''Alone with Everybody'' is the first solo album by English singer-songwriter Richard Ashcroft, released via Hut Records in June 2000 (see 2000 in British music). The songs " A Song for the Lovers", "

C'mon People (We're Making It Now) "C'mon People (We're Making It Now)" is a song by English singer-songwriter Richard Ashcroft, included as the 10th track on his 2000 debut solo album, ''Alone with Everybody''. Released on 11 September 2000 (Ashcroft's 29th birthday) as the thi ...

" and "New York" were initially recorded with the Verve for their 1997 album '' Urban Hymns'', but were never released.

Release and reception

Upon its release, critical response to ''Alone with Everybody'' was generally positive. '' NME'' concluded its review by stating that "Ashcroft's newly discovered stability has done nothing to blunt his powers of communication or reduce his belief in the apocalyptic potential of music". At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 70, based on 20 reviews.

Track listing

All lyrics and music by Richard Ashcroft. #" A Song for the Lovers" – 5:26 #"I Get My Beat" – 6:02 #"Brave New World" – 5:59 #"New York" – 5:30 #"You on My Mind in My Sleep" – 5:06 #"Crazy World" – 4:57 #"On a Beach" – 5:09 #" Money to Burn" – 6:15 #"Slow Was My Heart" – 3:44 #"

" – 5:03 #"Everybody" – 6:34 ;Bonus tracks #

"Leave Me High" – 5:22 #"XXYY" – 4:24 *The two bonus tracks feature on the Japanese version of the album and were originally released as B-sides for the UK single "Money to Burn".

Personnel

* Richard Ashcroft – co-producer, vocals, guitar, percussion, keyboards, piano,

mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. A ...

organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

, melodica

Additional musicians

* Peter Salisbury – drums * Pino Palladino – bass *Steve Sidelnyk – percussion, programming, drums *

Chuck Leavell Charles Alfred Leavell (born April 28, 1952) is an American musician. A member of the Allman Brothers Band throughout their commercial zenith in the 1970s, he subsequently became a founding member of the band Sea Level. He has served as the pri ...

– piano, Hammond organ *Duncan Mackay – trumpet *Lucinda Barry –

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...

*Teena Lyle – vibes * Chris Potter – bass *Jim Hunt – saxophone,

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

*Jane Pickles – flute *Anna Noakes – flute *

Judd Lander Judd Lander (born 1 March 1948) is an English harmonicist. Originally from Liverpool, Lander was previously a member of the band The Hideaways. He has experienced success as a prolific session musician, record industry executive, and company dire ...

– harmonica *

B. J. Cole Brian John Cole is an English pedal steel guitarist, who has long been active as a session and solo musician. Coming to prominence in the early 1970s with the band Cochise, Cole has played in many styles, ranging from mainstream pop and rock to ...

–

pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a Console steel guitar, console-type of steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings to enable playing more varied and complex music than any previous steel guitar design. Like all s ...

* Kate Radley – keyboards *Craig Wagstaff –

congas The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest) ...

*Philip D Todd – saxophone * Nigel Hitchcock – saxophone * Jamie Talbot – baritone saxophone *John Barclay – trumpet *Stuart Brooks – trumpet * Will Malone – brass arrangement, string arrangement, conducting *The London Session Orchestra – strings *The London Community Gospel Choir – vocals **Samantha Smith, Leonard Meade, Vernetta Meade, Michelle-John Douglas, Donovan Lawrence, Irene Myrtle Forrester

Technical personnel

* Chris Potter – producer

Release details

References

External links

* *

Billboard.com – Discography – Richard Ashcroft – Alone with Everybody ''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music ...

at ''

Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...

''.com {{Authority control Richard Ashcroft albums 2000 debut albums Albums produced by Chris Potter (record producer) Hut Records albums Virgin Records albums