Love and the Rus­si­an Winter

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Track List

  1. The Spir­it Of Life
  2. Ain’t That A Lot Of Love
  3. Your Eyes
  4. The Sky Is A Gypsy
  5. Back Into The Universe
  6. Words For Girlfriends
  7. Thank You
  8. Man Made The Gun
  9. Close To You
  10. More Than A Dream
  11. Wave The Old World Goodbye
Release Inform­a­tion
Released: Novem­ber 1999

CD — EW 3984–29942‑2
Cas­sette — EW 3984–29942‑4
Vinyl — EW 3984–29942‑1
Mini-Disc — EW 3984–29942‑8

Released: Octo­ber 2008
Spe­cial Edi­tion — 2564–69358‑5
Includes bonus tracks — more info here

Ori­gin­al Credits

It is love who emp­ties us of the spir­it of estrange­ment and fills us with the spir­it of kin­ship; who makes pos­sible such mutu­al inter­course as this; who presides over fest­ivals, dances, sac­ri­fices; who bestows good-humour and ban­ishes sur­li­ness; whose gift is the gift of good-will and nev­er of ill-will. He is eas­ily entreated and of great kind­ness; con­tem­plated by the wise, admired by the gods; coveted by men who posses him not, the treas­ure of those who are blessed by his pos­ses­sion; fath­er of dainti­ness, del­ic­acy, volup­tu­ous­ness, all graces, long­ing, and desire; care­ful of the hap­pi­ness of good men, care­less of the fate of the bad; in toil, in fear, in desire, in speech the best pilot, sol­dier, com­rade, saviour; author of order in heav­en and earth; love­li­est and best of all lead­ers of song, whom it behoves every man to fol­low singing his praise, and bear­ing his part in that melody where­with he casts a spell over the minds of all gods and all men. Aga­thon 416 B.C.
Excerpt from ‘Sym­posi­um’ — Plato

Vocals: Mick Hucknall
Back­ing Vocals: Dee John­son, Sarah Brown, Mick Hucknall
Gui­tars: Kenji Suzuki, Mark Jaimes, Greg Bone
Bass: Gota Yashiki, Andy Wright, Wayne Stob­bart, Tim Vine
Key­boards: Tim Vine, Andy Wright, Dom T, Aiden Love, Phil­lipe Man­jard, James Wiltshire
Drums: Gota Yashiki, Geoff Holroyde
Sax­o­phones: Ian Kirkham
Trom­bone: John Johnson
Sax­o­phone and Flute: Chris De Margary
Trum­pet: Kev­in Robinson

AGM are Andy Wright, Gota Yashiki, Mick Hucknall
Pro­duced by AGM. Horn arrange­ments by M

Pro­gram­ming: Ned Douglas, James Wilt­shire. Andy Wright, Gota Yashiki
Pro­gram­ming and addi­tion­al pro­duc­tion on ‘Your Eyes’: Merv Pearson
Record­ing engin­eers: Alan Douglas, John Lee, Al Clay, Matt White, James Wilt­shire, Mak Togashi Assist­ant engin­eers: Mak Togashi, Matt Taite, Andy Saun­ders, Matt White, Emily Crack­nell, Josh T Stu­di­os: West­point, London/Metropolis, London/Town House, London
Mastered by Kev­in Met­calfe at Sound­mas­ters, London

Ori­gin­al art­work concept by Mick Hucknall
Band pho­to­graphy by Rick Guest
Digit­al vir­tu­al envir­on­ments by Lost In Space
Pho­to­graph­ic treat­ment by Idea and Peacock
Art­work by Peacock

Mick Huck­nall wears Krizia

World­wide rep­res­ent­a­tion Silent Way Ltd
USA rep­res­ent­a­tion So What Media & Man­age­ment Inc
All tracks used by kind per­mis­sion of the publishers