Tony Hadley - Tony Hadley (1997)

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Anthony Patrick Hadley (born 2 June 1960) is an English singer-songwriter, occasional stage actor and radio presenter. He rose to fame in the 1980s as the lead singer of the New Romantic band Spandau Ballet before launching a solo career following the group's split in 1990.

After Spandau Ballet disbanded, Hadley pursued a solo career, signing to EMI and recording his first album, The State of Play, in 1992. After leaving EMI, Hadley formed his own record company, SlipStream Records, and his first release was the single "Build Me Up", from the film When Saturday Comes. Shortly after that, in December 1996, Hadley embarked on an orchestral tour of Europe, along with Joe Cocker, Paul Michiels, Dani Klein and Guo Yue, playing to 500,000 concertgoers in six weeks. 

On his return from that tour, Hadley signed a joint deal with PolyGram TV, and released his nexteponymous solo album, Tony Hadley, in 1997, which included covers and songs that were chosen to match his voice. The album also featured some of his own self-penned songs, such as "She", which he wrote for daughter Toni.

1997 solo album for Slipstream Records by the former Spandau Ballet vocalist. 13 tracks, the majority of which are covers of 'pillow talk' love songs from the '70s & '80s, including Bryan Ferry's 'Slave to Love', Cat Stevens' 'The First CutIs the Deepest' (the same one Rod Stewart made famous), Hall& Oates' 'She's Gone', Black's 'Wonderful Life', Eugene Record & Barbara Acklin's 'Have You Seen Her' (that the Chi-Lites made famous), Tom Petty's 'Free Fallin', Bee Gees 'First of May', Tears for Fears' 'Woman in Chains' and Duran Duran's 'Save a Prayer'.

1.  Save A Prayer - 5:07 (Backing Vocals – Simon Le Bon)

2.  Slave To Love - 3:58

3.  She's Gone - 4:57

4.  Maybe You And I - 4:21

5.  Wonderful Life - 5:05

6.  She - 3:44

7.  The First Cut Is The Deepest - 3:36

8.  Dance With Me - 4:46

9.  Have You Seen Her - 4:19

10.  Free Fallin' - 4:11

11.  Woman In Chains - 4:52

12.  First Of May - 5:22

13.  Love Affair - 5:07

Label - Polygram Records