''Scarlet and Other Stories'' is the second studio album by

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. It was held to be considerably darker both in tone and lyrics than their first album, ''

''. The relationship between lead singer

Julianne Regan Julie-Ann "Julianne" Regan (born 30 June 1962) is an English-Irish singer, songwriter, and musician. She achieved success in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the lead singer of the band All About Eve. AllMusic describes Regan as "certainly on ...

and guitarist

Tim Bricheno Tim Bricheno (born Timothy John Bricheno, 6 July 1963, Huddersfield, Yorkshire) is an English guitarist, songwriter and music teacher. He was a member of several notable English indie bands, including All About Eve, The Sisters of Mercy, XC-NN ( ...

broke down during the album's recording and production, and Regan later said that she hadn't wept as much in her life as she had during the making of this album. ''Scarlet and Other Stories'' reached No. 9 in the UK charts with three

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singles resulting from it. The album spent 4 weeks in the UK top 100 album charts, and is certified Gold with in excess of 100,000 units being sold.

Track listing

Bold indicates a single release (with UK chart position).
All songs written and composed by

Andy Cousin Andrew Cousin (born 28 June 1963 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire) is an English bassist and radio presenter from Huddersfield in England. He is principally known for being the bassist of All About Eve: he has also played for The Mission. Since 2016 ...

Mark Price William Mark Price (born February 15, 1964) is an American former basketball player and coach. He was most recently the head coach of the Charlotte 49ers. As a player, he played for 12 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 1 ...

and

except where noted. # "Road to Your Soul" (37) # "Dream Now" (Bricheno, Cousin, Regan) # "Gold and Silver" # "Scarlet" (34) (Bricheno, Cousin, Regan) # "December" (34) # "Blind Lemon Sam" (Bricheno, Cousin, Regan) # "More Than the Blues" # "Tuesday's Child" # "Pieces of Our Heart" (Bricheno, Cousin, Regan) # "Hard Spaniard" # "The Empty Dancehall" # "Only One Reason" # "The Pearl Fishermen" (Bricheno, Cousin, Regan)

Notes

This was the last album by All About Eve to feature

on guitars until '' Keepsakes'' seventeen years later. He was replaced in time for their third album ''

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'' by

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guitarist

Marty Willson-Piper Marty Willson-Piper (born 7 May 1958) is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as a former long-time member of the Australian psychedelic rock band The Church. He joined in 1980 after seeing an early gig where they were perform ...

Re-issue

''Scarlet and Other Stories'' was re-released in 2015 as a two disc format and audio download, as part of Universal UMC "Re-Presents" series.

Disc One

# Road to Your Soul # Dream Now # Gold and Silver # Scarlet # December # Blind Lemon Sam # More Than the Blues # Tuesday's Child # Pieces of Our Heart # Hard Spaniard # The Empty Dancehall # Only One Reason # The Pearl Fishermen # Road to Your Soul (extended version) # December (Narnia Mix) # Drowning #

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# Paradise (89 Remix) Re-issues notes for disc one: tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 & 16 by Bricheno, Cousin, Regan, Price (as on song listing .e. not alphabetical; tracks 2, 4, 6, 9, 13 & 18 by Bricheno, Cousin, Regan; track 17 by

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is a Jethro Tull cover.

Disc two

# Theft (If I Had You) # Different Sky # The Dreamer # Our Summer (live in

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, 1989) # Candy Tree (live in Hammersmith, 1989) # Tuesday's Child (live in Hammersmith, 1989) # In the Clouds (live in

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, 1991) # Never Promise (Anyone Forever) (live in Glasgow, 1991) # Scarlet (live in Glasgow, 1991) # More Than the Blues (live in Glasgow, 1991) # Road to Your Soul (live in Glasgow, 1991) # The Pearl Fishermen (live on BBC ''Saturday Sequence'', 14 September 1989) # Blind Lemon Sam (live BBC ''Saturday Sequence'', 14 September 1989) # The Empty Dancehall (live on the BBC's '' Richard Skinner Show'', 1 October 1989) # December (live on the BBC's ''Richard Skinner Show'', 1 October 1989) # The Pearl Fishermen (live on the BBC's ''Richard Skinner Show'', 1 October 1989) # Only One Reason (live at

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, 1989) Re-issue notes for disc two: tracks 1 & 2 by All About Eve. Tracks 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, & 16 by Bricheno, Cousin, Regan; tracks 10, 11, 14 & 15 by Bricheno, Cousin, Regan, Price; track 3 by Cousin, Regan, Price, Willson-Piper; track 3 first appeared on the third All About Eve album, ''

''.

Personnel

;All About Eve *Julianne Regan – vocals, keyboards (tracks 1, 4) *Tim Bricheno – guitars, keyboards (1), banjo (7) *

– bass, keyboards (5) *

– drums, percussion ;Additional personnel *

Caroline Lavelle Caroline Lavelle is an English singer-songwriter and cellist who has created three solo albums and contributed vocals, music, and production help to many other artists and bands. Career Lavelle studied at the Royal College of Music in London. ...

– cello (3, 8) *

Paul Samwell-Smith Paul Granville Samwell-Smith (born Paul Smith, 8 May 1943, in Richmond, Surrey, England) is an English musician and record producer. He was a founding member and the bassist of the 1960s English rock band the Yardbirds, which launched leading g ...

– keyboards (5, 10), backing vocals (6) *

Ric Sanders Richard Sanders (born 8 December 1952) is an English violinist who has played in jazz-rock, folk rock, British folk rock and folk groups, including Soft Machine and Fairport Convention. Biography Sanders' first experience with a professional ...

– violin (7, 11)

References

Extended links

* {{Authority control 1989 albums All About Eve (band) albums Albums produced by Paul Samwell-Smith Mercury Records albums