''Blue Planet'' is the second studio album by

Donna Lewis Donna Lewis is a British singer from Cardiff, Wales. She is best known for the 1996 pop hit single " I Love You Always Forever". Lewis teamed up with Richard Marx on the 1997 adult contemporary hit " At the Beginning" for the ''Anastasia'' so ...

released in 1998. Her single " I Could Be the One" was a top-10 hit in Austria. Released by

Atlantic Records Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over the course of its first two decades, starting from the release of its first recor ...

, it would the last album that she released with the label.

Track listing

All songs written by Donna Lewis, except where noted. #"Will Love Grow" (Lewis, John Allen) – 4:35 #" I Could Be the One" (Lewis, Gary Clark) – 3:46 #"Love Him" – 4:16 #"Blue Planet" – 4:50 #"Beauty & Wonder" – 3:17 #"Heaven Sent You" – 7:25 #"Harvest Moon" – 4:18 #"Falling" – 4:16 #"Lay Me Down" – 4:07 #"Unforgiven" – 2:45 #"Take Me Home" – 7:17 (includes a hidden instrumental outro track) #"10 Holy Nights" (Japanese bonus track) – 6:23

Personnel

* Donna Lewis – vocals, keyboards (1, 2, 5-9), acoustic piano (1, 9, 10), arrangements (3-11), string arrangements (8) *

David Sancious David Sancious (born November 30, 1953) is an American musician. He was an early member of Bruce Springsteen's backing group, the E Street Band, and contributed to the first three Springsteen albums, and again on '' Human Touch'' (1992), '' Tr ...

– keyboards (3), acoustic piano (3, 11), additional drum programming (9) *

Gerry Leonard Gerry Leonard (born 26 February 1962) is an Irish guitarist known for his harmonic and ambient guitar style and for his work with David Bowie, Suzanne Vega, Rufus Wainwright, Laurie Anderson, Duncan Sheik and many others. He has a solo projec ...

– guitars (1-3, 6-9, 11) * Gustavo Moratorio – additional guitars (1) * Bill Dillon – guitars (4) * Jimmy Smyth – guitars (10) * Tony Franklin – bass (1, 2, 4-11) * David Lowe – drum programming (1-3, 6, 7, 9), bass programming (3), spoken vocal (6), keyboard programming (9) * Ralph Salmins – drums (2, 8, 11) * Ronald Jones – drums (4) * Paul Waller – drum programming (5) *

Richard Niles Richard Niles is an American composer, arranger, record producer, guitarist, broadcaster, and journalist. Biography Early years Niles was born May 28, 1951, in Hollywood. He is the son of Tony Romano, a composer, singer, and guitarist who writ ...

– string conductor (8, 11), string arrangements (11) *

The London Session Orchestra The London Session Orchestra was a film, TV, and pop orchestra based in London. It was founded in 1993 and led by Gavyn Wright and is known for its work on movies such as ''Run Lola Run'' (1998) ''V for Vendetta'' (2005), and '' Mission: Impossibl ...

– strings (8, 11)

Production

* Jennifer Stark – A&R * Donna Lewis – producer * Gustavo Moratorio – engineer (1-3, 5-11) * Pierre Marchand – recording (4) * Steve Fitzmaurice – mixing * Robert Cattlemole – mix assistant * Conal Markey – mix assistant * Graham Massey – Pro Tools engineer, post-production *

Bob Ludwig Robert Carl Ludwig (born December 11, 1944), is a retired American mastering engineer. He mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists, including Led Zeppeli ...

– mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) * Chris Levine – lasers * Brenda Rotheiser – art direction, design * Blinkk – photography * Martin Harris – project management * Arma Andon, Steven Faragoli and Pure – management

References

1998 albums Donna Lewis albums Atlantic Records albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub