''Compañeros'' is the second album by the British jazz dance band Working Week, released by

Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group. They were originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman (musician), ...

in 1986. Allmusic Review: ''Compañeros''accessed 14 October 2017

Track listing

# "Too Much Time" (

Don Van Vliet Don Van Vliet (; born 'Don Glen Vliet'; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. Conducting a rotating ensemble known as the M ...

) – 4:01 # "Dancing in Motion" ( Simon Booth,

Juliet Roberts Juliet Roberts (born 6 May 1962) is a British jazz, rock, soul and house music singer of Grenadian descent. Career Roberts was born in London, England. She originally recorded as Julie Roberts in 1982, and performed on the 1983 top 10 hit si ...

Larry Stabbins Larry Stabbins (born 9 September 1949) is a British jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer. Biography Larry Stabbins learned clarinet at school from the age of eight, when his musical idol was Acker Bilk. He started playing saxophone at the age o ...

) – 4:10 # "Friend (Touche Pas à Mon Pote)" (Booth, Stabbins) – 4:44 # "South Africa" (Booth, Stabbins) – 4:53 # "Shot in the Dark" (Booth, Roberts, Stabbins) – 4:54 # "Soul Train" (Booth, Stabbins) – 4:45 # "King of the Night" (Booth, Stabbins) – 5:20 # "Touching Heaven" (Booth, Roberts, Stabbins) – 4:11 # "Southern Cross" (Booth, Stabbins) – 7:58

Personnel

;Working Week *

– vocals * Simon Booth – guitars *

– tenor and soprano saxophone and flute with: * Paul Spong – trumpet * Richard Edwards – trombone * Jess Bailey – keyboards * Nick Graham – keyboards * Iain Prince – keyboards * Paul "Tubbs" Williams – bass * Jeff Clyne – double bass *

Preston Heyman Preston Heyman is a British record producer, drummer and percussionist. He is credited on the Kate Bush album '' Never for Ever''. Not too long afterwards, he was recruited to be the drummer for Atomic Rooster's reformation, and appeared on th ...

– drums * Nic France – drums *

Frank Ricotti Frank E. Ricotti (born 31 January 1949) is an English jazz vibraphonist and percussionist. Early life and education Frank E. Ricotti was born in St Pancras, London, England; his father was a drummer. Bill Ashton, founder of the National ...

– percussion * Bosco De Oliveira – percussion * Tom Morley – drum programming * Juliet Roberts, Wayne Hernandez, Angela Barfon, Candi Mackenzie, Michael Paul – backing vocals *

David Bedford David Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music. He was the brother of the conductor Steuart Bedford, the grandson of the composer, painter ...

– string arrangements

Charts

Album charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Compañeros 1986 albums Working Week (band) albums Virgin Records albums