HORMONALLY YOURS
Hormonally Yours is the second studio album by British-based pop-rock project Shakespears Sister. The title of Hormonally Yours derived from both members being pregnant whilst making the album. Released on 18 February 1992 by London Records, the album went on to become a critical and commercial success, and is their best-selling album to date. Hormonally Yours peaked at No. 3 on the album charts and was certificated double platinum by the BPI and spent 55 weeks on the charts. The album spawned 5 singles, 3 of which reached the top 15. The album’s second single, “Stay” became the group’s best-selling single, topping the UK Singles Chart for 8 consecutive weeks, and it also charted in the US Billboard chart at No. 4. Hormonally Yours also manage to earn a place in the US Billboard charts peaking at No. 56. (More from Wikipedia)
Shakespears Sister, Hormonally Yours – Shakespears Sister (note the missing “e”) is composed of Siobhan Fahey, a former member of Bananarama, and Marcella Detroit, who was the backing vocalist for Eric Clapton in the late 1970’s. When I was living in New York, there was a channel on our local cable TV network called Video Jukebox. There was a number that you could call and order your video, for which you were charged a dollar or so. While you punched in the numbers on your telephone to order the video, those numbers would show up on the TV screen if you had that channel on, and that sure was cool. Video Jukebox showed a lot of videos not available on MTV or VH1; after awhile, it was mostly rap and hip hop videos, but there were a lot of rock numbers early on. That channel is where I frequently saw the video of their hit song “Stay”, a Top 5 hit on both sides of the Atlantic; the first half features tender singing from Marcella Detroit followed by unexpectedly menacing vocals by Siobhan Fahey. This, their second album (from 1991) includes that song and numerous other engaging performances.
(December 2015)
