London Town 1983–1993

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1: Soul Mining
• 1
  I’ve Been Waiting for Tomorrow (All of My Life)
  5:45
  4.0 ★
• 2
  This Is the Day
  5:00
  3.7 ★
• 3
  The Sinking Feeling
  3:43
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Uncertain Smile
  6:53
  3.5 ★
• 5
  The Twilight Hour
  5:57
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Soul Mining
  4:50
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Giant
  9:34
  4.5 ★
• Digital Media 2: Infected
• 1
  Infected
  4:48
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Out of the Blue (Into the Fire)
  5:07
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Heartland
  5:07
  3.8 ★
• 4
  Angels of Deception
  4:38
  3.4 ★
• 5
  Sweet Bird of Truth
  5:23
• 6
  Slow Train to Dawn
  4:14
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Twilight of a Champion
  4:22
  1.5 ★
• 8
  The Mercy Beat
  7:23
  2.0 ★
• Digital Media 3: Mind Bomb
• 1
  Good Morning Beautiful
  7:31
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Armageddon Days (Are Here Again)
  5:40
  5.0 ★
• 3
  The Violence of Truth
  5:40
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Kingdom of Rain
  5:53
  5.0 ★
• 5
  The Beat(en) Generation
  3:08
  4.0 ★
• 6
  August & September
  5:45
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Gravitate to Me
  8:09
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Beyond Love
  4:22
  4.0 ★
• Digital Media 4: Dusk
• 1
  True Happiness This Way Lies
  3:10
• 2
  Love Is Stronger Than Death
  4:38
• 3
  Dogs of Lust
  3:08
• 4
  This Is the Night
  3:50
• 5
  Slow Emotion Replay
  3:54
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Helpline Operator
  4:48
• 7
  Sodium Light Baby
  3:44
• 8
  Lung Shadows
  4:35
• 9
  Bluer Than Midnight
  3:43
• 10
  Lonely Planet
  5:26

