''Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes'' is the only album released by the short-lived group
Terry, Blair & Anouchka
Terry, Blair & Anouchka were a musical group, active in the early 1990s. They were formed by Coventry-born singer Terry Hall, American musician Blair Booth and jeweller Anouchka Grose.
Terry Hall was previously a founding member and lead singe ...
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Overview
Terry, Blair & Anouchka were formed shortly after the dissolution of Terry's previous musical project
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. All three members shared a love for '60s pop, as well as kitschy mainstream pop, as evidenced on the trio's cover of
Captain & Tennille
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Love Will Keep Us Together
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[ Album detail at Allmusic/ref> "Missing" was released as a single in November 1989, followed by "Ultra Modern Nursery Rhyme" in February 1990. Both singles reached the lower end of the ]UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
. ''Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes'' was released in February 1990 to little attention. The group split shortly afterwards.
Release
The album did not chart in the UK. "Missing" reached No. 75[ the following year. The album was re-released in 2004 by Cherry Red Records with two additional bonus tracks.
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Track listing
Personnel
;Terry, Blair & Anouchka
* Blair Booth - keyboards, vocals
* Anouchka Grose
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Careers
Before training as a psychoanalyst, she studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths' College ...
- guitar, backing vocals
* Terry Hall - vocals
;Technical
* Jeremy Green - arrangements
* Bob Sargeant
Robert Sargeant (20 November 1947 – 13 July 2021) was a British musician and record producer.
Life and career
Born in North Shields, Sargeant played keyboards in various local bands before joining regional R&B band the Junco Partners in 1966 ...
- producer on tracks 1 to 7, 9, 10
* Jeremy Green - producer on tracks 4 to 6, 8, 9
References
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Terry, Blair & Anouchka albums
1990 debut albums
Chrysalis Records albums
Albums produced by Bob Sargeant