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, released in 1997 (see

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). The album includes the lead single " Love Shine a Light", the winning song of the

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. It also became the band's highest charting UK single, reaching number 3. However, it was not released in the United States as a single. The track "Eejay" contains a sample of the 1962 song " Something's Got a Hold on Me" by American singer

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, who is credited as a co-writer along with the song's other two writers.

Track listing

Personnel

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– keyboards, string arrangements ;Technical *

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– producer, mixing *Squid Inc. – design, art direction *

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– photography *Strings recorded at

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, London *Mastered at the Townhouse, London

Charts

References

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