionally faceless walls of melody best exemplified on 'Now That You're Gone' and 'Make Love to Me'. You know the expression polishing the turd? "But it was quite funny. TPau was a manufactured band in one sense, says Carol. The bands first appearance on the classic BBC TV show Top Of The Pops would, Carol believes, lead to stateside promoters turning away from the group. T'Pau: Bridge of Spies: Directed by Jay Brown. [6] Due to the exposure, the song was re-released in the UK that same month; this time it became a hit, equaling the US peak of No. Discover Sex Talk by T'Pau released in 2007. I was watching a documentary on the whole Mary Shelley and Byron and Keats gang and was enthralled by how, at 19, she outsold both noted poets, revealed Carol. Michael Chetwood. Carol added that she hoped people in the region would download the single in May and check out the video online. Our producer, Roy Thomas Baker, went: Well, what else have you got? Id brought my cassette of China and played it to him very unsurely, and that was that. Its still a little poignant for me even today to discuss all the potential that was in front of us, says Carol Decker, who fronted TPau with her boyfriend, Ronnie Rogers. That looks like it will be next year. Named after a Vulcan character from the Star Trek TV series, the pop-anthem band T'Pau formed in 1986 around vocalist Carol Decker (b. September 10, 1957), guitarist Ronnie Rogers (b. That's the downside, and I miss hearing radio plays for the new stuff it is a little frustrating that I can't get it out to the wider audience anymore. Scarlett is a big fan of the American make-up artist Jeffree Star and she bought me some of his cosmetics. Although it wasnt noticeable enough to mar the enjoyment of the track, the tempo fluctuated so much that we could not edit the album version successfully for the single, besides which, the record company thought it was too long. A third album The Promise followed in 1991, but the band split soon afterwards. 98, their first chart action for more than two decades. It was re-recorded for the single version and Carol explained to me why: We recorded the song in one passionate take and we were happy with it for the album. I got home one day and Carol had this quiet sketch shed written on the piano. I still love playing it. "Those have been pulled and the arenas are hard to book in advance so we dont know if theyll go ahead. Required fields are marked *. "Some of the things that I was particularly upset about was the 80s classical concert. Im so impressed with my children. Dean Howard. Explore Ronnie Rogers's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Red was not a commercial success, nor was a re-recorded version of "Giving Up the Ghost", which was released in 1999. The record sales started to slump and the band began bickering. The song would peak at No.4 and, on the back of being picked for a jeans commercial, finally made the same position back home in September 1987. Carol Decker / Ronnie Rogers. But as Decker herself recalls, it was never that simple for TPau. We flew back to London to appear on it and were never told we werent going back to the States, she says. I still cant believe how huge China got. They recruited guitarist Taj Wyzgowski, bass player Paul Jackson, keyboard player Michael Chetwood and London-born drummer, Tim Burgess to form TPau. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. 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Rogers, R.Rodgers, R.Rogers, Rodgers, Roger, Rogers, Rogers, R., Rogers, Ronald, Roland Rogers, Ron Rodgers, Ronald Phillip Rogers, Ronald Rogers, Ronnie Rodgers, Ronnie Rogers [a271215] That year, the band undertook a 25-date UK tour and also released a new version of the band's 1986 hit "Heart and Soul" as "Heart and Soul '97". They have had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK, and several hits in the United States and Europe. No one really notices or minds as I cover the essential dynamics of the song. It was my song, its all Ive got left. March 13, 1959), keyboard player Michael Chetwood (b. August 26, 1954), bassist Paul Jackson (b. August 8, 1961), and drummer Tim Burgess (b. October 6, 1961). With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. Your email address will not be published. They had a string of Top 40 hits in the UK during the late 1980s and early 1990s, most notably "China in Your Hand", "Heart and Soul" and "Valentine",[4] and several hits in the rest of Europe, before disbanding in 1992. Hearing China In Your Hands with real strings was emotional. I called that The Walkman Tour as members of the band had stopped talking to each other by then, she continues. [7] It also reached the number 1 in several other European countries but made little impact in the United States. T'Pau: 03:34 : Spotify Amazon: 2 : Only the Lonely. . "It reminded me of when I was a young musician and the A&R guy would want to bring a song down and Id say How dare you, thats my art. Another greatest hits release appeared in 1997, and Decker reformed the band with a new line-up in 1998, for the release of a new studio album, Red. It works well. It was a quiet piano song and he turned it into something else, with that big crashing chorus. Ronnie. The album, which was released in September 1998, was supported by a thirty-six date tour named "The Red Tour". It was interesting working with the kids. "Then Richard and I felt really unwell for about a week. With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. [9] 2, Time for Dreaming: 45 of the World's Greatest Love Songs, The