Believe You Me

Believe You Me
Studio album by Blancmange
Released	1985
Recorded	May – August 1985
Genre	New Wave
Length	45:09
Label	London Records
Producer	Stewart Levine (1) Neil Arthur & John Williams (2) Stephen Luscombe
Blancmange chronology
Mange Tout (1984) Believe You Me (1985) Second Helpings (1990)

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Believe You Me (1985) is the third album by Blancmange and was released in 1985.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 LP: LONLP 10 1.1.1 Side one 1.1.2 Side two 1.2 CD: 820 301–2 2 Personnel 2.1 Musicians 2.2 Additional musicians 2.3 Production 3 References

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Arthur & Stephen Luscombe.

LP: LONLP 10

Side one

1. "Lose Your Love" – 4:09
2. "What's Your Problem?" – 4:13
3. "Paradise Is" – 3:48
4. "Why Don't They Leave Things Alone?" – 4:35
5. "22339" – 5:23 ⁽¹⁾

Side two

1. "Don't You Love It All" – 4:35
2. "Believe" – 3:49
3. "Lorraine's My Nurse" – 2:31
4. "Other Animals" – 4:19
5. "No Wonder They Never Made It Back" – 3:31 ⁽¹⁾
6. "John" – 4:16 ⁽²⁾

CD: 820 301–2

1. "Lose Your Love" – 4:09
2. "What's Your Problem?" – 4:13
3. "Paradise Is" – 3:48
4. "Why Don't They Leave Things Alone?" – 4:35
5. "22339" – 5:23 ⁽¹⁾
6. "Don't You Love It All" – 4:35
7. "Believe" – 3:49
8. "Lorraine's My Nurse" – 2:31
9. "Other Animals" – 4:19
10. "No Wonder They Never Made It Back!" – 3:31 ⁽¹⁾
11. "John" – 4:16 ⁽²⁾

Personnel

Musicians

• Neil Arthur
• Stephen Luscombe

Additional musicians

• David Rhodes - Guitar (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)
• Justin Hildreth - Drums (1, 4, 6)
• Hugh Masekela - Flugelhorn (6)
• Ronnie Ross - Baritone Saxophone (9)
• Francis Foster - Congas & Tambourine (1, 6)
• Pandit Dinesh - Tablas & Madal (10)
• Katie Kissoon - Background Voice (6)
• Stevie Lange - Background Voice (6)
• London Community Gospel Choir - Background Voices (9)
• Dick Cuthell - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Cornet, Brass Arr. (10)
• Tony Pleeth - Cello (4, 10)
• Simon Elliston - Flute (4)
• Lynton Naiff - String Arr. (8)
• Gavin Wright - Violin (8)
• Dick Morgan - Oboe (8)
• Anthea Cox - Flute (8)
• Steve Maw - Bassoon (8)
• Nigel Warren-Green - Cello (8)
• Paul Webb - Bass (5)

Production

• Recorded in London from May to August 1985 at Air, Garden, Island, Redan, Roundhouse, Strongroom and Wessex Studios
• Produced by Stewart Levine for Ultradelta Limited
  ⁽¹⁾ "22339" and "No Wonder They Never Made It Back" produced by Neil Arthur & John Williams
  ⁽²⁾ "John" produced by Stephen Luscombe
• Engineered by Femi J
• Assistant Engineers: Karl Lever (Air)
  Pete Griffiths (Garden)
  Stephen Street (Island)
  Johnny Schinas (Redan)
  David Kemp (Roundhouse)
  Phil Bodger (Strongroom)
• Management by Paul Williams, Paul Smith and Jolyan Burnham
• 'Mask' construction by Annie Symons @ Manifest
• Photography by Mike Owen
• Designs by Assorted Images

References

Blancmange Neil Arthur · Stephen Luscombe Studio albums: Happy Families  · Mange Tout  · Believe You Me  · Blanc Burn Compilation albums: Second Helpings  · Heaven Knows  · The Third Course  · Best of Blancmange  · The Platinum Collection EP & Singles: Irene & Mavis  · God's Kitchen/I've Seen the Word  · Feel Me  · Living on the Ceiling  · Waves  · Blind Vision  · That's Love That It Is  · Don't Tell Me  · The Day Before You Came · What's Your Problem?  · Lose Your Love  · I Can See It Videos The Video Singles  · Live at the Haçienda  · Hello Good Evening