Whose Side Are You On? is the debut album by British band Matt Bianco, released in 1984 by WEA. For this album, Matt Bianco was a trio of Mark Reilly (vocals), Basia Trzetrzelewska (vocals), and Danny White (keyboards). The album contains the band's first five international hits, most notably "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed", "Half a Minute", and the title song.

Overview

The original vinyl record featured 10 tracks. The cassette edition had 12 tracks, adding two bonus tracks: the 12" version of "Big Rosie" (B-side of the band's debut single "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed") and "The Other Side", the instrumental B-side of the single "Whose Side Are You On?". Additionally, the versions of "More Than I Can Bear", "Half a Minute", "Matt's Mood", "Get Out of Your Lazy Bed" and "Sneaking Out the Back Door" on the cassette are different from the versions heard on the vinyl/CD edition. The CD edition was released slightly later, and was one of the earliest pop music compact discs to be released in the music industry. Whose Side Are You On? achieved a considerable international success, peaking at no. 1 in Austria, where it was the second best-selling album of 1985, behind Tina Turner's Private Dancer. Furthermore, it reached the top 10 in Germany, the Netherlands and Norway. In the UK, the album charted within the top 40 and was awarded gold certification. All of its five singles charted in the top 30 in at least one European country.

Track listings

LP/CD

All tracks written by Reilly/White except "Whose Side Are You On?" by Reilly/White/Ross, and "Half a Minute" by Reilly/White/Poncioni.

MC

All tracks written by Reilly/White except "Whose Side Are You On?" by Reilly/White/Ross; "Half a Minute" and "Big Rosie" by Reilly/White/Poncioni.

2016 expanded deluxe CD edition

Personnel

Band

Production

Musicians

Staff

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications