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Julia Fordham East West

East West

Julia Fordham

Credits

Virgin Records
12 August 1997

Produced by Michael Brook & Julia Fordham.
Recorded and mixed by Jeff DeMorris (except for "East West" and "Stay": recorded by Michael Brook at Hybrid, San Francisco).
"Extra special thanks firstly to Michael Brook for, well, everything."

Art direction by Robbie Cavoline & Julia Fordham.
Photography by Lisa Peardon.

Tracks

  1. Killing Me Slowly
    (Fordham)
    5'30
    • Mauricio Lewak: Drums
    • Kevin McCormick: Bass
    • Lenny Castro: Percussion
    • Julia Fordham: Acoustic guitar
    • David Clifton: Electric guitar
    • Michael Brook: Infinite guitar
    • Paul PJ Moore: Keyboards
  2. East West
    (Fordham)
    4'03
    • Recorded by Michael Brook at Hybrid, San Francisco
    • Mixed by Michael Brook and Julia Fordham
    • Michael Brook: arrangements and programming, infinite
    • guitar and keyboards
    • Kevin McCormick: Bass
    • Jason Lewis: Percussion
  3. Stay
    (Fordham)
    4'52
    • Recorded by Michael Brook at Hybrid, San Francisco
    • Mixed by Michael Brook and Julia Fordham
    • Kevin McCormick: Bass
    • Jason Lewis: Percussion
    • Michael Brook: infinite guitar and keyboards
  4. I Want You to Call Me Baby
    (Fordham)
    3'50
    • Mauricio Lewak: Drums
    • Kevin McCormick: Bass
    • Lenny Castro: Percussion
    • David Clifton: Electric guitar
    • Jeff Young: Piano and keyboards
  5. My Last Goodbye
    (Fordham)
    3'19
    • Recorded at Ocean Way, Los Angeles and Hybrid, San Francisco
    • Mauricio Lewak: Drums
    • Kevin McCormick: Bass
    • Lenny Castro: Percussion
    • David Clifton & Michael Brook: Guitars
    • Jeff Young: Wurlitzer
  6. More Than I Can Bear
    (Fordham)
    3'48
    • Judith Owen: Piano
  7. I Can Tell You Anything
    (Fordham)
    3'35
    • Mauricio Lewak: Drums
    • Kevin McCormick: Bass
    • David Clifton: Acoustic and electric guitars
    • James Fearnley: Accordion
    • Jeff Young: Keyboards
  8. Wishing You Well
    (Fordham)
    3'37
    • Mauricio Lewak: Drums
    • Kevin McCormick: Bass
    • Lenny Castro: Percussion
    • Julia Fordham: Acoustic guitars
    • David Clifton: Electric guitar
    • Martin Tillman: Cello
  9. Magic
    (Fordham)
    2'55
    • Lenny Castro: Shaker
    • David Clifton & Julia Fordham: Acoustic guitars
  10. Fat Lady
    (Fordham)
    4'55
    • Mauricio Lewak: Drums
    • Kevin McCormick: Bass
    • David Clifton: Guitars
    • Paul PJ Moore: Keyboards
    • James Fearnley: Accordion

Notes

The track "East West" was released as a single in Japan.

Images

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Related

Julia Fordham Collection