''Sue'' is the debut album by English pop group
Frazier Chorus
Frazier Chorus were an English pop group from Brighton, England. They were known for their unconventional instrumentation, including synthesizers, trumpets, flutes and clarinets, as well as frontman Tim Freeman's "soft, heavily accented ... t ...
, released in 1989 by
Virgin Records
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.
The
CD version of the album included an extra track, "Little Chef".
In 2008, the album was reissued with bonus tracks by
Cherry Red Records
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.
Track listing
2008 Cherry Red CD bonus tracks
Personnel
;Frazier Chorus
*Tim Freeman – lead vocals, keyboards
*Chris Taplin – clarinet,
programming
*Kate Holmes – flute
*Michéle Allardyce – percussion
;Additional musicians
*Tim Sanders – tenor saxophone (track 3, 7)
*
Roddy Lorimer
Roddy Lorimer (born 19 May 1953) is a Scottish musician who plays trumpet and flugelhorn. He has performed with a wide array of artists, including Blur, Gene, the Rolling Stones, Draco Rosa, the Who, the Style Council, Eric Clapton, Suede, ...
– trumpet (track 3),
flugelhorn
The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...
(track 3, 7), trumpet solo (7)
*Simon Clarke – alto saxophone (track 3), baritone saxophone (track 3, 7),
piccolo saxophone (track 7)
*
Kate St John
Kate St John (born October 2, 1957) is an English composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Classically trained on oboe, she gained a music degree at City University London. Her first band was The Ravishing Beauties with Virginia A ...
– oboe (track 5)
*
"Huge" Jones – "
additional oohs and aahs" (track 5)
*Paul Sirett – guitar (tracks 7, 9)
*
David Olney
David Charles Olney (March 23, 1948 – January 18, 2020) was an American folk music, folk singer-songwriter. Olney recorded more than twenty albums over his five-decade career. His songs have been covered by numerous artists, including Emmylou ...
–
double bass
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(track 11)
*The Kick Horns – brass
*Martyn Phillips – programming
;Technical
*
Hugh Jones – producer, engineer (tracks 1–3, 5–10)
*
Cenzo Townsend
Vincenzo Capellini Townshend (born 28 October 1963) is an English record producer, mixer, and audio engineer, and has worked with artists and bands including the Rolling Stones, a-ha, Kaiser Chiefs, U2, Snow Patrol, Florence and the Machine, F ...
– assistant engineer
*Jerry Kitchingham – engineer
*Mark Freegard – engineer
*The Douglas Brothers – photography
*Bill Smith Studio – design
*David Bedford – string arrangements, conductor (tracks 3, 5–7)
*The Kick Horns – brass arrangements
*
Bob Kraushaar
Bob Kraushaar is an English pop music record producer specializing in mixing. Kraushaar has mixed and produced commercially successful songs and albums for numerous British and international artists. His first industry appointment was as runner for ...
– co-producer, engineer (tracks 4, 11)
*
Frazier Chorus
Frazier Chorus were an English pop group from Brighton, England. They were known for their unconventional instrumentation, including synthesizers, trumpets, flutes and clarinets, as well as frontman Tim Freeman's "soft, heavily accented ... t ...
– co-producer (tracks 4, 11)
Chart performance
References
External links
Music video
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s from ''Sue''
1. "Dream Kitchen"5. "Sloppy Heart"9. "Typical!"
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1989 debut albums
Frazier Chorus albums