Best 80s Album in the WorldEver! Decker still makes appearances on TV shows, including Hit Me, Baby, One More Time; Just the Two of Us; Never Mind the Buzzcocks and The Weakest Link. Sites: Wikipedia, web.archive.org, secondhandsongs.com, repertoire.bmi.com Aliases: Randall Rogers Variations: Viewing All | Ronnie Rogers R. Rogers, R.Rogers, Rodgers, Rogers, Rogers Ronnie, Ron Rogers Artist [a357974] [3] To promote the album, a radio promo single, "With a Little Luck", was released. Around the same time, it emerged that she had also grown frustrated at a lack of airplay for her band's new material, as many radio stations were only interested in playing T'Pau's classic hits. We also had a bit of a comedy element to it because people are going stir crazy. The rap was the idea of Andy Piercy, our then producer. In Groups: T'Pau Variations: Viewing All | Ron Rogers (2) R. Rodgers, R. Rogers, R.P. 7 May 1961, Greenwich, London) Lead Guitarist, Ronnie Rogers (b. TPaus new single will be released on May 8 and the band are hoping to contact people who run 1980s websites and blogs so that they can promote it. T'Pau: China in Your Hand: Directed by Brian Grant. In an interview, she stated, "It's a little harder to get on the radio because all the '80s stations play the '80s stuff and they won't play your new stuff. [1][2] Decker recorded Red between December 1997 to July 1998 at Roundhouse Studios in London. After the song was used in a Ppe jeans commercial, however, it became a Top Five hit on both sides of the Atlantic. The inspiration for China in Your Hand came from Frankensteins creator, Mary Shelley. The final eight shows on the Pleasure & Pain Tour had to be cancelled in early March after Decker suffered damage to her voice while suffering from bronchitis. [7] [8] Decker began a relationship with restaurateur Richard Coates in 1996. With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. 4 in the UK and reached platinum status there, but failed to come close to the level of success of the band's debut album the year before. 3, Drew's Famous Instrumental Country Collection, Vol. She sang a version of China In Your Hands rewording it Wash Your Hands and has kept fans updated about forthcoming concerts. In 2011 she felt insulted when Gary Barlow, then a judge on X-Factor, made a derogatory comment about China In Your Hand and Carol took to Twitter to vent her spleen. | . Sorry, we are not accepting comments on this article. [4], In a 2011 interview with Old School - Back to the 80s, Decker spoke of the album, "I would've loved to have gotten the same level of success again [with Red]. When it gets past 8pm, Richard wrestles my phone out of my hand.. It gave me the idea of writing her story within the wider Frankenstein tale. We couldnt smell, we had no sense of taste and we had sore throats. 10 in the UK, earning a silver disc. Decker still performs under the name T'Pau at solo shows and 1980s nostalgia concerts. It didn't happen although I did sell a lot of albums on the road. There are two different versions of the Music Video, one made later than the other, both visible on YouTube. They would just listen to the cassettes and send them back with a standard letter. Everything was too rushed. Tensions were also mounting with the continued attention on Carol as the face of the band. When we offered a critique they really had their noses out of joint. To. He said the gaps needed filling, so I started these syncopated sort of nonsense noises. All the press was slanted towards a Smash Hits audience and, with hindsight, that didnt help. There always seemed to be someone who gave us enough support and encouragement to keep going, he says today. I would actually pick Only A Heartbeat from The Promise as my favourite TPau song ever.. By then, I felt so assured and assumed that people got us and we were going to be able to do what we thought was right. "The funniest moment came when Dylan told me that he and Scarlett had six years experience between them at college. Rogers moved to their recording studios in Monmouth where he now lives and in 2012 the pair gigged intermittently and then embarked on a hugely successful 25th anniversary tour. She successfully poached him for her own band, but just three weeks later, the band split. The absence of a record company means Carol and her bandmates have creative control over their output but they dont have the budget to spend on a big campaign. In the years after T'Pau's split in 1992, Decker continued to occasionally perform as a solo artist. Ronnie Rogers, guitarist, songwriter Although we'd been signed, I was still working as a telephone engineer. In 1998, Decker revived T'Pau with a new lineup and released the album Red. But we did some tricks, gave it a false ending in the middle to get people clapping, and finished the chorus with the title again, as Id heard in a Howard Jones song, No One Is to Blame. You have to rely on your social media. The cups were paper thin and so fragile when you held it in your hand. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1987. Their debut album, Bridge Of Spies, was released in September of 1987 and the first single from it was Heart and Soul which reached number four in both the UK and the US. "[9] Despite this however the album did manage to edge into the charts at No. T'Pau: Only a Heartbeat: With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. I Love Mum: The Best Mother's Day Album in the World Ever! I think its a much better album than Rage, but the bubble had burst, adds Ronnie. Ronnie Rogers was a guitarist with a band called The Katz. It included one Top 20 hit, "Whenever You Need Me", but the band's commercial peak had now passed and they split up after its release. You just dont mess those sorts of people about, says Carol. Instead, Decker often performs what she calls a "basic" version,[4] explaining to Songfacts: "I rap the first two verses then cut to the melody for the verse before the chorus. You never really know why one song does it. See full bio Born: March 13, 1959 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK More at IMDbPro Contact Info: View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Known For Table 19 Soundtrack (2017) Decker still made guest appearances on TV shows throughout the 2000s, including Hit Me, Baby, One More Time, Just the Two of Us and The Weakest Link. . Heart and Soul is the debut single by British pop rock ensemble T'Pau, released in 1987 from their debut album Bridge of Spies. T'Pau member Ronnie Rogers was her boyfriend at the time, and they co-wrote the majority of the band's songs. Carol Decker / Ronnie Rogers. Ronnie and I had got the vocals finished in February and we thought wed start putting the music out as download-only singles. I tweeted him asking, Whats your problem? And within minutes my phone was ringing. Tim Burgess. With Carol Decker, Ronnie Rogers, T'Pau. I did a few last year. Goodbye Summer: ATO Records 2013 Fall Music Sampler, Drew's Famous Instrumental Country Collection, Vol. Then we got dropped by the record company and everything just ground to a halt. Paul Jackson. Initially a flop in the UK, it first became a hit in the U.S. Id only seen the clonky Hammer horror Frankenstein film all that bolt-in-the neck business but Id always been fascinated by how prophetic Shelleys story was, that idea of man playing God. But her success caused much dissent and jealousy in her marriage and friendships, so created her own monster. To me, it was just another song it didnt sound like it had a chorus either. While lead single (and fan favorite) Whenever You Need Me performed solidly and secured the act a final Top Of The Pops appearance in May 1991, sales of The Promise, which the band wanted to title A New Decade, were modest, and TPau was dumped by Siren during a UK tour. I didnt think more about it until we were in America recording our debut album, Bridge of Spies. 8 August 1961, Telford) Bassist, Taj Wyzgowski (b. Carols daughter Scarlett had directed TPaus 2018 single Run and was happy to take on her latest project with help from her younger brother Dylan. [3] The following year, the band had their biggest hit with the ballad, "China in Your Hand", which spent five weeks at Number 1 in the UK chart,[3] and also claimed the top slot in several European countries, but made little impact in the United States. The knock-backs from the labels were never constructive, she says. March 13, 1959), keyboard player Michael Chetwood (b. August 26, 1954), bassist Paul Jackson (b. August 8, 1961), and drummer Tim Burgess (b. October 6, 1961). September 10, 1957), guitarist Ronnie Rogers (b. Now we both feel in perfect health. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. We both love Road To Our Dream, which was the second single from Rage we released., I just dont think the label got what we were, says Ronnie. After the split, Carol admits she lost her way and it would be almost a decade before she released a new TPau album, Red. [7][8] It was given a release in the United States on 9 November 1999 by Renaissance Records as a two-disc set, with the additional disc containing three tracks: the re-recorded "Heart and Soul '97", a live, unplugged version of the band's 1987 UK number one hit "China in Your Hand", and the demo version of the album track "Do the Right Dance". 4 after being featured on a Pepe Jeans advertisement; it repeated the feat in the UK Singles Chart some months later. Taj, who was more of a jazz guitarist, didnt feel comfortable with TPaus rock style, so he left and Dean Howard became his replacement. In Groups: T'Pau. Impressum I was filled with abject horror at that idea, so was starting to panic., A band was swiftly pulled together for the set, which ended with Carol and Ronnie being signed on the spot. In the summer of 2003 Carol appeared in the all-star, all-female hit show, Mums The Word in Londons West End. To mark the 25th anniversary of the formation of the band, Decker and Rogers embarked on a 28-date UK tour during the spring of 2013 without the original band members. Table 19: Oberhofer's Ultimate Wedding Mixtape, Put Your Hands Up, Vol. This makes the song, in its initial studio form, impossible to perform live without additional backup singers. I didnt even present the idea to the band, says Carol. How I handled it was difficult because it can look like youre trying to latch on to something to get attention., I sloped off to LA for a while to stay with friends and wrote some songs for other people, Carol said in an interview with the Sunday Express. "We had to do a download video and my two kids have both done creative media courses at college so we asked them to make it.. Ronnie Rogers Past members Tim Burgess Michael Chetwood Paul Jackson Taj Wyzgowski Dean Howard Jez Ashurst Dave Hattee Dan McKinna Website http://www.tpau.co.uk/ T'Pau/tpa/are an English popgroup formed in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, led by singer Carol Decker. Im Irish-Liverpudlian stock so its in our blood to reach for the bottle. She gained control fairly quickly and soon launched a solo career. