Release and reception

Track listing

1. "Life's Too Short" – 4:01
2. "Sweetest Soul Sensations" – 3:29 (Broudie/Mark Cullen/Al Green
   Al Green
   Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...
   
   )
3. "If Only" – 4:54 (Broudie/Mike Pickering
   Mike Pickering
   Michael "Duncan" Pickering has DJed at The Haçienda's infamous "Nude" and "Hot" nights and later "Shine". He worked for Factory Records where he signed Happy Mondays, To Hell With Burgundy and James amongst others...
   
   )
4. "City Bright Stars" – 2:53 (Broudie/Stephen Jones)
5. "I Wish I Was in Love" – 3:25 (Broudie/Terry Hall
   Terry Hall (singer)
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   /Peter Green
   Peter Green (musician)
   Peter Green is a British blues-rock guitarist and the founder of the band Fleetwood Mac...
   
   )
6. "Happy Satellite" – 4:06 (Broudie/Cullen)
7. "Get It Right" – 3:24 (Broudie/Hall)
8. "Cigarettes & Lies" – 4:17
9. "Crowdpleaser" – 4:03 (Broudie/Cullen)
10. "Tales of the Riverbank" – 4:09
11. "Pussyfoot: Reprise" – 1:41
12. "All the Things" – 3:35

Personnel

• Ian Broudie
  Ian Broudie
  Ian Broudie is a British singer-songwriter, musician and record producer from Liverpool, England. After emerging from the post punk scene in Liverpool in the late 1970s as a member of Big in Japan, Broudie went on to form the short-lived groups Original Mirrors and Care in the early 1980s as well...
  
   – vocals, guitar, producer
• Martyn Campbell
  Martyn Campbell
  Martyn Campbell is an English bass guitarist from Liverpool, England. He is best known for his work with Rain, The Lightning Seeds, Richard Ashcroft, Wah! and Terry Hall...
  
   – bass, backing vocals
• Angie Pollack – piano, keyboards, backing vocals
• Zak Starkey
  Zak Starkey
  Zak Starkey is an English rock drummer. He is the son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and Starr's first wife Maureen Starkey Tigrett. He is also well known for his unofficial membership in the English rock band The Who, with whom he has performed and recorded since 1996. He is also the third...
  
   – drums

• Simon Rogers
  Simon Rogers
  Simon Rogers is a British musician and composer, notable for his chart success both as a musician and as a producer as well as for his considerable portfolio of television soundtrack work.-Biography:...
  
   – producer
• Tim Simenon
  Tim Simenon
  Tim Simenon is a musician, composer, record producer, and label boss, most famous for his work as Bomb the Bass.-Debut:Tim Simenon's music career began aproper in the mid 1980s, DJing at London's Wag Club...
  
   – producer, mixing
• Cutfather & Joe – additional producer, remixing
• Dave Bascombe – mixing
• Cenzo Townshend – engineer
• John Grey – engineer
• Kenny Patterson – engineer
• Mads Nilsson – engineer
• Joe Belmaati – programming

• Blue Source – design
• Natasha Michaels – artwork
• John Reid
  John Reid (music)
  John Reid is a Scottish manager and music industry figure, currently living and working in Australia.Between 1975 and 1978, Reid was the manager of British rock group Queen and Kevin Ayers...
  
   – management

Charts

Singles

External links