''Earthbound'' is the 1997 debut

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Conner Reeves Conner Reeves (born 8 April 1972) is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known for his 1997 album ''Earthbound'' which was released on Colin Lester's and Ian McAndrew's Wildstar label. Reeves scored five consecutive Top 40 singles i ...

. Three singles came from the album, "My Father's Son", "Earthbound" and "Read My Mind". It entered the

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on 6 December 1997, reaching number 25 and staying in the charts for 11 weeks.

Critical reception

Andy Gill of ''

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'' wrote on 28 November 1997:

Track listing

Personnel

– lead vocals * Grant Mitchell – keyboards * Adam Drake – guitar *

Dominic Miller Dominic James Miller (born 21 March 1960) is a British guitarist. He has worked most of his career as a sideman and guitarist for, among others, Julia Fordham, Eddi Reader and notably Sting. He has also released several solo albums. Career Mi ...

– guitar * Keeling Lee – guitar *

Graham Lyle Graham Hamilton Lyle (born 11 March 1944, in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. Between 1970 and 1997, he co-wrote 18 British Top 40 hits, 9 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 entries, 4 US Country No ...

– guitar *

Pino Palladino Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino (born 17 October 1957) is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. A session bassist, he has played bass for a number of acts such as the Who, the John Mayer Trio, Gary Numan, Paul Young, Don Henle ...

– bass guitar *

Manu Katché Manu Katché (born 27 October 1958) is a French drummer and songwriter of Ivorian descent. He has worked extensively as a session musician, notably with Sting and Peter Gabriel, and his solo albums as a bandleader are largely in the jazz fusio ...

– drums * Ren Swan – percussion * Henry Jackson – drum programming *

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conducted by James Shearman.

Notes

1997 debut albums Conner Reeves albums {{1990s-R&B-album-stub