''Gary Go'', sometimes referred to with the subtitle ''Of Youth / Of Beauty'', is the self-titled debut studio album by British singer, songwriter and producer
Gary Go. It was released on 26 May 2009 on
Decca Records
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American ...
.
Track listing
-Of Youth-
# "Open Arms" - 5:00
# "So So" - 4:20
# "Engines" - 3:55
# "
Wonderful" - 5:10
# "Life Gets In The Way" - 4:05
# "Brooklyn" - 3:35
-Of Beauty-
# "Refuse To Lose" - 4:03
# "Honest" - 4:28
# "Heart And Soul" - 3:54
# "Speak" - 5:01
# "Black And White Days" - 3:32
Credits:
Produced by Gary Go with Andreas Eide Larsen.
Recorded by Gary Go, Andreas Eide Larsen and Kevin Killen at
Allaire, Avatar, British Grove, iiwii, Sono, Townhouse & The Canvas Room.
Recordings made using the Moonlight Response System
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Mixed by
Chris Lord-Alge at Resonate Music & Mix LA
Gary Go sings, plays pianos, keys, synthesizer tuned percussion and treatments.
John Shannon plays electric and acoustic guitars and sings.
Andreas E. Larsen plays additional acoustic guitar and sings.
Doug Wimbish plays bass on “Open Arms”, “Life Gets In The Way”, “Wonderful”, “Speak” and “Refuse to Lose”.
Mitch Cohn plays bass on “Black & White Days”, “Honest”, “Heart & Soul” and “Engines”.
Martin Valihora plays drums on all songs except “Open Arms” and “Life Gets In The Way” .
Will Calhoun plays drums on "Open Arms" and "Life Gets In The Way".
Lisa Fischer
Lisa Fischer (born December 1, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. She found success with her 1991 debut album ''So Intense'', which produced the Grammy Award–winning hit single "How Can I Ease the Pain". She has been a back-up singer ...
sings on “Wonderful”, “Life Gets In The Way”, “Refuse To Lose” and “Honest”.
Carina Round sings on “Speak”.
Joseph Arthur sings on “Black & White Days”.
Luke Pickett sings and plays some acoustic guitar on “Wonderful”.
Bob Gold plays Hammond Organ on “Honest.”
Andy Findon plays woodwind on “Honest”.
Tim Hutton
Timothy Tarquin Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He is the youngest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at age 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in ''Ordinary People ...
plays horns on “Refuse To Lose”, “Brooklyn” and “Honest”.
Serafina Steer plays harp on “So So”.
Mastered by
Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NYC.
Not included in this album was the song 'Give Me A Reason', which was on the B-Side of the single 'Wonderful', released on 16 February 2009, and "Take Back Words" which was a B-Side of the single "Open Arms", released 18 May 2009. A special edition of the album was available on iTunes as a pre-order, containing stripped down cover versions of Empire Of The Sun's "Walking On A Dream", The Car's "Drive" and Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" featuring 'Mr Dialysis'.
Gary Go released four acoustic tracks exclusively to Napster;
Track listing for Napster Live Sessions (2009):
# "Wonderful" (Acoustic)
# "Open Arms" (Acoustic)
# "So So" (Acoustic)
# "Black and Gold" (Acoustic cover of Sam Sparro)
The Diary of Rodney Harvey EP (2007)
# "Give Me A Reason"
# "The Diary of Rodney Harvey"
# "So Much For Life"
So So... EP (2006)
# "I Need Your Time"
# "So So"
# "The Good Ones Always Go"
# "Speak"
References
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2009 debut albums