Lovers in the City
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Lovers in the City is a 1995 album by Tanita Tikaram
. Jennifer Warnes
provided backing vocals on four tracks on the album. One of these songs, "I Might Be Crying
", was released as lead single. A video for this single was filmed in Vietnam
. Two other tracks released on single are "Wonderful Shadow
" and "Yodelling Song
".
Tanita Tikaram
Tanita Tikaram is a British pop/folk singer-songwriter, best known for the hits "Twist in My Sobriety" and "Good Tradition" from her 1988 debut album, Ancient Heart...
. Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Jean Warnes is an American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. She is known for her interpretations of compositions written by herself and many others, as well as an extensive playlist as a vocalist on movie soundtracks.Between 1979 and 1987 Warnes surpassed Frank Sinatra as...
provided backing vocals on four tracks on the album. One of these songs, "I Might Be Crying
I Might Be Crying
"I Might Be Crying" was the first single to be released from Tanita Tikaram's fifth studio album Lovers In The City. This single peaked at #64 in UK. The song contains backing vocals by Jennifer Warnes...
", was released as lead single. A video for this single was filmed in Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. Two other tracks released on single are "Wonderful Shadow
Wonderful Shadow
"Wonderful Shadow" was the second single to be released from Tanita Tikaram's fifth studio album Lovers In The City. This single peaked at #198 in UK.- Releases :*Wonderful Shadow b-sides: You Have Lost Your Way?, Good Tradition...
" and "Yodelling Song
Yodelling Song
"Yodelling Song" was the third and last single to be released from Tanita Tikaram's fifth studioalbum Lovers In The City. The single was released only in some countries of continental Europe.- Releases :...
".
Track listing
All tracks composed by Tanita Tikaram- "I Might Be CryingI Might Be Crying"I Might Be Crying" was the first single to be released from Tanita Tikaram's fifth studio album Lovers In The City. This single peaked at #64 in UK. The song contains backing vocals by Jennifer Warnes...
" - "Bloodlines"
- "Feeding the Witches"
- "Happy Taxi"
- "My Love Tonight"
- "Lovers in the City"
- "Yodelling SongYodelling Song"Yodelling Song" was the third and last single to be released from Tanita Tikaram's fifth studioalbum Lovers In The City. The single was released only in some countries of continental Europe.- Releases :...
" - "Wonderful ShadowWonderful Shadow"Wonderful Shadow" was the second single to be released from Tanita Tikaram's fifth studio album Lovers In The City. This single peaked at #198 in UK.- Releases :*Wonderful Shadow b-sides: You Have Lost Your Way?, Good Tradition...
" - "Women Who Cheat on the World"
- "Leaving the Party"
Personnel
- Tanita Tikaram - guitar, vocals
- David LindleyDavid Lindley (musician)David Perry Lindley is an American musician who is notable for his work with Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon, and other rock musicians. He has worked extensively in other genres as well, performing with artists as varied as Curtis Mayfield and Dolly Parton...
- guitar - Jennifer WarnesJennifer WarnesJennifer Jean Warnes is an American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. She is known for her interpretations of compositions written by herself and many others, as well as an extensive playlist as a vocalist on movie soundtracks.Between 1979 and 1987 Warnes surpassed Frank Sinatra as...
- background vocals, chant - John Beasley - piano
- Jim KeltnerJim KeltnerJames Lee "Jim" Keltner is an American drummer known primarily for his session work. He has contributed to the work of many well-known artists...
- drums - Sid Page - violin
- Don EdwardsDon Edwards (cowboy singer)Don Edwards is a cowboy singer and guitarist who plays Western music. He has recorded several albums, two of which, Guitars & Saddle Songs and Songs of the Cowboy, are included in the Folklore Archives of the Library of Congress...
- yodelling - Larry Corbett - cello
- Chris Davis - saxophone
- Michael Fisher - percussion, ocarina, sound effects, lujon, brass arrangement
- Paul Kegg - cello
- Michael LandauMichael LandauMichael Landau is a prolific session musician and guitarist who has played on a large number of albums since the early 1980s with artists as varied as Seal, James Taylor, Helen Watson, Richard Marx, Steve Perry, Pink Floyd and Miles Davis...
- electric guitar - Noel Langley - trumpet
- Chris Laurence - bass
- Helen LiebmannHelen LiebmannHelen Liebmann was a founding member of the avant garde music group Penguin Café Orchestra in 1973. A cellist, she studied at the Royal Academy of Music. In addition to playing cello with a number of different ensembles, she is also a practising music therapist.-References:...
- cello - The London Session Orchestra - strings
- Martin Loveday - cello
- Thomas NewmanThomas NewmanThomas Montgomery Newman is an American composer and conductor, best known for his many film scores. He is one of the more respected and recognized composers for modern film and has scored over fifty feature films in a career which spans nearly three decades.Newman has received a total of ten...
- guitar, harmonica, piano, arranger, conductor, drum programming - J. Neil Sidwell - trombone
- Philip Todd - saxophone soloist
- Gavyn WrightGavyn WrightGavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London Session Orchestra and Penguin Cafe Orchestra, best known for his orchestral arrangements on pop productions as well as numerous TV and movie soundtracks Gavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London...
- arranger, conductor, viola, string & viola arrangements - Mark Creswell - guitar
- Rick Cox - guitar, drum programming
- Tony Pleeth - cello
- Suzie Katayama - cello
- Jimmy JohnsonJimmy Johnson (bassist)Jimmy Johnson is an American bass guitarist best known for his work with James Taylor, Allan Holdsworth, Lee Ritenour and Flim & the BB's...
- bass - "Syco" Steve Williams - bass, percussion, programming