''You've Got to Laugh'' is the seventh studio album by

Nik Kershaw Nicholas David Kershaw (born 1 March 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Kershaw came to prominence in 1984 as a solo artist. He released eight singles that entered the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart during the ...

, released on 26 October 2006 under his own record label. Initially at least, the album is only available for purchase online vi
his web site
through his own studio, Shorthouse Records. The album is also available for a digital download via iTunes or

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. In a 2008 interview, Kershaw spoke of the album. "''You've Got to Laugh'' took about five years to get together. That wasn't intense recording, obviously. I just waited until I'd got enough tracks and that was the time to release it. Had it not been for my girlfriend, it probably wouldn't have been released at all. The songs are all about my own experiences or those of people around me; they're about friends and foes; they're about real life, which means there's nothing too glamorous going on".

Track listing

#"Can't Get Arrested" – 4:41 #"Oh, You Beautiful Thing" – 3:15 #"Lost" – 4:40 #"All About You" – 4:35 #"Promises, Promises" – 3:52 #"I Hope You're Happy Now" – 3:20 #"Old House" – 4:02 #"Yeah, Yeah" – 3:50 #"Born Yesterday" – 4:50 #"Loud, Confident & Wrong" – 3:39 #"She Could Be the One" – 5:17 #"You Don't Have to Be the Sun" – 5:39 No songs from the album were released as singles. At the end of the CD sleeve, there is a dedication note to Kershaw's late father, Douglas John Kershaw (24 February 1920 – 30 July 2005). The holding page on the official Nik Kershaw website had an instrumental in-work version of the closing track "You Don't Have to Be the Sun".

Credits

- vox, guitars, keyboards, programming and general showing off * Stuart Ross - bass (tracks 5, 6, 7, 9, 12) *

Nick Beggs Nicholas Beggs (born 15 December 1961Larkin, Colin (1997) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music'', Virgin Books, , p. 270-271) is an English musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of the Mute Go ...

- bass,

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& impulse power (tracks 2, 3, 4, 11) * Julian Brown - drums (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9) * Simon Phillips - drums (tracks 1, 7, 11) *

Imogen Heap Imogen Jennifer Heap (born 9 December 1977) is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Her work has been considered pioneering in pop and electropop music. Heap classically trained in piano, cello and clarinet starting at a ...

- backing vox (tracks 5, 8, 12) * Lily Gonzalez - backing box (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 11) Julian's drums recorded by Mark "Tufty" Evans at Wispington Studios. Tracks 8 & 12 mixed by Mark "Tufty" Evans at Wispington Studios. Mastered by Simon Heyworth at Super Audio Mastering, Devon. Graphic Design by Aurile Ltd. Main cover artwork by Frank Renlie. Fish photograph by Kim Zumwalt, Getty Images. All songs written by

and published by Zomba Music.

References

External links

Lyrics for all tracks on this album (scroll down to the bottom to see links to them)
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