Hymns to the Silence

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Professional Jealousy
  3:46
  1.0 ★
• 2
  I'm Not Feeling It Anymore
  6:36
  2.0 ★
• 3
  Ordinary Life
  3:34
  1.0 ★
• 4
  Some Peace of Mind
  6:27
  1.0 ★
• 5
  So Complicated
  3:22
  1.0 ★
• 6
  I Can't Stop Loving You
  3:58
  1.0 ★
• 7
  Why Must I Always Explain?
  3:53
  1.0 ★
• 8
  Village Idiot
  3:16
  1.0 ★
• 9
  See Me Through, Part II (Just a Closer Walk with Thee)
  3:13
  1.0 ★
• 10
  Take Me Back
  9:09
  1.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  By His Grace
  2:37
  1.0 ★
• 2
  All Saints Day
  2:32
  1.0 ★
• 3
  Hymns to the Silence
  9:43
  2.0 ★
• 4
  On Hyndford Street
  5:21
  1.0 ★
• 5
  Be Thou My Vision
  3:51
  1.0 ★
• 6
  Carrying a Torch
  4:28
  1.0 ★
• 7
  Green Mansions
  3:42
  1.0 ★
• 8
  Pagan Streams
  3:40
  1.0 ★
• 9
  Quality Street
  3:59
  1.0 ★
• 10
  It Must Be You
  4:11
  2.0 ★
• 11
  I Need Your Kind of Loving
  4:30
  1.0 ★

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Release credits

• Bill Smith Studio
  art direction, design
• Candy Dulfer
  alto saxophone [2.10, 1.4-5], solo [5]
• Carol Kenyon
  background vocals [1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8-9, 2.1-3, 2.5-6, 2.9-11]
• Charles Dickins
  photography
• Dave Early
  drums (drum set) [2.1-3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.9-11, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6, 1.10], percussion [2, 4]
• Derek Bell
  synthesizer [4, 7]
• Eddie Friel
  organ [3], piano [1.2, 1.6, 2.7], synthesizer [5]
• Fiachra Trench
  instrument arranger [1.8, 2.6, 2.10]
• Gavyn Wright
  strings [2.6, 2.10, 1.8]
• Georgie Fame
  background vocals [1.5-7, 2.1-2], organ [2.1-3, 2.7, 2.9-11, 1.2-6, 1.9-10], piano [1.4-5, 2.1, 2.9, 2.11]
• Haji Ahkba
  flugelhorn [5]
• Ian Cooper
  mastering
• Kate St John
  cor anglais [2.7, 1.8]
• Katie Kissoon
  background vocals [2.3, 2.6, 2.10, 1.2, 1.4, 1.9]
• Lorraine Francis
  assistant
• Martin Hayles
  recording [10]
• Michael Butterworth
  assistant
• Mick Glossop
  mix [1.1-9, 2.1-11], recording
• Neil Drinkwater
  accordion [7-8], piano [1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7-9, 2.2-3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10], synthesizer [1.1, 1.10, 2.3, 2.6]
• Nicky Scott
  bass [1.1-9, 2.1-3, 2.5-11]
• Nigel Davis
  assistant
• Paul Robinson
  drums (drum set) [1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.7-9, 2.6, 2.8]
• Steve Gregory
  baritone saxophone [4-5], flute [1.7, 2.11]
• Steve Pearce
  bass [10]
• The Chieftains
  flute [1.6, 2.5], piano [5], synthesizer [6], violin [1.6, 2.5], whistle [1.6, 2.5]
• Valerie Phillips
  photography
• Van Morrison
  acoustic guitar [2.1-3, 2.11, 1.4, 1.6, 1.8], alto saxophone [5], electric guitar [1.1-3, 1.7, 1.10, 2.5, 2.7, 2.10], harmonica [3, 10], lead vocals, producer
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  Hymns to the Silence

  2x CD
  24 September 1991
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  Hymns to the Silence

  2x CD
  19 November 1991
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  Hymns to the Silence

  2x 12" Vinyl
  1991
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  Hymns to the Silence

  2x CD
  1991
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  Hymns to the Silence

  2x CD
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  Hymns to the Silence

  2x Digital Media