''Beautiful You'' is the result of a two-year collaboration between

John Illsley John Edward Illsley (born 24 June 1949) is an English musician, best known as bass guitarist of the rock band Dire Straits. With it, he has received multiple BRIT and Grammy Awards, and a Heritage Award. As one of the founding band members, ...

, the former

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player for

Dire Straits Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and percuss ...

, and Irish singer-songwriter Greg Pearle.

Track listing

# Secret Garden # Shine # One # Demons # Loving You # Beautiful You # Love Let Me Breathe # Got No Plans # Crazy Kind of Love # I Believe # Precious

Personnel

- bass guitar, lead guitar & lead vocals *

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- lead vocals & acoustic guitar *

Guy Fletcher Guy Edward Fletcher (born 24 May 1960) is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known for his position as one of the two Keyboard instrument, keyboard players in the rock band Dire Straits from 1984 until the group's dissolution, and his subs ...

- keyboards *

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- drums * Chris White - brass & saxophone *

Paul Brady Paul Joseph Brady (born 19 May 1947) is an Irish singer-songwriter and musician from Strabane, Northern Ireland. His work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age. Initially popular for playing ...

- whistle & backing vocals *Danny Cummings - percussion

References

John Illsley albums 2008 albums {{2008-rock-album-stub