Born (China Black album)
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| Born | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 27 February 1995[1] |
| Label | Polydor |
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Born is the only album by British pop-reggae duo China Black, consisting of singer Errol Reid and musician, songwriter and record producer Simon Fung. It was released on 27 February 1995[1] by Polydor Records and contains the duo's biggest hit single "Searching", which reached number four in the UK singles chart in August 1994,[3] plus the following two singles "Stars" (UK No. 19)[3] and "Almost See You (Somewhere)" (UK No. 31).[3]
All tracks written by Simon Fung.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Searching" | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Stars" | 4:16 |
| 3. | "Almost See You" | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Born" | 4:28 |
| 5. | "Own Way" | 3:52 |
| 6. | "Where" | 3:41 |
| 7. | "No Surprise" | 4:27 |
| 8. | "Sunrise" | 3:28 |
| 9. | "I Love Life" | 3:54 |
| 10. | "Child 'o' Nature" | 3:55 |
CD bonus tracks
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Searching" (Longsy D Remix) | 4:08 |
| 12. | "Stars" (Longsy D Remix) | 3:55 |
Personnel
Adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]
- Errol Reid – lead vocals (all tracks)
- Simon Fung – keyboards (all tracks)
Additional musicians
- Winston Blissett – bass guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6–12)
- Chris Ballin – backing vocals (all tracks)
- Tony Bryan – backing vocals (all tracks)
- Chezere – backing vocals (all tracks)
- Hazel Fernandez – backing vocals (all tracks)
- Dee Heron – backing vocals (all tracks)
- Stephen Hussey – strings arrangements, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6–12)
Technical
- Simon Fung – original production (all tracks)
- Mykaell S. Riley – producer (tracks 1–6, 8, 9)
- RONIN Inc. – additional production (tracks 7, 10)
- Sound Doctor – original production (track 2)
- Longsy D – producer (tracks 11, 12), engineer (tracks 11, 12)
- Jeremy Allom – engineer (tracks 1, 2, 6)
- Brian Tench – engineer (tracks 3, 4, 8, 9)
- Chris Potter – engineer (track 5)
- Steve Greenwell – vocal recording (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10–12)
- Tony Nwachukwu – programming (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6–12)
- Simon Fowler – photography
- Stylorouge – design