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Mandalay - Empathy
Label:
Catalog#:
VVR1001292
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
1998
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Trip Hop,
Downtempo,
Synth-pop
Tracklist
| 1 | This Life | 4:19 | ||
|
Arranged By [Strings] -
Guy Sigsworth
,
Saul Freeman
Drums - Jim Carmichael Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Guy Sigsworth Leader [Strings] - Gavin Wright* | ||||
| 2 | Flowers Bloom | 4:25 | ||
|
Bass -
Saul Freeman
Piano - Guy Sigsworth , Saul Freeman | ||||
| 3 | Insensible | 4:47 | ||
|
Piano [Prepared] -
Steve Jansen
Piano, Bass, Guitar [Treatments] - Saul Freeman | ||||
| 4 | Another | 5:57 | ||
| Drums - Jim Carmichael | ||||
| 5 | Enough Love | 4:06 | ||
|
Percussion -
Steve Jansen
Trumpet - Jon Hassell | ||||
| 6 | All My Sins | 6:15 | ||
|
Baritone Vocals -
Jaak van der Bent
Effects [Live Dub Fx], Tape [Tape Edits] - Michael Ade* Tenor Vocals - David Watters | ||||
| 7 | Opposites | 5:12 | ||
|
Double Bass [Bowed Harmonics] -
Danny Thompson
Piano - Guy Sigsworth | ||||
| 8 | This Time Last Year | 3:27 | ||
|
Percussion -
Steve Jansen
Trumpet - Jon Hassell | ||||
| 9 | Kissing The Day | 3:49 | ||
|
Bass -
Saul Freeman
Electric Piano [Rhodes], Piano - Guy Sigsworth | ||||
| 10 | Beautiful | 3:33 | ||
| Trumpet - Jon Hassell | ||||
| 11 | About You | 4:11 | ||
|
Arranged By [Strings] -
Warwick Blair
Leader [Strings] - Gavin Wright* Piano - Saul Freeman | ||||
Credits
Artwork By [Art Direction & Design] -
Chris Bigg
,
Vaughan Oliver
Composed By - Nicola Hitchcock , Saul Freeman
Drums - Steve Jansen (tracks: 3, 5 to 8)
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] - Guy Sigsworth (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8, 10)
Guitar - Saul Freeman (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7 to 10)
Lyrics By - Nicola Hitchcock
Mastered By - Tom Coyne
Mixed By - Andy Bradfield (tracks: 1) , Michael Ade* (tracks: 2 to 11)
Photography - Jim Friedman
Producer - Guy Sigsworth , Mandalay
Recorded By - Michael Ade* , Saul Freeman
Recorded By [Additional Recording Assisted By] - Chris Scard , Ian Rossiter , Paul Stoney , Russell Evora , Simon Burwell , Tom Jenkins
Recorded By [Additional] - Roland Herrington , Steve Price , Tony Slater
Sampler - Guy Sigsworth (tracks: 1 to 10) , Saul Freeman (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 11)
Synthesizer - Guy Sigsworth (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10) , Saul Freeman (tracks: 6, 7, 10, 11)
Technician [Hard Disc Manipulation] - Saul Freeman
Vocals - Nicola Hitchcock
Composed By - Nicola Hitchcock , Saul Freeman
Drums - Steve Jansen (tracks: 3, 5 to 8)
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] - Guy Sigsworth (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8, 10)
Guitar - Saul Freeman (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7 to 10)
Lyrics By - Nicola Hitchcock
Mastered By - Tom Coyne
Mixed By - Andy Bradfield (tracks: 1) , Michael Ade* (tracks: 2 to 11)
Photography - Jim Friedman
Producer - Guy Sigsworth , Mandalay
Recorded By - Michael Ade* , Saul Freeman
Recorded By [Additional Recording Assisted By] - Chris Scard , Ian Rossiter , Paul Stoney , Russell Evora , Simon Burwell , Tom Jenkins
Recorded By [Additional] - Roland Herrington , Steve Price , Tony Slater
Sampler - Guy Sigsworth (tracks: 1 to 10) , Saul Freeman (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 11)
Synthesizer - Guy Sigsworth (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10) , Saul Freeman (tracks: 6, 7, 10, 11)
Technician [Hard Disc Manipulation] - Saul Freeman
Vocals - Nicola Hitchcock
Notes
Track 5 contains a sample from "Unfamiliar Winds" by Brian Eno.
Track 6 contains a sample from "I Don't Believe In You" by Talk Talk, written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene.
℗V2 Music Limited 1998
©V2 Music Limited 1998
M.C.P.S.
LC1801
Barcode: 5 033197 012926
Distribution code: 707.0129.2
Distribution: U.K.: 3mv/Pinnacle, Benelux: P.I.A.S., France: Sony Music, Germany/Austria: Rough Trade, Italy: Universal, Scandinavia: M.N.W., Eire: Record Services.
Track 6 contains a sample from "I Don't Believe In You" by Talk Talk, written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene.
℗V2 Music Limited 1998
©V2 Music Limited 1998
M.C.P.S.
LC1801
Barcode: 5 033197 012926
Distribution code: 707.0129.2
Distribution: U.K.: 3mv/Pinnacle, Benelux: P.I.A.S., France: Sony Music, Germany/Austria: Rough Trade, Italy: Universal, Scandinavia: M.N.W., Eire: Record Services.
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Reviews & Discussion
No one needed to pretend this was a Potishead album to make it worth listening to. It is an absolutely gorgeous album with etherial, atmospherical tones and chilled beats. Madonna said it was her favourite album of 1998, which is surprising as it is a million miles from anything she has ever recorded. Guy Sigsworths production shines through with layer upon layer of sound topped by Steve Jansen's wonderful percussion. One track, All My Sins, includes samples from Talk Talk's 'I Don't Believe in You'.
This album was at the centre of a controversy involving Portishead. Someone expertly repackaged it and titled it "Pearl", claiming it was a new album from Portishead. Fans of Portishead often discussed the "obscure new Portishead album". While the album doesn't sound that much like Portishead, when I bought it I fell for the hoax, thinking Portishead had stripped down their sound and lightened up! Anyway, it's a good album, but definitly NOT Portishead. Beware!