Certain Shades of Limelight

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Living Return
• 1
  Better Make It Better
  6:54
• 2
  Don’t Let Yourself Down
  4:42
• 3
  Ordinary People
  6:22
• 4
  Mama Didn’t Raise No Fool
  5:11
• 5
  Don’t Give Up on a Good Thing
  3:44
• 6
  Making the Right Move
  10:32
• 7
  La La (Means I Love You)
  4:52
• 8
  Feel Free
  5:06
• 9
  Stop and Think It Over
  6:04
• 10
  That’s the Way It Goes
  4:43
• 11
  All in Your Mind
  4:13
• 12
  O pesadelo dos autores
  5:25
• 13
  Low Down Dirty Business
  5:18
• CD 2: Shapes and Patterns
• 1
  Somewhere in the World
  3:45
• 2
  Here and Now
  5:06
• 3
  We Could Make It Happen
  5:12
• 4
  Shapes and Patterns
  0:52
• 5
  Better Make It Better
  5:23
• 6
  Something Out of This World
  5:02
• 7
  Joe Meek’s Cat
  0:23
• 8
  Stoned Soul Picnic
  5:08
• 9
  You Already Know
  4:34
• 10
  Always
  5:05
• 11
  Now You’re Not Here
  4:36
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Icy Cold as Winter
  5:13
• 13
  Shapes and Patterns (reprise)
  1:23
• CD 3: Filth and Dreams
• 1
  Who’s Been Sleeping
  4:36
• 2
  Closer Than the Sun
  3:42
• 3
  Sugar Free
  4:29
• 4
  Filth and Dreams
  3:54
• 5
  Happy When You’re High
  5:34
• 6
  If I Had the Heart
  4:21
• 7
  When Morning Comes
  4:26
• 8
  Invisible
  3:58
• 9
  World Out of Control
  3:59
• 10
  Make You Stay
  3:57
• CD 4: Somewhere Deep in the Night
• 1
  Through the Sky
  3:55
• 2
  Will We Find Love?
  3:55
• 3
  Somewhere Deep in the Night
  4:29
  5.0 ★
• 4
  The Vital Thing
  2:48
• 5
  What Kind of Fool Are You?
  4:04
• 6
  Suspended in Time
  1:39
• 7
  Alpine Crossing
  3:07
• 8
  Fool Tag
  0:27
• 9
  Where the Hell Did I Go Wrong?
  4:10
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Non e vero ma ci credo
  4:08
• 11
  Touch Me Now
  3:56
• 12
  The Vital Thing – Take B
  2:27
• 13
  Where Do I Go?
  4:23
  5.0 ★
• 14
  Now Listen to Me
  3:30
• CD 5: Where Our Love Grows
• 1
  Love Won’t Let You Down
  4:19
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Where Our Love Grows
  3:54
  5.0 ★
• 3
  When the Laughter Is Over
  3:42
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Certain Shades of Limelight
  4:06
  4.0 ★
• 5
  From My Window
  4:41
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Caipirinha
  4:28
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Where Our Love Grows (a cappella)
  2:02
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Let the Stars Shine
  4:01
  5.0 ★
• 9
  We’ll Find a Place
  4:01
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Happy Ending
  4:14
  4.0 ★
• 11
  La Source
  3:40
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Love Won’t Let You Down (More Love)
  4:01
  5.0 ★
• CD 6: The Big Elsewhere
• 1
  Now You’re Not Here (vocal mix)
  4:46
• 2
  Now You’re Not Here (Daddy Macks Back)
  3:54
• 3
  Now You’re Not Here (Da‐Li‐Da)
  2:14
• 4
  Now You’re Not Here (So Low)
  3:12
• 5
  Now You’re Not Here (Water and Water)
  5:00
• 6
  Now You’re Not Here (Desolate Shores)
  3:54
• 7
  Now You’re Not Here (Deep Siesta)
  2:13
• 8
  Now You’re Not Here (instrumental)
  5:09
• 9
  Now You’re Not Here (TV mix)
  2:48
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Now You’re Not Here (Cool mix)
  4:33
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Now You’re Not Here (original karaoke)
  4:36
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Now You’re Not Here (Passion Fruit mix)
  5:03
• 13
  Now You’re Not Here (original single mix)
  4:44
  5.0 ★
• CD 7: Excursions and Versions
• 1
  La La (Means I Love You) (Self Anointing version)
  4:46
• 2
  La La (Means I Love You) (U.S. mix with flute)
  4:20
• 3
  La La (Means I Love You) (UK edit w/guitar solo)
  3:59
• 4
  La La (Means I Love You) (U.S. mix with trumpet)
  4:15
• 5
  Better Make It Better (Eastside Connection)
  7:44
• 6
  Better Make It Better (Ten Men mix)
  6:02
• 7
  Better Make It Better (acappella mix)
  5:39
• 8
  Heaven Only Knows (Little Piece of Heaven mix)
  4:10
• 9
  Heaven Only Knows (Too Much Heaven mix)
  4:58
• 10
  Somewhere in the World (Circle & Square mix)
  3:48
• 11
  Somewhere in the World (instrumental)
  3:48
• 12
  Somewhere in the World (original karaoke)
  3:48
• 13
  We Could Make It Happen (instrumental)
  5:19
• 14
  We Could Make It Happen (original karaoke)
  5:19
• 15
  We Could Make It Happen (What’s Happening mix)
  5:15
• CD 8: More Excursions and Versions…
• 1
  Who’s Been Sleeping (Parabolica mix)
  3:00
• 2
  Alpine Crossing (Gravallax mix)
  5:10
• 3
  Alpine Crossing (a cappella mix)
  1:13
• 4
  Alpine Crossing (extended mix)
  4:00
• 5
  Waters of March (single)
  4:10
• 6
  La La (Means I Love You) (edit)
  3:59
• 7
  Better Make It Better (edit)
  3:51
• 8
  Better Make It Better (radio edit)
  3:40
• 9
  Better Make It Better (edit)
  4:22
• 10
  Ordinary People (edit)
  4:40
• 11
  Mama Didn’t Raise No Fool (edit)
  3:53
• 12
  Making the Right Move (edit)
  4:41
• 13
  Stop and Think It Over (edit)
  4:46
• 14
  All in Your Mind (edit)
  3:56
• 15
  Through the Sky (single edit)
  3:05
• 16
  Somewhere Deep in the Night (radio edit)
  3:58
• 17
  Love Won’t Let You Down (radio edit)
  3:38

