Scritti Politti ‎"Cupid & Psyche 85" (1985) -Blue-Eyed Soul / SynthPop-

Label : Virgin Records / Warner Bros. Records

 Side One

01 - The Word Girl (Green Gartside & David Gamson)
02 - Small Talk (Green Gartside & David Gamson)
03 - Absolute (Green Gartside)
04 - A Little Knowledge (Green Gartside)
05 - Don't Work That Hard (Green Gartside)

Side Two

01 - Perfect Way (Green Gartside & David Gamson)
02 - Lover To Fall (Green Gartside)
03 - Wood Beez (Green Gartside)
04 - Hypnotize (Green Gartside & David Gamson)


Principal Studios :
New York; Minot Sound / Power Station / Atlantic Studios
London; Eden / Wessex / Sarm (East & West)
Mastered with Tony Cousins
Additional Tape Editing : Bunt Stafford-Clark (Townhouse Studios)


Side One

01 - The Word Girl

Vocal : Green Gartside
Keyboards : David Gamson
Drums : Fred Maher
Background vocals : B.J. Nelson
Guitar : Nick Moroch
Recorded & Mixed by Howard Gray
Produced by Green Gartside, David Samson & Fred Maher

02 - Small Talk

Vocal : Green Gartside
Keyboards : David Gamson
Drums : Fred Maher
Guitar : Allan Murphy
Background vocals : B.J. Nelson
Fairlight Programming : Simon Climie
Recorded & Mixed by Howard Gray
Produced by Green Gartside, David Samson & Fred Maher

03 - Absolute

Vocal : Green Gartside
Keyboards : David Gamson, Green Gartside, Robbie Buchanan & David Frank
Drums : Steve Ferrone
Drum Programmes : Fred Maher
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Bass : Will Lee
Background vocals : B.J. Nelson, Tawatha Agee & Fonzi Thornton
Fairlight Programming : J.J. & EBN
Mixed by Gary Langan
Arranged by David Gamson & Green Gartside
Produced by Arif Mardin

04 - A Little Knowledge

Vocal : Green Gartside & B.J. Nelson
Keyboards : David Gamson
Drums : Fred Maher
Guitar : Ira Siegel
Background vocals : B.J. Nelson
Engineered by Ray Bardani
Mixed by Howard Gray
Arranged by David Gamson
Produced by Green Gartside, David Samson & Fred Maher

05 - Don't Work That Hard

Vocal : Green Gartside
Keyboards : David Gamson, David Frank & Robbie Buchanan
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr. & Robert Quine
Bass : Marcus Miller
Drums : Steve Ferrone
Drum Programmes : Fred Maher
Background vocals : B.J. Nelson, Tawatha Agee & Fonzi Thornton
Fairlight Programming : EBN
Mixed by Howard Gray
Arranged by David Gamson
Produced by Arif Mardin

Side Two

01 - Perfect Way

Vocal : Green Gartside
Keyboards : David Gamson
Drums : Fred Maher
Guitar : Nick Moroch & Allan Murphy
Recorded & Mixed by Howard Gray
Produced by Green Gartside, David Samson & Fred Maher

02 - Lover To Fall

Vocal : Green Gartside
Keyboards : David Gamson
Drums : Fred Maher
Guitar : Green Gartside & Nick Moroch
Background vocals : B.J. Nelson
Fairlight Programming : EBN
Engineered by Ray Bardani
Mixed by Howard Gray
Arranged by David Gamson
Produced by Green Gartside, David Samson & Fred Maher

03 - Wood Beez

Vocal : Green Gartside
Keyboards : David Gamson, Robbie Buchanan & David Frank
Guitar : Paul Jackson Jr.
Drums : Steve Ferrone
Drum Programmes : Fred Maher
Background vocals : B.J. Nelson, Tawatha Agee & Fonzi Thornton
Fairlight Programming : EBN
Engineered by Lew Hahn & Jason Corsaro
Mixed by Jason Corsaro
Arranged by David Gamson & Green Cartside
Produced by Arif Mardin

04 - Hypnotize

Vocal : Green Gartside
Keyboards : David Gamson
Drums : Fred Maher
Guitar : Nick Moroch
Background vocals : B.J. Nelson
Fairlight Programming : EBN
Engineered by Ray Bardani
Mixed by Ray Bardani
Produced by Green Gartside, David Samson & Fred Maher