The Beloved: Jon Marsh (vocals, keyboards); Steve Waddington (guitar, keyboards).
Additional personnel: Gavin Wright, Wilfred Gibson (violin); Terry Disley (piano); Mark Fox (percussion); Leroy Osborne, Dee Lewis, Linda Lewis, Janette "Rose" Sewell, Margo Sagov, Chyna, Derek Green, Andy Caine (background vocals).
Happiness, the Beloved's debut album, collects their four major hits -- "Hello," "The Sun Rising," "Love Takes Me Higher," and "Time After Time" -- and sprinkles in a few more club-oriented album tracks to fill out the LP. The post-rave synth-popsters are a bit too heavily tied to the heady days of ABC and Erasure, but Happiness suits its title with a set of undeniably pleasant dance-pop. ~ John Bush
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (6/14/90) - 3 Stars - Good "..Its pretty keyboards and multilayered ethnic-erotic-Euro-classical counterpoints exude a rich warmth no Anglo-disco group has dared since the last Pet Shop Boys set.."
