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band composed of Wayne Binitie,

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and Mitch Amachi Ogugua. They released only one album in 1991 on

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. They are not to be confused with the San Diego rock band

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and are sometimes credited as ''Stress UK'' in the United States. Their album drew numerous favourable comparisons with the likes of

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and

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, and although not a great commercial success, was described as possessing 'a lot of musical strengths' by

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's Steven McDonald. In 1997, Binitie and Mussington released a second album under the moniker of Inqbator, entitled "Hatched". It featured contributions from

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, whom they had previously supported on tour.

Album

The eponymously titled Stress album featured the following tracks, all composed by Binitie/Mussington/Ogugua: # "Indian Summer's Dream" 4:20 # "Flowers in the Rain" 4:16 # "Rosechild" 4:16 # "Innocent World" 3:20 # "Daytime Believer" 5:34 # "Beautiful People" 4:14 # "My Father Once Said" 2:29 # "Together" 3:35 # "Lordy Lord" 4:08 # "Red Sun" 7:35

Additional tracks

* "Leather Trouser Blues" 3:58 - "Beautiful People" B-side * "Flowers in the Rain" (Blood Pressure mix) 4:53 - by

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* "Flowers in the Rain" (Blood Pressure instrumental) aka International Blood Pressure mix * "Flowers in the Rain" (without intro) 3:57 * "Beautiful People" (Beautiful Breakdown mix/edit) 6:00/4:22 - by Matt Budd/Steve Sidelnyk * "Beautiful People" (Bud Dub mix) 5:55 - by Matt Budd * "Beautiful People" (

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mix/edit) 8:02/5:54 * "Beautiful People" (Underground mix) 7:15

Album personnel

* Wayne Binitie: lead and background vocals, acoustic guitar * Mitch Amachi Ogugua: bass, acoustic guitar * Ian Mussington: drums *

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: guitar, keyboards, producer, arranger * Simon Stewart: guitar, background vocals * Alex Mungo: keyboards, background vocals * Jean Perry: guitar * Steve Byrd: guitar * Billy McGee: double bass *

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: tabla * Raf Mizraki: various Turkish instruments * Harry Morgan: percussion * 'False Harmonies': strings * Claudia Fontaine: background vocals * Claudia Sarne: background vocals * Martyn Taylor: background vocals *

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: engineer, No. 2, 3, 6, 9, 10 * Steve Price: engineer, No. 7 * Peter Jones: engineer, No. 1, 4, 5, 8; mixer No. 2, 3, 5, 8, 9 *

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: mixer, No. 1, 5, 6 *

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: mixer, No. 2, 4, 8, 10 *

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: mixer, No. 7

Singles

In 1991, "Rosechild" was released as a third single in the UK, but met with no commercial success.

References

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