"DARE TO LOVE" | Jimmy Somerville's second solo album is 19 | 1995

Today in Jimmy Somerville story:

"DARE TO LOVE" was released nineteen years ago (first entry in UK chart June 24th)

Dare To Love is "[...] a typical rollercoaster mix of upbeat pop dance numbers and more serious songs exploring gay issues. The title track, about a man who loves a younger boy of 16 is threatened with prison and persecution, is typically upfront and provides a topical link with his earlier material.
"It's still very much a pop album" enthuses Jimmy, "a bit of disco and some jazzy blues but basically just jolly pop, gay pop if you like". [...]" (extract from official biography promo sheet, 1995)

01. HEARTBEAT
02. HURTS SO GOOD
03. CRY
04. LOVETHING
05. BY YOUR SIDE
06. DARE TO LOVE
07. SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER
08. ALRIGHT
09. TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
10. A DREAM GONE WRONG
11. COME LATELY
12. SAFE IN THESE ARMS
13. BECAUSE OF HIM