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Julia Fordham
Julia Fordham
S.T.
Style: Pop
Label: Circa
Catalog Number: CIRCA 4
Released: 1988
The self-titled debut album by the lovely British contralto Julia Fordham is an underrated sophisti-pop classic featuring introspective songwriting and smooth digital production. Recommended for fans of the Blue Nile and Sade, the album flows through moments of being a bit too polished on the pop spectrum, but the highlight “Happy Ever After” is a timeless tune that gets everything just right. Featuring a restrained percussion groove and DX7 bell harmonies, the track leaves it all for Fordham’s one-of-a-kind voice to shine gliding through incredibly sweet lows and soaring into higher registers.
Tracklist:
A1 Happy Ever After
A2 The Comfort Of Strangers
A3 Few Too Many
A4 Invisible War
A5 My Lover’s Keeper
A6 Cocooned
B1 Where Does The Time Go?
B2 Woman Of The 80’s
B3 The Other Woman
B4 Behind Closed Doors
B5 Unconditional Love
Credits:
Arranged By [All String, Brass, Keyboards] – Grant Mitchell
Bass – David Sinclair (6), Tony Levin
Brass [Section] – The New West Horns
Cello, Chapman Stick [Stick] – David Sinclair (6)
Conductor [Brass Section] – Joe Mardin
Drums – David Palmer, Omar Hakim
Engineer – Bill Padley, Hugh Padgham (tracks: A2, B2, B5)
Engineer [Assistant] – Croydon (tracks: A2, B2, B5), Howie Bernstein
Guitar – Antonio Forcione, Carlos Alomar, Michael Cozzi, Taj Wyzgowski
Keyboards – Grant Mitchell, Robbie Knodor*
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By – Hugh Padgham
Percussion – Bashiri Johnson, Luis Jardim
Producer – Bill Padley, Grant Mitchell, Hugh Padgham (tracks: A2, B2, B5), Julia Fordham
Programmed By – Bill Padley, Grant Mitchell
Soloist, Brass, Saxophone – Andy Snitzer
Soloist, Brass, Trombone – Ashley Stalter*
Soloist, Brass, Trumpet, Flugelhorn [Flugel Horn] – Noel Langley
Vocals [Additional] – Afrodiziak, Angie Giles, Grant Mitchell, Julia Fordham, Robin Clark (2)
Vocals [Additional], Performer [Afrodiziak] – Caron Wheeler, Claudia Fontaine, Naomi Osborne
Vocals [Featured] – Bill Padley (tracks: B1), John O’Kane (tracks: B1)
