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. At this point, singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist

Karl Wallinger Karl Edmond De Vere Wallinger (born 19 October 1957, Prestatyn, Wales) is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for leading the band World Party and for his mid-1980s stint in the Waterboys. He also wrote and origi ...

was the only member of World Party, and the only person pictured on the cover. Wallinger is assisted on this album by several session musicians, including

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. Several other musicians listed in the credits are actually whimsically named pseudonyms for Wallinger himself.

Track listing

All songs written by Karl Wallinger except "Dance of the Hoppy Lads", written by Wallinger with Stephen Wickham, and "All I Really Want to Do", written by

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. # "Private Revolution" (4:01) # "Making Love (To the World)" (2:30) # "

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" (4:27) # "All Come True" (5:52) # "Dance of the Hoppy Lads" (0:44) # "It Can Be Beautiful (Sometimes)" (3:00) # "The Ballad of the Little Man" (5:02) # "Hawaiian Island World" (4:20) # "

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" (4:43) # "World Party" (4:36) # "It's All Mine" (5:33)

Personnel

;World Party *

— vocals, guitars, bass, sampling keyboards, drum programming with: *Delahaye — drums, percussion ''(possibly a pseudonym for Wallinger, or for Mike Scott - this is an alias also used on several

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albums)'' *Rufus Dove — guitars ''(probably a pseudonym for Wallinger - pun on " rufous dove")'' *Martin Finnucane — harp ("Dance of the Hoppy Lads") ''(probably a pseudonym for Wallinger - this is the name of a character in the

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novel

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)'' *Ahmed Gottlieb — sitar and tabla ''(probably a pseudonym for Wallinger)'' *Millennium Mills — piano ''(probably a pseudonym for Wallinger - name taken from

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building in London Docklands)'' *

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— backing vocals ("Private Revolution", "Hawaiian Island World") *

— saxophone ("Ship of Fools") *Will Towyn — sampling keyboards ''(probably a pseudonym for Wallinger - pun on "will to win")'' *

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