''Goodbye'' is

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's second album. It was released in September 1997 on the

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label, a division of

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that was also home to Blur.

Track listing

All songs written by

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except where noted. #"I Will Be Your Girlfriend" (Hillier, Chris Wilike) - 3:37 #"Inside" - 3:44 #"No More Talk" - 3:39 #"Polestar" - 3:40 #"Say the Worst Thing First" - 4:07 #"Cathedral Park" - 3:14 #"It's Over" - 4:18 #"The View From Here" - 3:42 #"My Start in Wallsend" - 4:29 #"It's Clear" (Hillier, Wilike) - 2:22 #"Ghost" - 3:36 #"Can't Tell Me" - 3:21 #"Wearchest" (Hillier, Wilike) - 3:15 #"When You Say Goodbye" (Sarah Blackwood, Hillier, Wilike) - 3:14 #"Let's Go" - 4:20

Japan bonus tracks

The Japanese release includes the B-sides from lead single "No More Talk" as bonus tracks.

Personnel

Sarah Blackwood Sarah Blackwood (born 6 May 1971) is an English recording artist. She came to prominence as the lead singer of Dubstar, and as Client B in the band Client (band), Client. Career Blackwood was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, attended a ...

lead vocalist The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

, songwriting & programming * Chris Wilkie,

guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...

;Additional personnel * Paul Wadsworth - drums *

Audrey Riley Audrey Riley is an English cellist and string arranger, based in the UK. 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 Fam ...

– cello *

Phil Spalding Philip Spalding (born 19 November 1957, London, England) is an English bass player. He is best known as a session musician and player of Fender Precision Bass guitars. He has played and appeared with performing artists such as Mick Jagger, Sea ...

– bass

U.S. release

''Goodbye'' was the band's first album released in the U.S. For this American edition, six songs were removed from the UK version and replaced with tracks from their previous UK release, ''Disgraceful''. The rearranged track listing includes "

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" and "Not So Manic Now," the most popular singles from ''Disgraceful'', as well as some of their remixes. All songs written by Steve Hillier except where otherwise noted. Songs not on UK release are noted in italics. #''"

"'' #"Inside" #"Cathedral Park" #''"Just a Girl She Said"'' (Sarah Blackwood, Steve Hillier, Chris Wilkie) #"The View From Here" #"It's Clear" (Hillier, Wilkie) #"No More Talk" #''"Anywhere"'' (Hillier, Wilkie) #"Ghost" #"Can't Tell Me" (Wilkie) #"I Will Be Your Girlfriend" (Hillier, Wilkie) #"Wearchest" (Hillier, Wilkie) #''"St. Swithin's Day"'' (

Billy Bragg Stephen William Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, with lyrics that mostly span political or romantic themes. His music is ...

) #''"Not So Manic Now"'' (Dave Harling, Jon Kirby, Martin Mason, Graeme Robinson) #''"

" ( Motiv 8 mix)'' #''"Not So Manic Now" ( Way Out West mix)'' #''"

" (Way Out West mix)''

Singles

The following singles were released from the album, in order of release date. All songs written by Steve Hillier except where otherwise noted: * "No More Talk" :*CD 1 #"Unchained Monologue" (Hillier/Wilkie) #"La Boheme" (

Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his dist ...

) #"Goodbye" (Blackwood/hillier/Wilkie) :*CD 2 #"

" (acoustic) #"Elevator song" (acoustic) #"Not Once Not Ever" (acoustic) * "Cathedral Park" #"Let Down" (Wilkie) #"This Is My Home" #"In My Defence" * "I Will Be Your Girlfriend" #"Not So Manic Now" (Dave Harling, Jon Kirby, Martin Mason, Graeme Robinson) #"

" #"Anywhere" (Hillier/Wilkie) All songs are identical to the versions previously released as singles and on the album ''

Disgraceful ''Disgraceful'' is a 1995 album by British band Dubstar. It is also their debut and was released in October 1995 on the Food Records label, a division of EMI that was also home to Blur. The album features two covers; "Not So Manic Now" which ...

''.

References

External links

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