The Works: A 3 CD Retrospective

~ Release by Everything but the Girl (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Written-By – Watt (tracks: 1-5, 1-7, 1-9 to 1-11, 1-13, 1-19, 2-7, 2-8, 2-11 to 2-13, 2-15, 2-17, 2-18, 3-1, 3-4, 3-7, 3-8, 3-11 to 3-13, 3-15, 3-17 to 3-19), Watt / Thorn* (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-6, 1-12, 1-14, 1-15, 2-9, 2-10, 2-14, 3-2, 3-5, 3-9, 3-16), Thorn / Watt (tracks: 1-17, 1-18, 1-20, 2-2, 2-5, 2-6), Thorn (tracks: 1-2, 1-4, 1-8, 1-16, 2-3, 2-4, 2-16, 3-3, 3-10, 3-14)

Annotation last modified on 2020-06-17 16:53 UTC.

Tracklist

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1I Don’t Want to Talk About It
producer:
Ben Watt (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
recorded at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
cover recording of:
I Don’t Want to Talk About It (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
lyricist and composer:
Danny Whitten
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS), Crazy Horse Music and Rondor Music
44:17
2Love Is Here Where I Live
recording of:
Love Is Here Where I Live
writer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) and Ben Watt
3:49
3Oxford Street
producer:
Ben Watt (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
recorded at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
recording of:
Oxford Street (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
lyricist and composer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
43:20
4Shadow on a Harvest Moon
producer:
Ben Watt (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
recorded at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
recording of:
Shadow on a Harvest Moon (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
lyricist and composer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
3:39
5Lonesome for a Place I Know
producer:
Ben Watt (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
recorded at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
recording of:
Lonesome for a Place I Know (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
writer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) and Ben Watt
3:59
6Apron Strings
producer:
Ben Watt (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
recorded at:
Livingston Studios in Wood Green, Haringey, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
recording of:
Apron Strings (from 1987-09 until 1987-12)
writer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) and Ben Watt
3:06
7Driving
recording of:
Driving
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:52
8Get 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.
3:54
9Me 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.
4:08
10The 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.
3:57
11My 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.
33:39
12The 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.
23:47
13Old Friends
cymbal and percussion:
Ralph Salmins
electric piano, guitar, percussion, synthesizer and background vocals:
Ben Watt
vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
recording of:
Old Friends
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
3:44
14Understanding
drum machine and percussion programming:
Ben Watt
acoustic guitar, electric piano, synthesizer and background vocals:
Ben Watt
bass:
Geoff Gascoyne
vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
recording of:
Understanding
lyricist:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
composer:
Ben Watt
4:14
15Twin Cities
additional drum machine programming:
Ben Watt
bass:
Geoff Gascoyne
congas and tambourine:
Martin Ditcham
flugelhorn and trumpet:
James McMillan (trumpeter and engineer)
organ:
Peter Murray (UK keyboardist)
piano:
Damon Butcher
tenor saxophone:
Pete Whyman (British saxophonist)
background vocals:
Ben Watt
vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
horn arranger:
James McMillan (arranger) and Ben Watt
recording of:
Twin Cities
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
4:36
16One Place
drum machine and percussion programming:
Ben Watt
acoustic guitar, piano and synthesizer:
Ben Watt
bass:
Geoff Gascoyne
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer)
guitar:
Greg Lester
vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
recording of:
One Place
lyricist and composer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
5:00
17Politics Aside
acoustic guitar, bass synthesizer, sampler and synthesizer and background vocals:
Ben Watt
vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
recording of:
Politics Aside
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
3:25
18Frozen River
drum machine and percussion programming:
Ben Watt
bass:
Steve Pearce (UK bassist)
electric piano, guitar, synthesizer and background vocals:
Ben Watt
vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
recording of:
Frozen River
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
3:47
19The Only Living Boy in New York
cover recording of:
The Only Living Boy in New York
lyricist and composer:
Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel)
publisher:
Paul Simon Music and Charing Cross Music Inc. (Paul Simon’s publishing company) (in 1970)
4:14
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