Living in a Box (album)
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Living in a Box is the eponymous debut album from British
pop group Living in a Box
. It was released on Chrysalis Records in 1987, and features their biggest U.S. hit, the self-titled single, which reached a peak of number 17 that year.
Things were different in their home country, however; the album peaked at number 25, while the title track reached number 5. A second single, "Scales of Justice" went top 30. A third single, "So the Story Goes", a collaboration with legendary singer Bobby Womack
, hit number 34 in the U.K., while peaking at 81 in the U.S. The fourth and final single taken from the disc, "Love is the Art", reached number 45.
Side Two
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
pop group Living in a Box
Living in a Box
Living in a Box were a British band from the 1980s and early 1990s. They are best known for their eponymous debut single, produced by Richard James Burgess.-Formation and split up:...
. It was released on Chrysalis Records in 1987, and features their biggest U.S. hit, the self-titled single, which reached a peak of number 17 that year.
Things were different in their home country, however; the album peaked at number 25, while the title track reached number 5. A second single, "Scales of Justice" went top 30. A third single, "So the Story Goes", a collaboration with legendary singer Bobby Womack
Bobby Womack
Robert Dwayne "Bobby" Womack is an American singer-songwriter and musician. An active recording artist since the early 1960s where he started his career as the lead singer of his family musical group The Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career has spanned more than 40...
, hit number 34 in the U.K., while peaking at 81 in the U.S. The fourth and final single taken from the disc, "Love is the Art", reached number 45.
Track listing
Side One- "Living in a BoxLiving In A Box (song)"Living in a Box" is a song by Living in a Box released in 1987 as their debut single and the first single from their self-titled debut album of the same name....
" (Steve Pigott, Marcus Vere) - "Love Is the Art" (Anthony Critchlow, Pigott, Vere)
- "So the Story Goes" (Richard Darbyshire, Vere)
- "From Beginning to End" (Darbyshire, Vere)
- "Generate the Wave" (Darbyshire, Vere, Critchlow)
Side Two
- "Scales of Justice" (Darbyshire, Vere)
- "Going for the Big One" (Vere, Critchlow)
- "Human Story" (Pigott, Vere, Critchlow)
- "Can't Stop the Wheel" (Vere, Critchlow)
- "Living in a Box (reprise)"
Personnel
- Richard Darbyshire: Vocals, Guitars
- Marcus Vere, Keyboards, Synthesizers
- Anthony Critchlow: Drums, Percussion
- Paulinho Da CostaPaulinho Da CostaPaulinho da Costa is a Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times. Playing over two hundred percussion instruments, he has participated in thousands of recording sessions, Grammy Award-winning albums, hit songs, soundtracks, radio...
: Percussion - Paul Fox, Richard Gibbs, Rick O'Neil, Steve Pigott, John Van Tongeren: Keyboards, Synthesizers
- Paul Jackson Jr.: Guitars
- Ian Green: Bass
- Produced By Richard James Burgess
- Engineers: Rob Feaster, Frank Roszak