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Track listing

Personnel

*Martina Topley Bird -

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 without ...

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 stri ...

, keyboard *Fergus Gerrand - drums, percussion, guitar, kalimba *Claire Nicholson - guitar, background vocals *Jason Cox - engineering, mixing *Stephen Sedgwick - engineering, mixing

References

2010 albums Martina Topley-Bird albums Honest Jon's Records albums {{2010s-indie-rock-album-stub