AccuRadio Song Of The Day.Waterfront

Artist:Waterfront

Song:Cry

Album:Waterfront

Cry was a top ten hit in 1989. It was the only big hit for the Welsh duo Waterfront. One of their other songs charted so technically they are not a one hit wonder. Besides, they only released one album. Waterfront is from Cardiff, Wales. Singer Chris Duffy and guitarist Phil Cilia had released a 1981 single as The Official Secrets. They were recording demos at a local recording studio when the studio owner John Newman became their manager and got them a record deal with Polydor Records. The album Waterfront was released in 1989 and the single Cry reached #10 on the Billboard Hot 100, #17 on the British Singles chart and it topped the Adult Contemporary chart. Blue Eyed Soul was very popular at the time and I think Cry was a hit because it sounds like Spandau Ballet and similar acts. The album sold 600K copies and BMI gave Cry an award for one million radio plays. Duffy and Cilia wrote all the songs. The album was produced by Killing Joke producer Glenn Skinner. The sax solo is by Molly Duncan of Average White Band. This album is available on CD. It is not clear why Waterfront only released one album. It looks like they started to record an album and then split up. Duffy finished the album solo. It was called All the Time in the World and Polydor released it in 1992. Duffy and Cilia wrote three songs. Duffy wrote the rest with producers Glen Ballard and Greg Haver. So I think this was supposed to be a Waterfront album. Waterfront has reunited occasionally and they released a 2011 album. But they are known mostly for Cry. Here's the video for Cry by Waterfront.