''Language'' is the debut solo album by New Zealand singer
Annie Crummer
Anne Crummer (born 1966) is a New Zealand pop singer and songwriter of Cook Islands descent who has seen success in both a solo career and as part of various musical groups.
Crummer represented New Zealand at the 1987 ABU Popular Song Contest ...
, released in 1992.
Background and development
Although Crummer had been offered a number of record contracts following her appearance on the
Netherworld Dancing Toys
Netherworld Dancing Toys, often simply known as The NDTs, was a New Zealand band from Dunedin formed in 1982. In 1985, their single "For Today" reached number 3 in the New Zealand singles chart.
History
The group formed at the University of O ...
' 1985 hit "For Today," which reached No. 3 on the New Zealand charts, she prioritized her membership in supergroup
When The Cat's Away and did not begin work on her first major solo project until 1991.
Produced by Crummer herself alongside Nigel Stone, much of ''Language'' was recorded in Auckland, though parts were also recorded in Wellington, Sydney,
and the
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean. Avarua is its ...
, her father's home country.
Track listing
Track listing and song credits adapted from CD liner notes.
Personnel
Credits adapted from CD liner notes.
*
Annie Crummer
Anne Crummer (born 1966) is a New Zealand pop singer and songwriter of Cook Islands descent who has seen success in both a solo career and as part of various musical groups.
Crummer represented New Zealand at the 1987 ABU Popular Song Contest ...
– production, lead vocals
* Nigel Stone – production, recording
(tracks 1–8, 10, 11), sequence programming, drum/percussion programming
(tracks 1–8, 10)
* Raging Goose Productions – executive production
* Peter Blake – synth bass
(track 6)
* Callie Blood – backing vocals
(tracks 2, 8)
* Jackie Clarke – backing vocals
(tracks 1, 2, 5, 8)
* Clive Cockburn – strings
(track 2),
vocoder
A vocoder (, a portmanteau of ''vo''ice and en''coder'') is a category of speech coding that analyzes and synthesizes the human voice signal for audio data compression, multiplexing, voice encryption or voice transformation.
The vocoder wa ...
(track 7)
* Liz Fa'alogo – backing vocals
(tracks 2, 5, 8)
*
Jay Foulkes – percussion
(track 11)
* Dave Fraser – strings
(track 11)
* Steve Garden – drums
(track 11)
*
Barbara Griffin
Barbara may refer to:
People
* Barbara (given name)
* Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter
* Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer
* Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously a ...
– backing vocals
(tracks 2, 5, 8), piano/keyboards
(tracks 1–8, 10), synth bass
(track 6)
*
Debbie Harwood
When the Cat's Away is a New Zealand girl group, female vocal group and cover band, covers band formed in 1985. They are best known for their cover of the Blue Mink Cultural assimilation, assimilationist song "Melting Pot (song), Melting Pot", ...
– backing vocals
(track 6)
*
Herbs
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– backing vocals
* Peter Kekel – piano/keyboards
(track 11)
*
Suzanne Lynch
Suzanne Joy Lynch (née Donaldson, born 11 December 1950) is a New Zealand singer who has worked professionally under the names Suzanne Donaldson, Suzanne Lynch and Suzanne.
Career
Lynch first came to wide public knowledge in the 1960s as hal ...
– backing vocals
(tracks 7, 11)
* Dennis Mason – saxophone
(track 7)
* Ross McDermott – bass guitar
(track 11)
* Nick Morgan – recording
(track 11)
* Tony Mosely – backing vocals
(tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 10)
* Graham Myhre – recording
(track 9)
* Jeff Neil – guitar
(track 8)
* Dave Parsons – vocoder
(track 7)
*
Brendan Power
Brendan Power is a New Zealand harmonica player, composer and inventor, living in Britain.
Born in Mombasa, Kenya, Power's family moved to New Zealand in 1965 where he later attended Canterbury University at Christchurch, gaining a Bachelor of A ...
– harmonica
(track 11)
* Sheryl Rogers – backing vocals
(tracks 2, 5, 8)
* Bob Smith – organ
(tracks 6, 10)
* Gina Stevens – backing vocals
(tracks 2, 8)
* Lance Su'a – guitar
(tracks 1, 3, 6, 9)
* Gary Verberne – guitar
(tracks 8, 11)
* Anthony Wallace – drum/percussion programming
(tracks 4, 7)
* Rob Winch – backing vocals
(tracks 2, 5, 8, 10), drum/percussion programming
(track 5), bass guitar
(tracks 1–5, 8, 10) guitar
(tracks 2, 3, 8, 10), mandolin
(track 10), percussion
(track 1)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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Annie Crummer albums
1992 debut albums