Porcelain (Julia Fordham album)
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Released1989
Studio
- MasterRock
- Miraval
- The Fallout Shelter
- The Townhouse
Producer
- Julia Fordham
- Kevin Maloney
- Grant Mitchell
- Hugh Padgham
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Porcelain is the second studio album by the English singer-songwriter Julia Fordham, released in 1989. It became Fordham's highest-charting album in both the UK Albums Chart and US Billboard 200, peaking at numbers 13 and 74 respectively.[3][4]
The track "Lock and Key" was released as lead single and reached number 80 in the UK Singles Chart.[3] Follow up UK singles released were "Genius" (which was also released as an extended 12" single) and the double A-side "Girlfriend" / "Manhattan Skyline". "Manhattan Skyline" was released as a US single and reached #40 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[5]
All tracks are written by Julia Fordham.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Lock and Key" | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Porcelain" | 5:38 |
| 3. | "Girlfriend" | 4:39 |
| 4. | "For You Only for You" | 3:53 |
| 5. | "Genius" | 6:19 |
| 6. | "Did I Happen to Mention?" | 4:18 |
| 7. | "Towerblock" | 3:51 |
| 8. | "Island" | 4:41 |
| 9. | "Your Lovely Face" | 4:30 |
| 10. | "Prince of Peace" | 3:52 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 10. | "China Blue" | 3:16 |
| 11. | "Prince of Peace" | 3:52 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Manhattan Skyline" | 4:51 |
| 7. | "Did I Happen to Mention?" | 4:18 |
| 8. | "Towerblock" | 3:51 |
| 9. | "Island" | 4:41 |
| 10. | "Your Lovely Face" | 4:30 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 6. | "Manhattan Skyline" | 4:51 |
| 7. | "Did I Happen to Mention?" | 4:18 |
| 8. | "Towerblock" | 3:51 |
| 9. | "Island" | 4:41 |
| 10. | "Your Lovely Face" | 4:30 |
| 11. | "China Blue" | 3:16 |
| 12. | "Prince of Peace" | 3:52 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Lock and Key" (radio edit) | 4:22 |
| 2. | "Home" | 3:53 |
| 3. | "Genius" (radio edit) | 4:10 |
| 4. | "Porcelain" (radio edit) | 4:07 |
| 5. | "Manhattan Skyline" (7″ version) | 4:09 |
| 6. | "Island" (alternate version) | 3:34 |
| 7. | "Genius" (extended version) | 7:14 |
| 8. | "Manhattan Skyline" (edit) | 3:35 |
Personnel
- Arran Ahmun – drums
- Tom Baker – mastering
- Miles Bould – percussion
- Dave Cliff – guitar
- Graham Dickson – engineer
- Julia Fordham – arranger, guitar, primary artist, producer, vocal arrangement, background vocals
- David Green – double bass
- Manu Katché – drums, guest artist
- Kim Knott – photography
- Diane B.J. Koné – assistant engineer
- Ingmar Koné – assistant engineer
- Kevin Maloney – engineer, producer
- Dominic Miller – bass, drum programming, engineer, guitar, keyboards, programming
- Grant Mitchell – arranger, guitar, keyboards, piano, producer, string arrangements
- Hugh Padgham – engineer, mixing, producer
- Bill Padley – engineer
- Pino Palladino – bass, guest artist
- Kate St. John – oboe
- Alan Stone – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Alan Thomson – bass
- Cristina Viera – translation
- Helen Woodward – assistant engineer
- Taj Wyzgowski – guitar
