Indiscreet is the debut album from British hard rock band FM. Indiscreet was originally released in 1986 on the Portrait Records label, a sister label of Epic Records. The song "Frozen Heart" became a moderately successful single. The song "That Girl" was covered by Iron Maiden as a B-side to their single "Stranger in a Strange Land" following its inclusion in a live set by The Entire Population of Hackney (featuring Andy Barnett, erstwhile and future FM member and friend of Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith). Written by Merv Goldsworthy, Pete Jupp and Andy Barnett in an early FM line-up, it was one of the demo songs which secured FM their record contract with Portrait/Epic in 1984.[3] By the time Indiscreet was released FM had re-written parts of their song, while Iron Maiden's release three weeks later covered the original arrangement.[4]
| Indiscreet | ||||
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| Released | 8 September 1986 | |||
| Recorded | Mediterranean Studios (Ibiza) Comforts Place (Surrey) Livingston Recording Studios (London). | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 40:21 | |||
| Label | Portrait | |||
| Producer | Dave King, FM | |||
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| Singles from Indiscreet | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Record Mirror | [2] |
Track listing edit
- "That Girl" – 3:55 (M. Goldsworthy/P. Jupp/A. Barnett)
- "Other Side of Midnight" – 4:07 (M. Goldsworthy/P. Jupp)
- "Love Lies Dying" – 4:46 (M. Goldsworthy/S. Overland/P. Jupp/C. Overland/D. Digital)
- "I Belong to the Night" – 4:17 (S. Overland/C. Overland)
- "American Girls" – 4:06 (S. Overland/C. Overland)
- "Hot Wired" – 4:49 (M. Goldsworthy)
- "Face to Face" – 4:37 (S. Overland/C. Overland/P. Jupp)
- "Frozen Heart" – 5:07 (M. Goldsworthy/S. Overland/P. Jupp/C. Overland/D. Digital)
- "Heart of the Matter" – 4:27 (S. Overland/C. Overland)
2005 remaster bonus tracks edit
- "Captured"
- "Alibi"
- "Hold On to the Night"
- "American Girls (Live)"
- "Face to Face (Live)"
- "Other Side of Midnight (Live)"
- "Say It Like It Is (Live)"
- "Dangerous (Live)"
2012 remaster bonus tracks edit
- "Other Side of Midnight (BBC Session)"
- "Face to Face (BBC Session)"
- "That Girl (BBC Session)"
- "Dangerous (BBC Session)"
- "Frozen Heart (Live)"
- "Frozen Heart (Extended)"
- "Captured"
- "American Girls (Live)"
- "Say It Like It Is (Live)"
- "American Girls (Instrumental)"
- "Let Love Be the Leader"
- "Let Love Be the Leader (Extended)"
- "Let Love Be the Leader (Live)"
- "Other Side of Midnight (Live)"
- "Face to Face (Live)"
- "Bad Luck (Extended)"
- "Addicted to Love (Live)"
- "Hot Legs (Live)"
Personnel edit
- Steve Overland – Lead vocals, guitar
- Merv Goldsworthy – Bass, backing vocals
- Pete Jupp – Drums, backing vocals
- Chris Overland – Lead guitar
- Didge Digital – Keyboards
Production edit
Produced, arranged and engineered by Merv Goldsworthy, Steve Overland, Pete Jupp, Chris Overland, Didge Digital and Dave King.
Assisted by Alan Moulder, Pete Woodroffe, George Shilling and Mark Robinson.
Recorded at Mediterranean Studios (Ibiza), Comforts Place (Surrey) and Livingston Studios (London).
References edit
- ^ Mawer, Sharon. "FM — Indiscreet review". AllMusic. Netaktion LLC. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Gardner, Mike (20 September 1986). "Review: Bon Jovi — Slippery When Wet // FM — Indiscreet" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 11. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2022 – via World Radio History.
- ^ "FM Biography". FM Official - The Home of British Rock Band FM. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
In the summer of 1984...FM was formed... the band wrote six songs. By December of that same year FM had secured a recording contract with the CBS/Portrait label...
- ^ "Q&A with Pete Jupp". FM Official - The Home of British Rock Band FM. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
Maiden's version was the original arrangement we did in the "Andy Goes to Canada" line-up with Andy Barnett, Dave Lloyd and Dave Colwell before Steve and Chris were in the band. We rewrote the chorus early on after the Overlands came on board. It was one of the four songs that got us the CBS deal.