Scarlet and Other Stories

Scarlet and Other Stories
Studio album by All About Eve
Released 16 October 1989
Genre Gothic rock, alternative rock, post-punk
Label Mercury, Phonogram
Producer Paul Samwell-Smith
All About Eve chronology

All About Eve
(1988)		 Scarlet and Other Stories
(1989)		 Touched by Jesus
(1991)
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Scarlet and Other Stories is the second studio album by All About Eve. It was held to be considerably darker both in tone and lyrics than their first album, All About Eve. The relationship between lead singer Julianne Regan and guitarist Tim Bricheno broke down during the album's recording and production, and Regan later said that she hadn't wept as much in her life as she had during the making this album.

Scarlet and Other Stories reached No. 9 in the UK charts with three Top 40 singles resulting from it.

Track listing

Bold indicates a single release (with UK chart position).
All songs written and composed by Tim Bricheno, Andy Cousin, Mark Price and Julianne Regan except where noted.

  1. "Road to Your Soul" (37)
  2. "Dream Now" (Bricheno, Cousin, Regan)
  3. "Gold and Silver"
  4. "Scarlet" (34) (Bricheno, Cousin, Regan)
  5. "December" (34)
  6. "Blind Lemon Sam" (Bricheno, Cousin, Regan)
  7. "More Than the Blues"
  8. "Tuesday's Child"
  9. "Pieces of Our Heart" (Bricheno, Cousin, Regan)
  10. "Hard Spaniard"
  11. "The Empty Dancehall"
  12. "Only One Reason"
  13. "The Pearl Fishermen" (Bricheno, Cousin, Regan)

Notes

This would be the last album by All About Eve to feature Tim Bricheno on guitars until Keepsakes seventeen years later. He was replaced in time for their third album Touched by Jesus by Church guitarist Marty Willson-Piper.