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{{Infobox album
| name = Springtime for the World
| type = studio
| artist = [[The Blow Monkeys]]
| cover = Springtime-cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 25 June 1990<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Robin |title=This Week: The Next Seven Days in View - Releases |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |date=23 June 1990 |page=32 |issn=0144-5804}}</ref>
| recorded = 1989
| venue =
| studio =
| length = 44:58 ([[LP album|LP]])<br /> 49:24 ([[compact cassette|MC]])<br /> 54:02 (CD)
| label = {{hlist|[[RCA]]|[[Ariola]]|[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]]}}
| producer = Dr. Robert & Hector for Springtime for the World Productions
| prev_title = [[Choices – The Singles Collection]]
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = [[Blow Monkeys the Masters]]
| next_year = 1997
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r207875|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 = ''[[New Musical Express]]''
| rev2score = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McCann |first=Ian |date=21 July 1990 |title=Long Play |magazine=[[New Musical Express]] |page=33}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| rev3Score = 2/5<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=The Blow Monkeys: ''Springtime for the World''|last=O'Shaughnessy|first=Catriona|date=July 1990|page=82|magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]]}}</ref>
}}

'''''Springtime for the World''''' is the fifth album by British band [[The Blow Monkeys]], released in 1990. The work represented the band's ultimate transformation into a [[dance music]] act, a direction the band had been gradually moving since their biggest hit single, "It Doesn't Have to Be This Way" (number 5 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 1987),<ref name="officialcharts.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/22817/blow-monkeys/|title=BLOW MONKEYS - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|accessdate=6 March 2019}}</ref> and the album it was taken from, ''[[She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter]]''.

The album's title track, "Springtime for the World", reached number 69 in the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="officialcharts.com"/>

==Track listing==
All tracks composed by Dr. Robert (Robert Howard); except where noted
# "In Too Deep" – 4:33
# "Springtime for the World" – 3:25
# "Vibe Alive!" – 2:50
# "Reflections '89" – 2:57
# "Be Not Afraid" (Robert Howard, [[Cheb Khaled]]) - 6:54
# "If You Love Somebody" – 5:08
# "La Passionara" – 4:43
# "Let the People Dance" – 3:43
# "Fruits of the Earth" – 4:43
# "As the Dust Settles" – 6:02
# "Checking Out" – 4:56 [CD/MC only]
# "The Other Side of You" (Howard, Kiley, Anker, Henry) - 4:38 [CD only]

==Singles taken from the album==
* "Springtime for the World" (1990) (UK Singles Chart no. 69)<ref name="officialcharts.com"/>
* "La Passionara" [Remix] (1990)
* "If You Love Somebody" [Remix] (1990)

===The ''Springtime for the World'' EP===
The three songs above were also released on a joint [[double A-side]] four-track [[Extended play|EP]], collectively entitled ''Springtime for the World'', featuring two alternative versions of "If You Love Somebody".

# (A1) "Springtime for the World"
# (A2) "La Passionara"
# (AA1) "If You Love Somebody" [Musto & Bones 12"]
# (AA2) "If You Love Somebody" [Musto & Bones Dub]

==Personnel==
'''The Blow Monkeys'''
*Dr. Robert – vocals, piano, guitar
*Mick Anker – bass guitar
*Neville Henry – saxophone
*Tony Kiley – drums

'''Other musicians'''
*[[Khaled (musician)|Cheb Khaled]] – lead vocals (track 5)
*Barbara Snow – trumpet and [[Brass instrument|brass]] arrangement (track 5)
*Brian Bethell – guitar
*Sylvia Mason, Mary Cassidy – [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]]
*Simon Watson – [[Classical guitar|Spanish guitar]] (track 7)

'''Production'''
*Dr. Robert and Hector for Springtime for the World Productions – production
*Andy Mason – engineering
*Ritchie Fermie for Bamn Productions – [[remix]] (track 8)
*Tommy Musto & Frankie Bones for Northcott/JSE Productions – additional production and [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mix]] (tracks AA1, AA2)
*Mike Rodgers – mix engineering (tracks AA1, AA2) at "D&D Studios", New York City

'''Staff'''
*[[Kate Garner]] – photography
*Paul McGarvey, Katie & Deirdre – [[RCA]] personnel

==Release details==
'''Album'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalogue
|-
| rowspan=3 align=center | UK
| rowspan=3 | 1990
| rowspan=3 |[[RCA]]/[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]]/[[Ariola]]
| align=center | CD
| PD 74539
|-
| align=center | [[vinyl record|LP]]
| PL 7459
|-
| align=center | [[MC]]
| PK 74539
|}

'''Maxi-single'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Country
! Date
! Label
! Format
! Catalogue
|-
| align=center | UK
| 1990
| [[RCA]]/[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]]/[[Ariola]]
| align=center | [[extended play|EP]]
| PT 43626
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.discogs.com/The-Blow-Monkeys-Springtime-For-The-World/release/383616 ''Springtime for the World''] at [[Discogs]]

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