Body & Soul (Rick Astley album)
Body & Soul is Rick Astley's fourth album, released in 1993. It is generally considered to have been a flop, failing to enter the UK album chart. The album charted for a week at #185 on Billboard 200 and reached #28 in Italy.[3] Two singles were released from the album. After this album, Astley left the music business behind for several years and released no new material until 2001.
Track listing
- "The Ones You Love" (D. West, R. Astley) – 4:40
- "Waiting for the Bell to Ring" ((D. West, R. Astley) – 4:53
- "Hopelessly" (R. Astley, R. Fisher) – 3:34
- "A Dream for Us" (B. Roberts, R. Astley) – 6:07
- "Body and Soul" (R. Astley) – 4:09
- "Enough Love" (A. Morris, I. Devaney, L. Stansfield, R. Astley) – 4:07
- "Nature's Gift" (A. Morris, I. Devaney, L. Stansfield, R. Astley) – 4:26
- "Remember the Days" (R. Astley, R. Fisher) – 3:57
- "Everytime" (D. West, G. Stevenson, R. Astley) – 4:53
- "When You Love Someone" (R. Astley) – 4:14
- "Stop Breaking Your Heart" – 4:13 (Japanese release only)
Credits
- Musicians
- Rick Astley – lead and backing vocals
- Dave West – keyboards, drum programming, bass, organ
- Richard Cottle – keyboards, electric piano, Wurlitzer, synth bass (track 3-5, 8)
- Jim Williams – classical guitar (track 3)
- Tony Patler – guitar, Moog bass (tracks 4, 6-7, 9)
- Felix Krish – bass guitar (track 8)
- Mark Brzezicki – live drums (track 1)
- Ian Thomas – percussion (tracks 2, 4, 6-9)
- Nigel Hitchcock – saxophone, guitar (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8)
- Beverly Skeet – backing vocals (tracks 1-2)
- Derek Green – backing vocals (tracks 1-2, 4, 6-10)
- Paul 'T.J.' Lee – backing vocals (tracks 1-2, 4, 6-10)
- Gina Foster – backing vocals (track 10)
- Production
- Gary Stevenson – engineer
- Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
- Norman Mooore – art design
- Paul Cox – photography
References