Nu Shooz is an American Freestyle–R&B–Dance group fronted by husband-and-wife team of John Smith and Valerie Day, based in Portland, Oregon.
The Shooz released four albums in the U.S. during the 1980s. Their third album, Poolside, brought the group’s sound to a wider audience.
Nu Shooz formed in 1979 in a lineup that originally featured 12 members. This incarnation of the group released its debut album, Can’t Turn It Off, in 1982. Although the album saw limited success, the band continued on, paring its lineup down to seven members over the next several years.
Nu Shooz originally released the single “I Can’t Wait” in Portland in April 1985 on Poolside Records. The original recording was done at Cascade Recording in Portland in the fall of 1984 and was also featured on the band’s sparsely distributed second album, Tha’s Right, in 1985. “I Can’t Wait” was a big hit on Portland radio stations at the time, but they were turned down by every major label. A copy of the song made it to the Netherlands, where it was remixed by Peter Slaghuis. This version is known as the ‘Dutch Mix.’ The remix came back into the United States as an import on Dutch label Injection Records.
It was this version that got the attention of Atlantic Records, which signed the band to a contract in January 1986.
Poolside is a 1986 album by the American pop–Latin freestyle–electronic dance music group Nu Shooz. It was released on Atlantic Records in the U.S. in the May 1986. At the time, the band was creating music in both the synthpop and freestyle genres. It was the band’s first major-label release, and it was responsible for its breakthrough on the pop and dance charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
The album spawned three singles that charted in the U.S.: “I Can’t Wait,” “Point of No Return,” and “Don’t Let Me Be the One.”
Nu Shooz
Released: May 5, 1986
Recorded: January – March 1986
Genre: Synth-pop, Latin freestyle
Length: 37:16
© 1986
Label - Atlantic Records
Nu Shooz formed in 1979 in a lineup that originally featured 12 members. This incarnation of the group released its debut album, Can’t Turn It Off, in 1982. Although the album saw limited success, the band continued on, paring its lineup down to seven members over the next several years.
Nu Shooz originally released the single “I Can’t Wait” in Portland in April 1985 on Poolside Records. The original recording was done at Cascade Recording in Portland in the fall of 1984 and was also featured on the band’s sparsely distributed second album, Tha’s Right, in 1985. “I Can’t Wait” was a big hit on Portland radio stations at the time, but they were turned down by every major label. A copy of the song made it to the Netherlands, where it was remixed by Peter Slaghuis. This version is known as the ‘Dutch Mix.’ The remix came back into the United States as an import on Dutch label Injection Records.
It was this version that got the attention of Atlantic Records, which signed the band to a contract in January 1986.
Poolside is a 1986 album by the American pop–Latin freestyle–electronic dance music group Nu Shooz. It was released on Atlantic Records in the U.S. in the May 1986. At the time, the band was creating music in both the synthpop and freestyle genres. It was the band’s first major-label release, and it was responsible for its breakthrough on the pop and dance charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
The album spawned three singles that charted in the U.S.: “I Can’t Wait,” “Point of No Return,” and “Don’t Let Me Be the One.”
- “Lost Your Number” (John Smith) - 5:43
- “I Can’t Wait” (Smith) - 5:25
- “Don’t Let Me Be the One” (Smith) - 4:23
- “Goin’ thru the Motions” (Smith, Valerie Day) - 4:01
- “You Put Me in a Trance” (Smith, Caton Lyles) - 4:20
- “Point of No Return” (Smith, Day) - 4:23
- “Secret Message” (Smith, Jeff Lorber, Lewis Livermore) - 3:30
- “Don’t You Be Afraid” (Smith) - 5:14
Nu Shooz
- Valerie Day: Vocals
- John Smith: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
- Jeff Lorber, Steve Reid: Keyboards
- Ron Regan: Keyboards, Saxophone
- Gary Fountaine, Nate Phillips: Bass
- Marty Higgins: Drums
- Lewis Livermore: Trumpet
- Danny Schauffler: Saxophone
- Shannon Day, Lori Lamphear: Vocal Backing
- Arranged & Produced By John Smith & Rick Waritz, with additional arrangements by Jeff Lorber
- Engineered By Tchad Blake, Mike Moore, Fritz Richmond, Stephen Shelton, Bobby Warner, Ellen Fitton, Jim Rodgers
- Mastered for LP by Dennis King
- Mastered for compact disc by Barry Diament
Released: May 5, 1986
Recorded: January – March 1986
Genre: Synth-pop, Latin freestyle
Length: 37:16
© 1986
Label - Atlantic Records
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