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Release credits

• Andrew Small
  drums (drum set) [1-2, 5]
• Andy Connell
  arranger [1-13], keyboard [6.1-8, 1.1-13, 2.1-13]
• Anton Drewery
  guitar [13]
• Beverley Skeete
  vocal [10]
• Bill Reichenbach, Jr.
  trombone [1, 4, 9, 13]
• Chris Manis
  percussion [1-13]
• Corinne Drewery
  illustration, arranger [1-13], drums (drum set) [3], lead vocals [3.1-10, 2.1-6, 2.8-13, 4.1-3, 4.5, 4.9, 4.11, 4.13, 5.1-3, 5.5, 5.7-8, 5.10, 5.12, 1.1-12], spoken vocals [4], vocal [6.1, 6.9-13, 8.5]
• Cürt Evans
  design
• Dah Len
  photography
• Danny Gluckstein
  programming [1-13]
• Derek Green
  additional [1, 4]
• Derick Johnson
  bass guitar [1-13]
• Erica Harrold
  additional [1-5, 7-8]
• Fayyaz Virji
  trombone [3, 6]
• Frank Campbell
  vocal arranger [10]
• Gary Grant
  flugelhorn [1, 4, 9, 13], trumpet [1, 4, 9, 13]
• Gary Plumley
  saxophone [5, 7]
• Gavyn Wright
  conductor [1-2, 8]
• Gersende Giorgio
  spoken vocals [6]
• James Martin
  photography
• Jamie Cullam
  additional [1-13], assistant [1-13], task [1-13]
• Jerry Hey
  brass [1, 4, 9, 13], flugelhorn [1, 4, 9, 13], trumpet [1, 4, 9, 13]
• Jody Linscott
  percussion [1-14]
• John Earls
  liner notes
• John Thirkell
  trumpet [2, 5, 7]
• Lance Ellington
  vocal [10]
• Larry Williams
  saxophone [1, 4, 9, 13]
• Luke Gifford
  assistant [1-13], task [1-13]
• Luís Jardim
  bass guitar [1-13], percussion [1-13]
• Mark McGuire
  mix [1.1-6, 1.8-13, 7.1, 7.3], recording [7.1, 7.3, 1.7], task [7]
• Matt Backer
  guitar [1.7, 4.5]
• Miriam Stockley
  vocal [10]
• Myke Wilson
  additional [3], drums (drum set) [1-13], solo [12], timbales [12]
• Nigel Hitchcock
  tenor saxophone [4, 12]
• Paul Staveley O’Duffy
  engineer [5.1-12, 6.1-8, 4.1-14], mix [3.1-10, 5.1-12], producer [6.1-11, 6.13, 2.1-13, 3.1-10, 5.1-12, 4.1-14], programming [1-10]
• Ray Hayden
  producer [8.7, 8.9-14, 1.1-6, 1.8-13], remixer [12], task [12]
• Richard Edwards
  trombone [3]
• Robin Smith
  additional [1-2, 8], strings [2]
• Snake Davis
  brass [3, 6], flute [3, 6], saxophone [3, 6]
• Sonja Phillips
  photography
• Steve Sidwell
  flugelhorn [3, 6], trumpet [3, 6]
• Swing Out Sister
  co [1.1-6, 1.8-13, 8.7, 8.9-14], phonographic copyright [8.17, 4.1-14, 5.1-12], producer [1.7, 7.1, 7.3]
• Sylvia Mason‐James
  additional [1-5, 7-8]
• The London Session Orchestra
  strings [1-2, 8]
• Tim Cansfield
  electric guitar [5, 7], guitar [1.1-6, 1.8-13, 2.1-13, 4.1-3, 4.7]
• Walter Briski, Jr.
  photography
• Yasmin Sarkic
  background vocals [4]
• akiko
  vocal [5]
• 小池修
  saxophone [11]
• 屋敷豪太
  drums (drum set) [1-13]
• 山本拓夫
  saxophone [11]
• 村田陽一
  bass trombone [11], brass [11], trombone [11]
• 荒木敏男
  flugelhorn [11], trumpet [11]
• 菅坡雅彦
  flugelhorn [11], trumpet [11]
• 髙桑英世
  flute [11]
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Issues

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  Certain Shades of Limelight

  8x CD
  18 July 2025