Ocean Drive is the debut album by British musical duo Lighthouse Family, released in 1995 on Wildcard / Polydor Records. The album produced the UK top 10 hit "Lifted" (the most-played single on radio nationally during the first quarter of 1996) and UK top 20 hits "Ocean Drive", "Goodbye Heartbreak" and "Loving Every Minute". The album spent 175 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and achieved 6 times Platinum sales of 1.8 million copies. As of 2022, it was the highest-selling debut album in North East England since records began in 1956.
Track listing
Personnel Musicians
Tunde Baiyewu – lead and backing vocals Dave Brewis – guitar Rupert Brown – drums Danny Cummings – percussion Steven Dante – backing vocals Simon Eyre – guitar David Grant – backing vocals Lain Gray – backing vocals Tee Green – backing vocals Clive Griffin – backing vocals Heard But Not Seen – backing vocals Lawrence Johnson – backing vocals Tim Kellett – flugelhorn, trumpet The London Session Orchestra – strings Frank Ricotti – vibraphone Philip Todd – bass, brass, flute Paul Tucker – keyboards Pete Wingfield – piano Gavyn Wright – violin
Technical
Paul Max Bloom – assistant engineer Phil Bodger – mixing Bernie Grundman – mastering Martin Hayles – engineer Nick Ingman – string arrangements Lighthouse Family – arranger Mike Peden – arranger, mixing, producer Paul Tucker – keyboards Norman Watson – photography Mel Wesson – programming
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1995–1997) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1996) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 97 UK Albums (OCC) 13 Chart (1997) Position UK Albums (OCC) 11 Chart (1998) Position UK Albums (OCC) 53
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