Fresco (M People album)

Fresco
Studio album by M People
Released	13 October 1997
Genre	Dance
Label	M People Records
Producer	M People
M People chronology
Bizarre Fruit II (1995) Fresco (1997) The Best of M People (1998)
Singles from Fresco
"Just for You" Released: 22 September 1997 "Fantasy Island" Released: 24 November 1997 "Angel St" Released: 16 March 1998

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Fresco is the fourth and final studio album by the British dance band M People. It includes the Top 10 singles "Just for You" and "Angel St", the hit single "Fantasy Island", and a cover version of the Roxy Music song "Avalon".

Track listing

All songs written by Mike Pickering, Paul Heard and Heather Small except where noted.

Personnel

• Heather Small – lead vocals
• Mike Pickering – saxophone, backing vocals
• Paul Heard – bass guitar, keyboards
• Shovell – percussion
• M People – production
• Phil Bodger – engineering, mixing (tracks 1,3,4,5,8,9,10)
• Neil McLennan – engineering, mixing (track 12)
• Tim Weidner – engineering, mixing (track 7)
• David 'EQ3' Sussman – engineering, mixing (tracks 2,11)
• Warren Riker – engineering, mixing (track 6)
• James Reynolds – additional engineering (tracks 1,3,5)
• Steve Sidelnyk – drum programming (tracks 1,3,4,5,7,8,9)
• Gäetan Schurrer – drum programming (track 10)
• Joey Moskowitz – drum programming (tracks 2,11)
• Che Pope – drum programming (track 6)
• Richard T. Norris – additional keyboards (tracks 4,12)
• Simon Ellis – additional keyboards (track 9)
• Paul Taylor – additional keyboards (tracks 1,3,5)
• Gäetan Schurrer – additional keyboards (tracks 1,3,5)
• George Pearson – additional keyboards (track 6)
• Joey Moskowitz – additional keyboards (tracks 2,11)
• Terry Burrus – grand piano, keyboards (tracks 2,7,11)
• Pino Palladino – bass guitar (tracks 1,3,4,5)
• Freddie Thomson – bass guitar (track 9)
• Paul Dileo – bass guitar (track 6)
• Tim LaFavre – upright bass (track 11)
• Snake Davies (saxophone, flute, EWI) (tracks 1,3,4,7,8,12)
• Neil Sidwell – trombone (track 8)
• John Thirkell – trumpet (track 8)
• Brooklyn Funk Essential – brass (tracks 2,11)
• Johnny Marr – guitars (tracks 9,10)
• Dave Ital – guitars (tracks 5,7)
• Milton McDonald – guitars (tracks 1,3)
• Mike Delguidice – guitars (track 6)
• The London Session Orchestra, arranged by Will Malone – strings (tracks 1,3,5,8)
• Simon Hale – strings (track 7)
• Danny Madden – background vocal arrangements (tracks 2,6,11)
• Paul Johnson – background vocals (tracks 10,12)
• Carroll Thompson – background vocals (tracks 1,3,5,7,8,9,10)
• Claudia Fontaine – background vocals (tracks 1,3,5,8,9)
• Beverly Skeete – background vocals (tracks 1,3,5,8,9)
• Chris Balins – background vocals (track 10)
• Sophia Jones – background vocals (track 10)
• Sylvia Mason-James – background vocals (track 3)
• Audrey Wheeler – background vocals (tracks 2,6,11)
• Khadeja Bass – background vocals (tracks 2,6,11)
• Nicki Richards – background vocals (tracks 2,6,11)
• Will Downing – background vocals (track 2)
• Mark Ledford – background vocals (track 2)
• Steve Thomton – percussion (track 11)
• Matthew Rolston – photography
• Farrow Design – design

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