American singer Stacey Q has released five studio albums, one compilation album, one extended play, thirteen singles, four promotional singles, and six music videos. Born Stacey Swain, she first served as the lead singer of the band SSQ put together by producer Jon St. James.
Swain first began to work on solo material in 1985. She continued her collaboration with St. James and SSQ's original line-up. Her self-titled EP was released by On the Spot Records. Shortly after its release, Swain was signed to Atlantic Records and released her debut studio album Better Than Heaven (1986). It debuted at number fifty-nine on the US Billboard 200 and was certified gold in the United States. The first single released from the album was "Two of Hearts," which was praised by critics and was a commercial success. It peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of the highest-selling singles of 1986. The second single, "We Connect," was also successful, peaking at number thirty-five on the Hot 100 chart. "Insecurity" and "Music out of Bounds" and were also released as singles but did not perform as well as its predecessors.
Swain released her second album Hard Machine in February 1988. It spawned three singles: "Don't Make a Fool of Yourself," "I Love You," and "Favorite Things." Her third album Nights Like This (1989) marked a musical departure from her previous material. Drawing influence mostly from house and freestyle music, received positive reviews from music critics. However, it was a commercial failure and became Swain's first album not to reach the Billboard 200.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUSAustralian (Kent Music Report) chart peaks to 19 June 1988: N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988. Better Than Heaven Released: October 17, 1986 Label: Atlantic Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette 59 36 ARIA: Gold Hard Machine Released: February 1988 Label: Atlantic Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette 115 – Nights Like This Released: June 8, 1989 Label: Atlantic Formats: Vinyl, CD, cassette – – Boomerang Released: October 21, 1997 Label: ENo Records Formats: CD – – Color Me Cinnamon Released: February 14, 2010 Label: Hydra Productions Formats: CD, digital download – –
Compilation albums Title Album details Stacey Q's Greatest Hits Released: May 16, 1995 Label: Thump Records Format: CD, cassette
Extended plays Title Album details Stacey Q Released: 1985 Label: On the Spot Format: Cassette
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album US US Dance AUS AUT CAN FR GER NZ SWE SWI UK "Shy Girl" 1985 89 – – – – – – – – – – Stacey Q "Two of Hearts" 1986 3 4 7 24 1 18 6 4 19 6 87 Better Than Heaven "We Connect" 35 14 7 – – – 32 – – – – "Insecurity" 1987 – 1 77 – – – – – – – – "Music out of Bounds" – 19 – – – – – – – – – "Don't Make a Fool of Yourself" 1988 66 4 73 – – – – – – – – Hard Machine "I Love You" – 49 – – – – – – – – – "Favorite Things" – – – – – – – – – – – "Give You All My Love" 1989 – 16 – – – – – – – – – Nights Like This "Heartbeat" – – – – – – – – – – – "Two Hot for Love" 1993 – – – – – – – – – – – "Trip" 2009 – – – – – – – – – – – Color Me Cinnamon "Pandora's Box" 2010 – – – – – – – – – – – "Going Goth" – – – – – – – – – – – "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Promotional singles Title Year Album "Better Than Heaven" 1986 Better Than Heaven "Favorite Things" 1988 Hard Machine "Tenderness" 1997 Boomerang "Trick or Treat" 2011
Videography
Music videos + List of music videos, showing year released and directors Title Year Director(s) "Two of Hearts" 1986 Peter Lippman "We Connect" 1987 Greg Gold "Insecurity" Visionwear "Don't Make a Fool of Yourself" 1988 Tony Van De Nend "I Love You" Rupert "Give You All My Love" 1989 Jane Simpson
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