Growing Up in Public is the second album by English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 actor and singer Jimmy Nail

Jimmy Nail

James Bradford "Jimmy" Nail is an English singer-songwriter, actor, musician, film producer, film score composer and television writer....

, produced by Nail, Guy Pratt

Guy Pratt

Guy Pratt is a session bassist and also a songwriter, actor and comedian. He is the son of actor Mike Pratt. In Kensington and Chelsea, London, in 1996, Pratt married Gala Wright, the daughter of Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright...

 and Danny Schogger and released in 1992 on the Warner Music UK

Warner Music Group

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 label. Included is the single "Ain't No Doubt

Ain't No Doubt

"Ain't No Doubt" is a popular song by Jimmy Nail. Composed by Nail with Guy Pratt, Danny Schogger and Charlie Dore, the song features additional vocals by Sylvia Mason-James...

", a UK chart topper for three weeks in July 1992. Three further singles were released, of which only "Laura" charted at #58. Growing Up in Public reached #2 on the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

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.

Contributors to the album include George Harrison

George Harrison

George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...

, David Gilmour

David Gilmour

David Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...

, Gary Moore

Gary Moore

Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....

 and Sam Brown.

Track listing

Tracks 1-4 written by Guy Pratt

Guy Pratt

Guy Pratt is a session bassist and also a songwriter, actor and comedian. He is the son of actor Mike Pratt. In Kensington and Chelsea, London, in 1996, Pratt married Gala Wright, the daughter of Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright...

, Danny Schogger, Jimmy Nail, Charlie Dore

Charlie Dore

Charlie Dore is an English singer-songwriter and actress.-Career:Although best known as one of the UK's most respected singer-songwriters, Dore has a multi-faceted career that includes acting in film, TV and radio, comedy-improvisation and composition for film and TV...

Tracks 5-10 written by Pratt, Schogger, Nail

1. "Ain't No Doubt
   Ain't No Doubt
   "Ain't No Doubt" is a popular song by Jimmy Nail. Composed by Nail with Guy Pratt, Danny Schogger and Charlie Dore, the song features additional vocals by Sylvia Mason-James...
   
   " - 4:09
2. "Reach Out" - 3:40
3. "Laura" - 4:25
4. "Waiting For the Sunshine" - 4:20
5. "Real Love" - 4:33
6. "Only Love (Can Bring Us Home)" - 5:46
7. "Wicked World" - 4:33
8. "Beautiful" - 4:40
9. "I Believed" - 4:26
10. "Absent Friends" - 4:11

Singles

• "Ain't No Doubt" (UK #1)
• "Laura" (UK #58)
• "Beautiful"
• "Only Love (Can Bring Us Home)"

Personnel

• Jimmy Nail - Vocals
• Guy Pratt - Bass guitar, backing vocals
• Danny Schogger - Keyboards
• Elliott Randall, Dave Gilmour, George Harrison
  George Harrison
  George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
  
   - Guitar
• Sylvia Mason-James
  Sylvia Mason-James
  Sylvia Mason-James born in 1959 is a British singer who has worked extensively as a backing vocalist and solo artist.She started her career with the disco band Voyage in 1977....
  
  , Katie Kissoon, Sam Brown, Linda Taylor, Andy Caine - Backing vocals
• Steve Sidwell, Ned Sidwell, Steve Gregory, Stuart Brook, Nigel Hitchcock, Martin Dobson - Brass
• Kate St. John - Oboe
• Kevin Healy - Spanish guitar
• Gary Wallis, Marc Fox, Graham Ward, Neil Conti - Percussion