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Release credits

• Ambrosian Singers
  choir vocals [2]
• Andrew Blake
  saxophone [7]
• Andrew Poppy
  additional [7], brass [7], conductor [6], strings [6]
• Andy Duncan
  drums (drum set) [2, 4, 6]
• Anna Domino
  additional [5], guest [5]
• Anne Dudley
  brass [8], conductor [8]
• Anne Stephenson
  violin [5]
• Ashley Slater
  trombone [2.7, 3.7]
• Astarti String Orchestra
  instrument [2-3], strings [2]
• Barbara Milne
  assistant [5, 7]
• Barry Clempson
  assistant [1-3, 6]
• Bashiri Johnson
  percussion [5]
• Bob Mintzer
  saxophone [5]
• Bruce Lampcov
  mix [4.1-10, 3.7], producer [1-10], recording [1-10]
• Camelle Hinds
  bass guitar [1, 4-5, 7]
• Chris White
  tenor saxophone [1]
• D.C. Collard
  Hammond organ [2]
• Dai Pritchard
  bass clarinet [6]
• Dan Brown
  bass guitar [1], electric bass guitar [2]
• Danny Cummings
  congas [4], percussion [6-8]
• Danny Thompson
  double bass [6]
• Dave Clayton
  bass synthesizer [6]
• Dave Powell
  mix [3]
• Dave de Fries
  trumpet [7]
• David Palmer
  drums (drum set) [2.1-4, 2.6, 2.8, 3.1-7, 4.2, 4.5]
• Esme Livesey
  other vocals [1]
• Felix Kendall
  mix [1-2, 4-6, 8], recording [1-8]
• Gary Langan
  engineer [4, 8], producer [4, 8]
• Gary Mobeley
  other instruments [8]
• Gavyn Wright
  concertmaster [2], fiddle [2], instrument [2-3]
• Geoff Foster
  assistant [1-8], background vocals [5]
• Guy Barker
  flugelhorn [2], trumpet [1]
• Hilary Storer
  oboe [6]
• J.G. Thirlwell
  percussion [7]
• JP Baptiste
  assistant [1-8]
• James Eller
  acoustic bass guitar [2], bass guitar [3.1, 3.3-8, 4.2-3, 4.5]
• Jamie Talbot
  saxophone [6]
• Jeff Clyne
  acoustic bass guitar [2, 4]
• Jeremy Meek
  bass guitar [3]
• John Eacott
  flugelhorn [8]
• John Edcott
  trumpet [7]
• John McCarthy
  chorus master [2]
• John Thirkell
  trumpet [6]
• Johnny Marr
  additional [5], background vocals [3.5, 4.5], electric guitar [4.3, 4.5, 3.1, 3.3-8], harmonica [3.5, 4.2-3, 4.5]
• Jools Holland
  piano [4]
• Judd Lander
  harmonica [3]
• Karen Down
  assistant [1-8]
• Luís Jardim
  percussion [1-4, 8]
• Mark Feltham
  harmonica [1, 3, 5]
• Mark Robinson
  assistant [1-3, 6]
• Martin McCarrick
  cello [5]
• Matt Howe
  additional [1-8], assistant [4, 8]
• Matt Johnson
  acoustic guitar [4.1-2, 4.5, 3.4-5], background vocals [5], bass [8], electric guitar [3.2, 3.7, 4.3, 4.5], guitar [2.1-8, 1.3-4, 1.6, 3.8], instrument [1-7], keyboard [1.2-7, 3.4, 3.7, 2.1-8], lead vocals [3.5, 4.1-3, 4.5, 1.7], marimba [7], melodica [4.2, 3.7], other instruments [3], other vocals [7], percussion [1.1-6, 2.2, 4.5], piano [1.1, 3.1], producer [2.1-3, 2.5-7, 1.1-7, 4.1-10, 3.1-8], synthesizer [1], tape [1], vocal [3.1-4, 3.6-8, 1.1-6, 2.1-8]
• Michael Johnson
  engineer [5, 7]
• Neneh Cherry
  additional [6], guest [6]
• Noel Rafferty
  assistant [1-8]
• Pandit Dinesh
  percussion [1]
• Paul Boyle
  fiddle [2]
• Paul Hardiman
  mix [1-7], other vocals [7], producer [1-7], recording [1-7]
• Pedro Haldemann
  bongos [4], percussion [7]
• Pete Beachill
  trombone [2]
• Peter Woodruffe
  assistant [1-3, 6]
• Phil Todd
  tenor saxophone [1]
• Pip Eastop
  French horn [7]
• Roli Mosimann
  additional [1-8], percussion [5], producer [2.5, 2.7, 3.3, 3.6-8], programming [5, 7]
• Sarah Homer
  clarinet [6]
• Sinéad O’Connor
  additional [4], guest [4], lead vocals [4], vocal [4]
• Steve Aitken
  trombone [7]
• Steve Brown
  electric bass guitar [4]
• Steve Hogarth
  piano [3]
• Steve Peck
  engineer [5, 7]
• Steve Reece
  assistant [5, 7]
• Stuart James
  additional [1-8]
• Tessa Niles
  additional [2], background vocals [1-3]
• The Croquets
  background vocals [4, 8]
• The Deaf Section
  brass [8]
• Thomas Leer
  bass synthesizer [7], solo [1], synthesizer [1, 5]
• Vinnie Colaiuta
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Warne Livesey
  acoustic guitar [4-5], additional [1-8], arranger [2-3], background vocals [2.3, 3.5], banjo [2], bass guitar [3], engineer [1-3, 5-7], keyboard [1, 4], mix [4, 8], organ [6], other vocals [2], producer [2.1-3, 2.6, 3.1-2, 3.4-5], strings [2]
• Wellard Walsh
  assistant [1-8]
• Wix
  Hammond organ [3-4, 8], accordion [1.2, 3.5], piano [5-6, 8]
• Zeke Manyika
  background vocals [1, 3], drums (drum set) [1, 5, 7], other vocals [7]
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Issues

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  London Town 1983–1993

  5x CD
  July 2002
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  London Town 1983–1993

  4x Digital Media
  22 November 2007