What It Is

~ Recording by Catatonia

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4What It Is3:31CatatoniaPaper Scissors StoneCatatoniaAlbum
Blanco y Negro Records (sub-label of WEA (Warner Music UK))8573 88848 2
1.4What It Is3:29CatatoniaPaper Scissors StoneCatatoniaAlbum
Blanco y Negro Records (sub-label of WEA (Warner Music UK))8573 88848 1
1.4What It Is3:31CatatoniaPaper Scissors Stone (deluxe edition)CatatoniaAlbum
  • GB2015-04-20
Edsel Records, Rhino (reissue label)EDSX 3021, [none]
4.4What It Is3:31CatatoniaMake Hay Not War: The Blanco Y Negro YearsCatatoniaAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2023-08-25
Cherry Red Records (UK indie label; for copyrights, use Cherry Red Records Ltd. instead, with an alias if needed)QCRCDBOX116
1.61What It Is3:31CatatoniaMake Hay Not War: The Blanco Y Negro YearsCatatoniaAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2023-08-25
X5 Music Group
Promotion
1.4What It Is3:31CatatoniaPaper Scissors StoneCatatoniaAlbum
Warner Music UK (formerly Warner Records Ltd., a branch of WEA International)8573 88848 2

Relationships

assistant recording engineer:Simon Dawson (engineer)
producer:Clive Langer
Alan Winstanley (English record producer)
assistant mixer:Geoff Mclaughlin
mixer:Ian Stanley
bass guitar:Paul Jones (Welsh bassist for Catatonia)
drums (drum set):Aled Richards (drummer, Catatonia)
guitar:Owen Powell
Mark Roberts (Welsh guitarist, Catatonia)
percussion:Louis Jardin
strings:Vaughn Armon
David Daniels (cellist)
Gavin Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
Simon Hale
Patrick Kiernan (violinist)
Peter Lale (violist)
Julian Leaper (concert master and violinist)
Martin Loveday (violinist)
Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist)
Jackie Shave
Bruce White (violist)
background vocals:Claudia Fontaine (vocals, background vocals)
lead vocals:Cerys Matthews (lead singer, Catatonia)
recorded at:Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom
mixed at:Westside Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:What It Is

What It Is

writer:Catatonia (Welsh alternative rock band, ~1992–2001)