''Ennismore'' is the second solo studio album by the English singer

Colin Blunstone Colin Edward Michael Blunstone (born 24 June 1945) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Blunstone came to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the English rock band the Zombies, wh ...

of rock band

the Zombies The Zombies are an English Rock music, rock band formed in the early 1960s in St Albans and led by keyboardist and vocalist Rod Argent and vocalist Colin Blunstone. The group had a British and American chart-topper, hit in 1964 with "She's Not ...

. The name of the album comes from

Ennismore Gardens ''Ennismore'' is the second solo studio album by the English singer Colin Blunstone of rock band the Zombies. The name of the album comes from Ennismore Gardens, a square in Knightsbridge where Blunstone was living; the name being a variant sp ...

, a square in Knightsbridge where Blunstone was living; the name being a variant spelling of the island

Inishmore Inishmore ( ga, Árainn , or ) is the largest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, off the west coast of Ireland. With an area of and a population of 762 (as of 2016), it is the second-largest island off the Irish coast (after Achill) a ...

.Greg Russo Time of the Season: The Zombies Collector's Guide 1999 - Page 65 "Now located in the Knightsbridge section of London, Colin Blunstone was sharing a flat in Ennismore Gardens with the singer/songwriter Duncan Browne and his manager. Drawing upon this location, "Ennismore" became Colin's second Epic" It was originally released in November 1972 on the label Epic. The

lead single A lead single (also known as a debut single) is the first single to be released from a studio album by an artist or a band, usually before the album itself is released and also occasionally on the same day of the album's release date. Release s ...

"I Don't Believe in Miracles" peaked at No. 31 on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

, and "How Could We Dare to Be Wrong" peaked No. 45. ''Ennismore'' was reissued on CD by

Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professiona ...

in 2003. As with Blunstone's 1971 debut album '' One Year'', ''Ennismore'' was produced by

Rod Argent Rodney Terence Argent (born 14 June 1945) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Argent came to prominence in the mid 1960s as the keyboardist, founder and leader of the ...

and Chris White and most of the songs were backed by Argent's band

Argent In heraldry, argent () is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals". It is very frequently depicted as white and usually considered interchangeable with it. In engravings and line drawings, regions to ...

Critical reception

Robin Platts of

AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...

retrospectively gave the album four out of five stars and wrote that "Opinions differ as to which of the two is Blunstone's best album, but both ''One Year'' and ''Ennismore'' are consistently strong records and are bound to please anyone who has enjoyed Colin's work with the Zombies."

Track listing

#"I Don't Believe in Miracles" (

Russ Ballard Russell Glyn Ballard (born 31 October 1945) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Originally coming to prominence as the lead singer and guitarist for the band Argent, Ballard became a songwriter and producer by the late 1970s. His co ...

) – 3:03 #"Quartet: Exclusively for Me" (Colin Blunstone, David Jones) – 2:30 #"Quartet: A Sign from Me to You" (Blunstone) – 3:58 #"Quartet: Every Sound I Heard" (Blunstone, David Jones) – 2:26 #"Quartet: How Wrong Can One Man Be" (Blunstone) – 2:02 #"I Want Some More" (Blunstone) – 3:08 #"Pay Me Later" (Blunstone, Phil Dennys) – 2:46 #"Andorra" (

, Chris White) – 3:18 #"I've Always Had You" (Blunstone) – 2:32 #"Time's Running Out" (Blunstone) – 2:41 #"How Could We Dare to Be Wrong" (Blunstone, Phil Dennys) – 3:24

Personnel

–

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

;

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

–

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

; keyboards *

– guitar; piano; keyboards * Steve Bingham –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

Jim Rodford James Walter Rodford (7 July 1941 – 20 January 2018) was an English musician, who played bass for several British rock bands. He was a founding member of Argent, which was led by his cousin Rod Argent, and performed with them from their formati ...

– bass guitar * Robert Henrit – drums *Byron Lye Foot – drums *Jim Toomey – drums *Terry Poole – drums; bass guitar *Phil Dennys – piano; keyboards *

Pete Wingfield William Peter Wingfield (born 7 May 1948) is an English record producer, keyboard player, songwriter, singer and music journalist. Career Whilst at Sussex University Wingfield and three other students formed the group Jellybread. In 1969, he ...

– piano; keyboards *Derek Griffiths – guitar
Michael Snow
nbsp;– guitar; keyboards Production *Rod Argent – producer *Chris White – producer *

Peter Vince Peter Vince (born Peter Robert Vince) was an English sound engineer, producer and operations manager at Abbey Road Studios. Biography Vince was born in Fulham, London in July 1942 and was educated at Munster School and St Clement Danes Gram ...

–

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limit ...

*Steve Campbell – cover photography *

Chris Gunning Christopher Gunning (born 5 August 1944) is an English composer of concert works and music for films and television. Gunning was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where his tutors incl ...

– string arrangements *Dan Loggins – adviser *David Lowe –

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employe ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ennismore 1972 albums Colin Blunstone albums Albums produced by Rod Argent Albums produced by Chris White (musician) Epic Records albums