''The Storyman'' is singer Chris de Burgh's 16th original

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, released in 2006. The album is a collection of songs with accompanying stories. The original digipack release of the album included two booklets; one contained the usual lyrics and credits, while the second contained stories written by de Burgh to accompany each song. The lyrics of the title track contain multiple references to previous songs and albums from de Burgh's career, in chronological order.

Track listing

#"The Storyman Theme" – 4:00 #"One World" – 3:56 #"Leningrad" – 5:12 #"My Father's Eyes" – 4:18 #"The Grace Of A Dancer" – 6:13 #"Spirit" – 4:16 #"The Shadow Of The Mountain" – 4:19 #"Raging Storm" – 4:18 (featuring

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) #"The Mirror Of The Soul" – 9:15 #"The Sweetest Kiss Of All" – 3:13 #"The Storyman" – 4:37 #"My Father's Eyes" (Chris de Burgh with Hani Hussein) - 4:35 All compositions by Chris de Burgh.

Personnel

* Chris de Burgh – vocals, keyboards, guitars * Richard Cardwell – keyboards *

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– additional keyboards * Pete Murray – additional keyboards * Chris Cameron – acoustic piano, orchestral arrangements and conductor *

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– guitars * Michael Féat – bass guitar *

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– drums, percussion * Pandit Dinesh – percussion *

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– orchestral conductor *

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– orchestra * Hani Hussein – vocals on "My Father's Eyes" *

– vocals on "Raging Storm" *

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– vocals * The London Russian Choir and The

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Chamber Choir – choirs * Ian Sutcliffe – director and arrangements for The Marlborough College Chamber Choir. * Lidya Reinski – director and arrangements for The London Russian Choir.

Production

* Produced by Chris de Burgh and Chris Porter * Engineered and Mixed by Chris Porter * Orchestra recordings at

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(London), assisted by Andrew Dudman. * Band recordings at

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(London), assisted by Rohan Onraet. * Photography – David Morley * Art Direction – Brett Colledge and Mike McCraith. * Sleeve Design – Chris de Burgh, Caroline McCrink and Kenny Thomson. * Management – Kenny Thomson Management, Inc.

References

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