Somewhere Deep In The Night

''Somewhere Deep in the Night'' is the seventh studio album by the British pop group Swing Out Sister. Produced by longtime collaborator Paul Staveley O'Duffy, the album was first released in Japan in 2001, with a European and American release the following year.

Composition

Since the group's second album, 1989's '' Kaleidoscope World'', the group has consisted of Corinne Drewery on lead vocals and multi-instrumentalist Andy Connell. On this album, Connell provides keyboards, synthesizer, guitar and accordion. Other contributing musicians on the album include Tim Cansfield (guitar), Nigel Hitchcock (tenor saxophone), Noel Langley (trumpet and fluegelhorn), and Jody Linscott (percussion). In addition to Connell, other backing vocalists include Beverley Skeete, Dee Lewis, Gina Foster and Stephanie de Sykes.''Somewhere Deep in the Night'' CD release (Japan)
Discogs.com. Retrieved 31 May 2009.

The track ''Alpine Crossing'' is a reinterpretation of the 1972 track ''Hot Heels'' by Barbara Moore and De Wolfe Music.

Critical reception

AllMusic gave ''Somewhere Deep in the Night'' four stars out of a possible five, stating that the album "is a very strong album from the duo, packed full of sweeping, melancholy tunes". Album reviewAllmusic.com. Retrieved 31 May 2009. Reviewer Nick Dedina continues by describing how the album "...uses its sumptuous, melodramatic arrangements to sugar rather bleak songs of confusion and lost love...rather than simply dazzle the listener with retro-schmaltz."

Track listing

#"Through the Sky" - 3:55 (Andy Connell/Corinne Drewery/Paul Staveley O'Duffy)
#"Will We Find Love?" - 3:55 (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy)
#"Somewhere Deep in the Night" - 4:29 (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy)
#"The Vital Thing" - 2:48 (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy/Nigel Hitchcock)
#"What Kind of Fool Are You?" - 4:04 (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy)
#"Suspended in Time" - 1:39 (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy)
#"Alpine Crossing" - 3:07 (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy)
#"Fool Tag" - 0:27 (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy)
#"Where the Hell Did I Go Wrong?" - 4:10 (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy)
#"Non E Vero Ma Ci Credo" - 4:08 (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy)
#"Touch Me Now" - 3:56 (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy)
#"The Vital Thing - Take B" - 2:27 (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy/N. Hitchcock)
#"Where Do I Go?" - 4:23 (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy)
#"Now Listen to Me" - 3:30 (A. Connell/C. Drewery/P. S. O'Duffy)

Personnel

;Swing Out Sister
* Andy Connell – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers, accordion, guitars, Fender bass, vibraphone, backing vocals, vocal ensemble (3)
* Corinne Drewery – lead vocals, vocal ensemble (3)

;Additional Musicians
* Tim Cansfield – guitar (1, 2, 3, 7), backing vocals, vocal ensemble (3)
* Matt Becker – guitar (5)
* Anton Drewery – guitar (13)
* Paul Staveley O'Duffy – computer and rhythm programming, backing vocals, vocal ensemble (3)
* Jody Linscott – percussion, vocal ensemble (3)
* Nigel Hitchcock – tenor saxophone
* Noel Langley – trumpet, flugelhorn
* Stephanie de Sykes – backing vocals
* Gina Foster – backing vocals
* Dee Lewis – backing vocals
* Beverley Skeete – backing vocals
* Kaysi Foster – vocal ensemble (3)
* Coco Linscott – vocal ensemble (3)
* Kachina Linscott-Dechert – vocal ensemble (3)
* Ayu Sekioka – vocal ensemble (3)
* Myke Wilson – scat (3)
* Yasmin Sarkic – voice (4)
* Gersende Giorgio – voice (6)

Production

* Paul Staveley O'Duffy – producer, engineer
* James Martin – photography
* Swing Out Sister – design
* The Red Room – design

References

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2001 albums
Swing Out Sister albums