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High on the Happy Side
Studio album by Wet Wet Wet
Released	27 January 1992 (1992-01-27)
Genre	Soft rock sophisti-pop blue-eyed soul
Length	45:19
Label	Mercury
Producer	Wet Wet Wet Albhy Galuten (co-producer) Axel Kröll (co-producer)
Wet Wet Wet chronology
Wet Wet Wet: Live (1990) High on the Happy Side (1992) Wet Wet Wet: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1992)
Singles from High on the Happy Side
"Make It Tonight" Released: 2 September 1991 "Put the Light On" Released: 21 October 1991 "Goodnight Girl" Released: 23 December 1991 "More Than Love" Released: 9 March 1992 "Lip Service" Released: 29 June 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
NME	1/10

High on the Happy Side is the third studio album by Scottish quartet Wet Wet Wet. The album was released on 27 January 1992 and reached the top of the UK Albums Chart on 8 February. The release of the album was preceded by the singles "Make It Tonight", "Put the Light On" and "Goodnight Girl", and followed by two further singles, "More than Love" and "Lip Service".

High on the Happy Side was released both a single album and as a double album with Cloak & Dagger, a covers album released under the pseudonym Maggie Pie & The Impostors. To accompany the album's release, a video compilation entitled The Story So Far, containing videos for singles from both High on the Happy Side and Holding Back the River, was made available on 24 March 1992.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Clark/Cunningham/Mitchell/Pellow

Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger
Studio album by Wet Wet Wet
Released	27 January 1992
Genre	Pop, pop rock
Label	Mercury Records
Producer	Wet Wet Wet
Wet Wet Wet chronology
High on the Happy Side (1992) Cloak & Dagger (1992) Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1993)

Cloak & Dagger is a free album of cover versions released with the deluxe edition High on the Happy Side. Included with the deluxe versions of the CD, Cassette & Vinyl pressings of the album, Cloak & Dagger was recorded and released under the pseudonym Maggie Pie & The Impostors, a fake veteran act from Scotland. Notably, the album cover pictures unofficial band member Graeme Duffin on an album cover for the first time, having only previously appeared in group shots featured in the booklet of the band's second studio album, Holding Back the River.

Tracklisting

Personnel

• Marti Pellow – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Graeme Clark – bass, double bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Neil Mitchell – piano, keyboards
• Tommy Cunningham – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Graeme Duffin – electric and acoustic guitar, backing vocals

Charts

Certifications

References

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10. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 27 June 1992. p. 21.
11. Allmusic review
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• 1992 albums
• Wet Wet Wet albums
• Mercury Records albums
• Covers albums