The Language of Life

~ Release by Everything but the Girl (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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1Driving
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano and synthesizer:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
tenor saxophone:
Michael Brecker (American jazz saxophonist, multi‐instrumentalist and composer) (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger:
Jerry Hey
synthesizer arranger:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist)
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Driving (in 1989)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:00
2Get Back Together
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano and synthesizer:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger and synthesizer arranger:
Jerry Hey
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Get Back Together (in 1989)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:57
3Meet Me in the Morning
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
flugelhorn:
Jerry Hey (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano:
Russell Ferrante (keyboardist) (in 1989) and Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
synthesizer:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger:
Jerry Hey
synthesizer arranger:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist)
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Meet Me in the Morning (in 1989)
writer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) and Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:50
4Me and Bobby D
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
electric guitar:
Michael Landau (in 1989) and Ben Watt (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano and synthesizer:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
tenor saxophone:
Kirk Whalum (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger:
Jerry Hey
synthesizer arranger:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA Records Ltd. (holding company based in the UK)
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Me and Bobby D (in 1989)
writer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) and Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:10
5The Language of Life
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano:
Joe Sample (in 1989) and Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
synthesizer:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger and synthesizer arranger:
Jerry Hey
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
The Language of Life (in 1989)
writer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) and Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:02
6Take Me
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
electric guitar:
Michael Landau (in 1989) and Ben Watt (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano:
Russell Ferrante (keyboardist) (in 1989) and Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
synthesizer:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
tenor saxophone:
Kirk Whalum (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
synthesizer arranger:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist)
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Take Me (in 1989)
writer:
Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
4:08
7Imagining America
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer) (in 1989) and Omar Hakim (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano and synthesizer:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
tenor saxophone:
Kirk Whalum (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger:
Jerry Hey
synthesizer arranger:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist)
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Imagining America (in 1989)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:59
8Letting Love Go
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
electric guitar:
Michael Landau (in 1989) and Ben Watt (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano and synthesizer:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
tenor saxophone:
Michael Brecker (American jazz saxophonist, multi‐instrumentalist and composer) (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger and synthesizer arranger:
Jerry Hey
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Letting Love Go (in 1989)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:46
9My Baby Don’t Love Me
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
electric guitar:
Michael Landau (in 1989) and Ben Watt (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano and synthesizer:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger and synthesizer arranger:
Jerry Hey
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
My Baby Don’t Love Me (in 1989)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
33:42
10The Road
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
flugelhorn:
Jerry Hey (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano:
Ben Watt (in 1989) and Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
synthesizer:
Larry Williams (jazz keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet; producer, composer, arranger, and multi‐instrumentalist) (in 1989)
tenor saxophone:
Stan Getz (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger and synthesizer arranger:
Jerry Hey
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
The Road (in 1989)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
23:46

Credits

Release group

associated singles/EPs:Driving
Take Me
included in:Original Album Series
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/72675 [info]
Wikidata:Q7745461 [info]