Bizarre Fruit
Bizarre Fruit is the third album by British dance band M People. It was released on 14 November 1994 and charted and peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart, spending one year on the chart before an expanded version of the album, Bizarre Fruit II, was released a year later. In 1996 it was announced that Bizarre Fruit had reached 1.1 million copies sold worldwide. The albums Bizarre Fruit and Bizarre Fruit II were certified 5× platinum in the UK for sales of 1.5 million.
| Bizarre Fruit | ||||
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| Studio album by M People | ||||
| Released | 14 November 1994 | |||
| Recorded | April - August 1994 | |||
| Studio | Strongroom Studios (London) | |||
| Genre | House, pop | |||
| Length | 57:45 | |||
| Label | Deconstruction | |||
| Producer | M People | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
North American cover | ||||
| Singles from Bizarre Fruit | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Cash Box | (favorable) |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
| The Guardian | (favorable) |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| Music & Media | (favorable) |
| NME | 8/10 |
| Spin | 7/10 |
The album's two most popular singles were "Sight for Sore Eyes", which reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart and "Search for the Hero", which peaked at No. 9 on the same chart. Other singles released from this album were "Open Your Heart" (No. 9), "Love Rendezvous" (No. 32) and "Itchycoo Park" (No. 11) from the re-released album. In the US, remixes for the song "Padlock" were supplied to club DJs and appeared as the B-side to the CD maxi single of "Search for the Hero". The track reached No. 13 on the Billboard Dance chart.