Bizarre Fruit
| Bizarre Fruit | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 14 November 1994 | |||
| Recorded | April – August 1994 | |||
| Studio | Strongroom Studios (London) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 57:45 | |||
| Label | Deconstruction | |||
| Producer | M People | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
North American cover | ||||
| Singles from Bizarre Fruit | ||||
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| Initial reviews (in 1995) | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Cash Box | (favorable) |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
| The Guardian | (favorable) |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| Music & Media | (favorable) |
| NME | 8/10 |
| Record Mirror | |
| Select | |
| Smash Hits | |
| Spin | 7/10 |
| Retrospective reviews (after 1995) | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
Bizarre Fruit is the third album by British dance band M People, released on 14 November 1994. It entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 4, spending one year on the chart before an expanded version of the album, Bizarre Fruit II, was released in 1995. The album later rose to a new peak of No. 3. By 1996, the album had sold 1.1 million copies worldwide. The albums Bizarre Fruit and Bizarre Fruit II were certified 5× platinum in the UK for combined sales of 1.5 million.
The album's lead single, "Sight for Sore Eyes", reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart. Other singles from the album included and "Search for the Hero" and "Open Your Heart" (both peaking at No. 9), "Love Rendezvous" (No. 32), and "Itchycoo Park" (No. 11) from the re-issued edition. In the US, remixes for the song "Padlock" were supplied to club DJs and appeared as the B-side to the CD maxi single of "Search for the Hero". The track reached No. 13 on the Billboard Dance chart.