''Soul Murder'' is a 1992 album by
Barry Adamson
Barry Adamson (born 11 June 1958)[Biography]
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. The album was nominated for the 1992
Mercury Prize
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.
Reception
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Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who, Dave Schulps, and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference ...
'' called the album "a sketchbook of often brilliant ideas — crime jazz, sinewy dance, smoky bossa nova — all peppered with strange samples . . . and spoken-word bits."
Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by Barry Adamson; except where indicated
Personnel
*Barry Adamson - bass, keyboards, vocals, narration
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Kevin Armstrong - guitar (tracks 7, 12)
*Lynn Baker - viola (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
*Malcolm Baxter - trumpet (tracks 2, 10)
*Sarah Brown - choir vocals (track 13)
*Patricia Knight - choir vocals (track 13)
*Ann Lines - cello (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
*Billy McGee - conductor, string arrangements (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
*Arthur Nichols - narrator (track 10)
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Audrey Riley
Audrey Riley is an English cellist and string arranger.
Career
Riley trained at the Guildhall School of Music with Leonard Stehn. She was a cellist for Virginia Astley from 1983 to 1986 and a one-time auxiliary member of the Family Cat.
Ril ...
- cello (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
*Marcia Schofield - narrator (track 5)
*Enrico Tomasso - trumpet (tracks 2, 10)
*Chris Tombling - violin (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
*Anne Berland - vocals (track 7)
*Deloray Campbell - choir vocals (track 13)
*Peter Francis - choir vocals (track 13)
*Caron Richards - choir vocals (track 13)
*Steve Shaw - trumpet (tracks 2, 10)
*Maria Zastrow - narrator (track 6)
*Jonathan Carney - violin (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
*Phil Brown - bass trombone (tracks 2, 10)
*Clive Dobbins - violin (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
*Pete Whyman - alto & tenor saxophone (tacks 2, 10)
*Chris Pitsillides - viola (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
*Joe Parker - violin (tracks 6, 9, 11, 13)
;Technical
*Stan Loubières - recording, mixing
*Celia Johnstone - front cover photography
References
1992 albums
Barry Adamson albums
Mute Records albums
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