''Everybody's Angel'' is the third studio album by

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, released in 1991.

Background

Tikaram wrote the majority of the songs that form the album between December 1989-January 1990, just before the release of her second album ''

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'', with "Hot Pork Sandwiches" dating far back to 1988. The basic recording of the album took place in June 1990 at

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. The same team of musicians that had worked on her previous two albums were brought to play for this one, including

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and Mark Creswell. Further recordings took place at Abbey Road Studios back in England. As with her previous two albums,

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and

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produced the record, but for the first time Tikaram co-produced the songs as well, a move she said she had not felt confident enough to do on the previous two records. This would be the last time Tikaram collaborated with Argent and van Hooke on production.

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, of whom Tikaram had always declared being a fan, and whom Tikaram had met when Warnes attended one of her concerts at

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in 1989, added harmony vocals on two songs on the album, the single "

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" and "Mud in Any Water". Two songs on the album, "Hot Pork Sandwiches" and "

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" had previously been released in 1990 in acoustic versions as b-sides to the single "

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Release and reception

The album sold moderately well in Europe, but there was an evident decline in sales in comparison with Tikaram's previous albums, and in most territories this was the singer's last album to achieve a chart placing, including the USA. ''Everybody's Angel'' debuted and peaked at #19 in the UK, and achieved similar top 20 placings around Europe, but fell off the charts pretty quickly. In the USA, it peaked at a low #142. Reviews were mixed, but generally found the record more inspired than her second album ''

''. Most of the reviews also noted a strong

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influence on the sound of the album. Two singles were released off the album. The lead single "

", with backup vocals by Jennifer Warnes, did not become a substantial hit and only peaked at #69 in the UK. The second single, a re-recorded "

" with a gospel choir, did not chart at all. The album track "Deliver Me" was touted as a possible third single (or US-only single) as it was getting a good response, but no release ever came to be.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tanita Tikaram #"

" #"Deliver Me" #"This Story in Me" #"To Wish This" #"Mud in Any Water" #"Sunface" #"Never Known" #"This Stranger" #"Swear By Me" #"Hot Pork Sandwiches" #"Me in Mind" #"Sometime with Me" #"

" #"I'm Going Home"

Charts

Personnel

*Tanita Tikaram – guitar, vocals *David Hayes – bass *

– trumpet, flugelhorn *

– harmony vocals *

– piano, Hammond organ, harmony vocals, string arrangements & conductor *James Archer – violin *Mark Berrow – violin *Mike Brittain – double bass *Richie Buckley – alto & tenor saxophone *David Emanuel – viola *Lyn Fletcher – violin *Wilfred Gibson – violin *Roy Gillard – violin *Jack Glickman – viola *Paul Kegg – cello *Ben Kennard – cello *

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– harmony vocals *

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– harmony vocals *Andrew McGee – viola *Jim McLeod – violin *

– violin *Peter Oxer – violin *Anthony Pleeth – cello *

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– viola *Barry Wilde – violin *Mark Creswell – guitar *Martin Robinson – cello

Notes

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