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. She used it as an opportunity to get backstage and meet Ronnie, whom she fancied. T'Pau: Composer : 2017 : Table 19: Oberhofer's Ultimate Wedding Mixtape: Oberhofer: Composer : 2017 . Carol Decker and Ronnie Rogers of TPau talk about career highs, overlooked songs, and the eclecticism at the heart of the band. I was very taken with Carols voice, so we struck a kind of agreement and the first thing I did was fire most of the band, revealed Chris in an interview with Q magazine. A bloke came up to us and said: I was in a coma that song brought me out of it. Our management was clear that we had to keep the ball rolling, says Carol. The single artwork was designed by graphic designer Adrian Fry. Taj Wyzgowski. Heart and Soul: The Very Best of T'Pau is a compilation album by British pop group T'Pau, which was released by Virgin Records in 1993. I put things up things that make me laugh on Twitter. They actually say they can't, and then the younger stations play the younger artists, the hip stations. The actual China line this sounds terrible but I had this flimsy tea set from Ronnies mum, whod always give us crockery and duvets. Later the same year she appeared in the film Nine Dead Gay Guys as the wife of Stephen Berkoff. But when we were making The Promise, we didnt realize how much had changed, says Carol. We had this great producer, Roy Thomas Baker, who had worked with Queen and The Cars, and was used to working on a huge scale. The strain of being in a successful band, and the inevitable clashes with the other band members who wanted an ever-increasing slice of the pie took their toll. "I have a dark sense of humour, quite gallows, and people might think some of the things I post are inappropriate. Its definitely being put that back. 26 August 1954, Telford) Keyboardist, Paul Jackson (b. A year later, in October 1987, we were at No 1. "[6], Red was released in September 1998 in the UK by Decker's own label Gnatfish. T'Pau is a late 1980s pop group led by singer Carol Decker. This article uses material from the article T'Pau (band) from the free encyclopedia Wikipedia and it is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Ronnies mum died of cancer while we were away followed by my dad, who died of a heart attack in 1990 so the band split in 1991 with Ron returning to production. In time, they would fill venues like Londons Wembley Arena by themselves: the perfect platform to showcase Carols powerful voice. Im very conscious of the fact that his career is massive and mine isnt any more. Eight years ago they left the bright lights of London Carol moved to Henley with her husband Richard who is an executive chef for the restaurant chain Bodeans, and their children Scarlett, 15, and Dylan, 11. Tim Burgess / Michael Chetwood / Carol Decker / Dean Howard / Paul Jackson / Ronnie Rogers. I got interested in her, this 19-year-old girl writing a pulp fiction hit that blew the essays and poetry of her contemporaries, and her husband Percy, out of the water. But she and Ronnie had also split by then and the collection was essentially a solo project. Carol Decker / Ronnie Rogers. We were marketed as a pop band and so their approach was simply to milk everything until it all dried up. Ronnie and I are no longer together were both happily married to other people, with kids but I still perform, and when I get back into that past, its like Im another Carol. These cover versions originally formed part of the band's live set to enable Decker to leave the stage to change her costume, and were subsequently released as CD single bonus tracks. TPaus lead singer, Liverpool-born Carol Decker began as a member of a ska band, The Lazers at Shrewsbury Art College. Discover Heart and Soul: The Very Best of T'Pau [Renaissance] by T'Pau released in 1996. Ronnie Rogers. [6] Prior to deciding on this name, they were called Talking America on early demos sent to record and publishing companies. The breakdown of the band also coincided with the breakdown of her relationship with Rogers. China only really came into its own when we gave it to Roy. Discover Rage by T'Pau released in 1988. "Greatest Hits: Heart and Soul - T'Pau - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic", "T'Pau - Heart And Soul - The Very Best Of T'Pau at Discogs", "T'Pau | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heart_and_Soul:_The_Very_Best_of_T%27Pau&oldid=1136242761, Stephen W. Tayler mixing (tracks 5, 79), This page was last edited on 29 January 2023, at 12:03. Ronnie and I are really eclectic writers, which some people think is brilliant, but others especially in America struggled with, says Carol. T'Pau /tpa/ are an English pop group formed in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, led by singer Carol Decker. Former guitarist Ronnie Rogers is currently in the band The Ronaldos. You must be logged in to comment. British guitarist and songwriter, born 13 March 1959 in Shrewsbury, UK. In the years after T'Pau's split in 1992, Decker continued to occasionally perform as a solo artist. Tim Burgess / Carol Decker / Dean Howard / Paul Jackson / Ronnie Rogers. They dont understand the concept of working until its done and then getting drunk. All Rights Reserved. Speaking to uDiscover, Carol admits she was starting to get rattled by the relentless round of rejection. We didnt think about it too much, says Ronnie. [3], The song is notable for its usage of various vocal overdubs, causing Decker, essentially, to be duetting with herself on the original studio recording. 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