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Bananarama
Studio album by Bananarama
Released	April 1984
Recorded	April 1983 - February 1984
Genre	New Wave
Length	34:14
Label	London
Producer	Tony Swain, Steve Jolley
Professional reviews
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Bananarama chronology
Deep Sea Skiving (1983) Bananarama (1984) True Confessions (1986)

Bananarama is the second album released by British girl group Bananarama. The group continued its association with producers Tony Swain and Steve Jolley (who had produced a couple of tracks on their debut album, Deep Sea Skiving). With this album Bananarama had its first significant U.S. success with the single "Cruel Summer", which became a top ten hit. The group also attempted to display a more "serious artists" image, as the British press had repeatedly labeled them as talentless, frivolous and controlled by their producers. "Rough Justice" is a song inspired by the shooting death of their good friend Thomas Reilly in Belfast.

On March 19, 2007, Bananarama's first six studio albums were re-issued by Rhino Records. All re-issues are remastered and each includes several bonus tracks, consisting of B-sides and remixes.

1. "Cruel Summer" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:33
2. "Rough Justice" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 5:04
3. "King of the Jungle" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:31
4. "Dream Baby" (Ecstasy, Holliday) — 2:55
5. "Link" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 1:31
6. "Hot Line to Heaven" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 7:17
7. "State I'm In" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 2:45
8. "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:43
9. "Through a Child's Eyes" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:39

(Some mid-80's US LP and CD versions add "The Wild Life" (from the movie of the same name) and replace the full length version of "Hotline To Heaven" with the 7 inch edit version. "Link" was not identified as an individual track on original LP issues, and had originally appeared, also uncredited, preceding "Push" on the B-side of the UK 12" of "Robert De Niro's Waiting".)

1. "Cairo" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:47 (B-side of "Cruel Summer")
2. "Push!" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 4:08 (B-side of "Robert De Niro's Waiting")
3. "Rough Justice" (7-inch version) — 3:36
4. "Live Now" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:02 (B-side of "Rough Justice")
5. "Hotline to Heaven" (7-inch version) — 3:53
6. "The Wild Life" (Jolley, Swain, Dallin, Fahey, Woodward) — 3:54