''Other Voices'' is the fourth studio album by English singer Paul Young. Released in June 1990, the album peaked at No. 4 on the

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and has been certified gold by the

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for UK sales in excess of 100,000 copies. The album contains four UK singles: "

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" (UK #21), "Heaven Can Wait" (UK #71), " Calling You" (UK #57), and a cover of the Chi-Lites' hit " Oh Girl" (UK #25, U.S. #8). The album followed the pattern of Young's first three albums combining cover versions with original songs. However, with the songwriting partnership of Young and keyboard player Ian Kewley breaking up, this album returned to the dominance of cover versions seen on Young's debut No Parlez. However, there were three original songs composed by Young with new keyboard player Martin Page.

Track listing

#"Heaven Can Wait" (Paul Rutter) – 4:11 #"A Little Bit of Love" ( Paul Rodgers, Andy Fraser, Paul Kossoff, Simon Kirke) – 3:50 #"

" ( Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway) – 4:13 #"Together" (Paul Young, Martin Page) – 4:33 #"Stop on By" ( Bobby Womack, Terry Thomas) – 5:21 #"Our Time Has Come" (Paul Young, Martin Page) – 4:38 #" Oh Girl" ( Eugene Record) – 3:33 #"Right About Now" (Paul Young, Martin Page) – 5:10 #"It's What She Didn't Say" (

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, Ina Wolf) – 5:02 #" Calling You" ( Bob Telson) – 5:08

Personnel

* Paul Young – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (3), backing vocals (6) * Richard Cottle – keyboards (1, 5),

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(3) * Paul Wickens – acoustic piano (1, 3, 4, 8), organ (1), Hammond organ (4) * Richard Hilton – programming (2) *

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– programming (2), guitars (2) * Warne Livesey – synthesizers (3), synthesizer programming (3), acoustic guitar (3), keyboards (4, 8), programming (4), bass (8) * Steve Winwood – Hammond organ (5) * Martin Page – keyboards (6, 8), percussion (6), backing vocals (6), additional guitar (8), bass (8) * Larry Williams – keyboards (6), programming (6), saxophone (6) * Pete Wingfield – acoustic piano (7) *

– keyboards (9, 10) *

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– guitar (1) * David Gilmour – lead guitar (1), guitar solo (2) *

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– electric guitar (3), guitars (4) * Dominic Miller –

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(3), guitars (8) * Neil Hubbard – guitars (5) *

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– guitars (6) * Robert Ahwai – guitars (7) * David Williams – guitars (9) * Dori Caymmi – guitars (10), backing vocals (10) * Pino Palladino – bass (1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10) * Julian Crampton – bass (7) * Neil Conti – drums (1) * Andres Levin – drum samples (2) * Manu Katché – drums (3, 4, 5, 8) * Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (6, 9, 10) * Graham Ward – drums (7) * Danny Cummings – percussion (4, 5) *

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– strings (3, 7) * Guy Barker –

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(4) *

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solo (7, 10) * Chaka Khan – harmony vocals (1, 5) * Jimmy Chambers – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7) * George Chandler – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7) * Ava Cherry – backing vocals (1, 8) * Belva Haney – backing vocals (1, 8) * Jimmy Helms – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7) * Beverley Skeete – backing vocals (1, 8) * Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals (2) * Lamya – backing vocals (2) *

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– backing vocals (2) * Robert Carr – backing vocals (3) * Paul Lee – backing vocals (3) * Merlin Sutherland – backing vocals (3) * Carol Thompson – backing vocals (3) * Joan Todd – backing vocals (3) * Liliana Chachian – Spanish chorus (4) *

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– Spanish chorus (4) * Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals (6) * Joe Pizzulo – backing vocals (6, 9) * Phyllis St. James – backing vocals (6) * Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (9) * Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals (9) * Oren Waters – backing vocals (9) * Ina Wolf – backing vocals (9)

Production

* Paul Young – executive producer * Wayne Livesey – producer (1, 3, 4, 5, 8) * Nile Rodgers – producer (2) * Martin Page – producer (6) * Pete Wingfield – producer (7) * Peter Wolf – producer (9, 10) * Patrick Dillett – engineer * Bino Espinoza – engineer, mixing (9) * Ted Hayton – engineer * Steve Jackson – engineer * Joe Scott – recording * Mark Chamberlain – overdub recording * Mike Ross-Trevor – strings engineer (3, 7) *

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– mixing (1, 3, 7) * Michael H. Brauer – mixing (2, 4, 5, 6, 8) * Paul Erickson – mixing (10) *

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– art direction, design * Douglas Brothers – photography * Ged Doherty – management

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1990 albums Paul Young albums Albums produced by Nile Rodgers Columbia Records albums