The Language of Life

~ Release by Everything but the Girl (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

2 × CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered

Annotation last modified on 2014-10-17 10:22 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD
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1Driving
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano and synthesizer:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
tenor saxophone:
Michael Brecker (American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist and composer) (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger:
Jerry Hey
synthesizer arranger:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Driving (in 1989)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:00
2Get Back Together
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano and synthesizer:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger and synthesizer arranger:
Jerry Hey
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Get Back Together (in 1989)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:57
3Meet Me in the Morning
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
flugelhorn:
Jerry Hey (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano:
Russell Ferrante (keyboardist) (in 1989) and Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
synthesizer:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger:
Jerry Hey
synthesizer arranger:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Meet Me in the Morning (in 1989)
writer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) and Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:50
4Me and Bobby D
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
electric guitar:
Michael Landau (in 1989) and Ben Watt (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano and synthesizer:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
tenor saxophone:
Kirk Whalum (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger:
Jerry Hey
synthesizer arranger:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA Records Ltd. (holding company based in the UK)
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Me and Bobby D (in 1989)
writer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) and Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:10
5The Language of Life
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano:
Joe Sample (in 1989) and Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
synthesizer:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger and synthesizer arranger:
Jerry Hey
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
The Language of Life (in 1989)
writer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) and Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:02
6Take Me
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
electric guitar:
Michael Landau (in 1989) and Ben Watt (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano:
Russell Ferrante (keyboardist) (in 1989) and Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
synthesizer:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
tenor saxophone:
Kirk Whalum (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
synthesizer arranger:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Take Me (in 1989)
writer:
Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
4:08
7Imagining America
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta (drummer) (in 1989) and Omar Hakim (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano and synthesizer:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
tenor saxophone:
Kirk Whalum (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger:
Jerry Hey
synthesizer arranger:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist)
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Imagining America (in 1989)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:59
8Letting Love Go
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
electric guitar:
Michael Landau (in 1989) and Ben Watt (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano and synthesizer:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
tenor saxophone:
Michael Brecker (American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist and composer) (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger and synthesizer arranger:
Jerry Hey
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Letting Love Go (in 1989)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:46
9My Baby Don’t Love Me
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
electric guitar:
Michael Landau (in 1989) and Ben Watt (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano and synthesizer:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger and synthesizer arranger:
Jerry Hey
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
My Baby Don’t Love Me (in 1989)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
33:42
10The Road
engineer:
Al Schmitt
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
assistant mixer:
Ken Allardyce
mixer:
Bill Schnee
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
Ben Watt (in 1989)
bass guitar:
John Patitucci (in 1989)
drums (drum set):
Omar Hakim (in 1989)
flugelhorn:
Jerry Hey (in 1989)
percussion:
Lenny Castro (in 1989)
piano:
Ben Watt (in 1989) and Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
synthesizer:
Larry Williams ([Jazz] keyboard, sax, flute & clarinet - Producer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist) (in 1989)
tenor saxophone:
Stan Getz (in 1989)
lead vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) (in 1989)
horn arranger and synthesizer arranger:
Jerry Hey
mixed at:
Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
The Road (in 1989)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
23:46
11Driving (Masters at Work Racing mix)
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
remixer:
Masters at Work (Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez & “Little” Louie Vega)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!)
remix of:
Driving by Everything but the Girl
recording of:
Driving
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
5:42
12Driving (Underdog vocal remix)
additional producer:
Underdog (UK breakbeat producer/remixer Trevor Jackson)
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
remixer:
Underdog (UK breakbeat producer/remixer Trevor Jackson)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd. (not for release label use!)
remix of:
Driving by Everything but the Girl
recording of:
Driving
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:16
13Take Me (Clifton mix)
cover recording of:
Take Me
writer:
Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
5:06
14Take Me (Clifton mix instrumental)
cover recording of:
Take Me
writer:
Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
4:46
15Take Me (Lee Hamblin remix)
additional producer:
Lee Hamblin
producer:
Tommy LiPuma
remixer:
Lee Hamblin
cover recording of:
Take Me
writer:
Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
6:21
16Take Me (Lee Hamblin Love mix)
recording of:
Take Me
writer:
Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
4:40
2▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Downtown Train
producer:
Ben Watt
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA Records Ltd. (holding company based in the UK)
cover recording of:
Downtown Train (from 1991-11 until 1992-03)
lyricist and composer:
Tom Waits
3:08
2Driving (acoustic)
producer:
Ben Watt
recording of:
Driving (from 1991-11 until 1992-03)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
2:27
3Imaging America (home demo)
recording of:
Imagining America
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:12
4Driving (home demo)
recording of:
Driving
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:38
5The Road (New York live demo)
live recording of:
The Road
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:48
6Meet Me in the Morning (New York live demo)
live recording of:
Meet Me in the Morning
writer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) and Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:41
7Will the Roof Fall In? (home demo)
recording of:
Will the Roof Fall In?
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
4:46
8Meet Me in the Morning (live)
live recording of:
Meet Me in the Morning (in 1990-10)
writer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) and Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:59
9The Road (live)
live recording of:
The Road (on 1990-10-17)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:09
10Driving (live)
recorded at:
Everything but the Girl at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK (1990-10-17)
live recording of:
Driving (on 1990-10-17)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:26
11Me and Bobby D (live)
recorded at:
Everything but the Girl at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK (1990-10-17)
live recording of:
Me and Bobby D (on 1990-10-17)
writer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) and Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
4:44
12Imagining America (live)
recorded at:
Everything but the Girl at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK (1990-10-17)
live recording of:
Imagining America (on 1990-10-17)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
6:12
13The Language of Life (live)
recorded at:
Everything but the Girl at Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK (1990-10-17)
live recording of:
The Language of Life (on 1990-10-17)
writer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl) and Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
5:40
14Letting Love Go (Michael Brecker final solo and alternatives, rough mixes)
recording of:
Letting Love Go
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
1:46
15Driving (Michael Becker final main solo and alternatives, rough mixes)
recording of:
Driving
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
1:58
16Driving (Michael Becker outro solo and alternative, rough mixes)
recording of:
Driving
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
2:33
17The Road (Stan Getz alternative whole take, rough mix)
recording of:
The Road
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd.
3:51

Credits

Release group

associated singles/EPs:Driving
Take Me
included in:Original Album Series
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/72675 [info]
Wikidata:Q7745461 [info]