Big City Secrets

1997 studio album by Joseph Arthur
Big City Secrets
Studio album by
Joseph Arthur
ReleasedMarch 11, 1997 (1997-03-11)
StudioReal World, England
GenreAlternative rock
Length55:47
LabelReal World Records
ProducerMarkus Dravs
Joseph Arthur chronology
Cut and Blind
(1996)
Big City Secrets
(1997)
Vacancy (EP)
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Big City Secrets is the first studio album by American singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur, released by Real World Records on March 11, 1997.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joseph Arthur

No.TitleLength
1."Big City Secret"4:37
2."Mercedes"6:18
3."Mikel K"3:54
4."Good About Me"4:58
5."Daddy's on Prozac"4:05
6."Marina"4:03
7."Birthday Card"5:36
8."Crying Like a Man"6:16
9."Porcupine"4:42
10."Dessert"1:05
11."Haunted Eyes"4:44
12."Bottle of You"5:29

Personnel

Musicians

  • Joseph Arthur – guitar (1–5, 7–9, 11, 12), vocals, harmonica (2), highly-strung bass (5), paintings, drawings
  • Roger Beaujolais – vibes (1), Venetian xylophone (2)
  • Martyn Barker – treated tubular kit (1), drums (2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11), caxixi (4), bondage snare (8), live drums (9), scaffolphoneum (9), berimbau (11), cow gong (11), percussion (12)
  • Simon Edwards – bass (1–5, 10, 11), piano (4), bass performance & arrangement (6), coal bass (7), additional guitar (7), string fossil bass (8), maze bass (9), sas (9), berimbau (11), mellotron (11), Persian fretless (11), filter bass (12), harmonic missiles (12)
  • Markus Dravskeyboard (1), desert storm & gravel percussion (1), corn horn (2), drum programming (4, 7, 9), lesley accordion (7), low drum & sheet percussion (8), production, mixing
  • Brian Enobacking vocals (2)
  • Peter Gabriel – backing vocals (2)
  • Nigel Eatonhurdy gurdy (3)
  • Ashley Slater – trombone (6, 7)
  • Ron Aslan – drum loop (7)
  • Nick Plytas – mellotron (7)

Technical personnel

  • Ben Findlay – engineering, editing, mixing
  • Ruadhri Cushnan – additional engineering
  • Ray Martin – additional engineering
  • Goetz Botzenhardt – additional engineering
  • Ibi Tjani – additional engineering
  • Jacquie Turner – additional engineering
  • Nick Kirkland – additional engineering
  • Justin Griffith – assistant engineering
  • Lee Phillips – assistant engineering
  • Lee Fitzgerald – assistant engineering
  • Mark Aubury – assistant engineering
  • Crispin Murray – additional editing
  • Paul Morris – additional editing
  • Tristan Manco – graphic design
  • Derek Edwards – 2012 Real World Gold reissue repackaged album design
  • Michele Turriani – front cover and right hand inside panel background photography
  • Anna Gabriel – CD face and inside left hand panel background photography

References

  1. ^ Cater, Evan. Joseph Arthur: Big City Secrets at AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
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