Belinda Carlisle "A Woman & A Man (2014 Reissue, Expanded & Remastered)"

A Woman & a Man is the sixth studio album by American singer Belinda Carlisle, released in the United Kingdom on September 23, 1996, by Chrysalis Records (then part of the EMI Group, like Carlisle's former label Virgin Records). The album contains songs written by Rick Nowels, Maria Vidal, Ellen Shipley, Charlotte Caffey, Neil Finn and Roxette co-founder Per Gessle who also produced one of the tracks.

It was released in the United States in 1997 on the Ark 21 Records label. There was special DTS (surround sound) version released with a slightly different track listing compared to the original; it was only ten tracks long and did not include "Listen to Love", "Love Doesn't Live Here" and "Always Breaking My Heart" but instead had covers of the songs "Jealous Guy" by John Lennon and "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" by Shel Silverstein.

The album received mixed reviews. Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album four stars out of five saying it is a "mature collection of adult pop, with cool keyboards and subtle arrangements that often make the record sound like background music". However, he also noted that "Carlisle has rarely been in better voice". Entertainment Weekly's Steven Mirkin gave the album C− saying that "Carlisle has neither the voice nor personality to overcome her album's cold, emotionally sterile core."

The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 12. It outsold Carlisle's previous album, Real, and was certified Gold by BPI for sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The album revived Carlisle's career in the singles chart – producing three top twenty hits (two of them top ten). It was released in the US but failed to chart on the Billboard 200 album chart with a total sales of 17,000 copies.

The album charted on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart on November 11, 1996, at No. 31 with only one single released to radio at the time. It only spent ten weeks in the top one hundred making the album her last charting album on the charts. It was Carlisle's last album to chart in Austria, peaking at No. 36 and stayed in the charts for two weeks. It was Carlisle's lowest charting album in Sweden, peaking at No. 44 and only spending one week in the charts. In Italy, the album peaked at No. 35.

The singles had some success in various countries. "In Too Deep" was the first song released from the album and became a top ten hit in the UK and a top twenty in Australia. "Always Breaking My Heart", written and produced by Per Gessle of Roxette, was the second song released from the album; it also reached the top ten in the UK. "Love in the Key of C", the third song released, became Carlisle's tenth top twenty UK hit. The fourth single, "California", was Carlisle's final UK Top 40 hit.

Track listing

CD1

1. "In Too Deep" Rick Nowels 4:05
2. "California" Rick Nowels, Billy Steinberg, María Vidal 2:59
3. "A Woman and a Man" Robbie Seidman, María Vidal 5:12
4. "Remember September" Rick Nowels, Ellen Shipley 4:32
5. "Listen to Love" Christopher García, John Ingoldby, Ralph McCarthy 4:09
6. "Always Breaking My Heart" Per Gessle 3:12
7. "Love Doesn't Live Here" Per Gessle 4:09
8. "He Goes On" Neil Finn 3:13
9. "Kneel at Your Feet" Charlotte Caffey, Tom Caffey, Belinda Carlisle 4:18
10. "Love in the Key of C" Rick Nowels 3:50
11. "My Heart Goes Out to You" Anders Bagge, Rick Nowels, Allen Rich 3:35

Acoustic Versions

1. In Too Deep (Acoustic)  4:21
2. Circle In The Sand (Acoustic)   3:54

CD2

B-Sides & Bonus Tracks

1. The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan   4:04
2. Jealous Guy   4:09  
3. I See No Ships   3:07
4. Love Walks In   3:15
5. Submission   3:03  
6. I Won't Say I'm In Love   2:19

Bonus Live Tracks  

1. Big Scary Animal (Live)   4:47
2. I Get Weak (Live)   5:10
3. Leave A Light On (Live)   4:23 
4. Live Your Life Be Free (Live)   5:12
5. In Too Deep (Live)   3:51
6. Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Live)   4:14

Remixes

1. Remember September (JPO Club Pipes)  Remix – Jan Peter Odendahl  6:37
2. Remember September (Beam's Club Mix)   Remix – Beam, Michael Urgacz, Tobias Beckhoff  6:21
3. Remember September (Beam's Vocal Mix)   Remix – Beam, Michael Urgacz, Tobias Beckhoff   6:09

DVD

Promo Videos

1. In Too Deep   Film Director – David Nelson 
2. Always Breaking My Heart   Film Director – Philippe Gautier  
3. Love In The Key Of C  Film Director – Philippe Gautier   
4. California   Film Director – Philippe Gautier   

CD2-6 "I Won't Say I'm In Love" is not Belinda Carlisle's version of the love theme from the 1997 Disney film "Hercules" but instead the Disney Cast version.

A re-pressed version also exists, that was sent by Edsel to anyone who purchased the mispressed edition and contacted them at the time.

Rear of release mentions "nineteen bonus tracks" including Single Edits however these were not included in the final tracklisting and there are only seventeen bonus tracks.