09/09/2025

Swing Out Sister "Shapes And Patterns" (1997) -Jazz Pop / Blue-Eyed Soul-



Label : Pure Records / Mercury Records


Royaume-Uni 01 - Somewhere In The World (Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery & Paul Staveley O'Duffy)
02 - Here And Now (Andy Connell & Corinne Drewery)
03 - We Could Make It Happen (Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery & Paul Staveley O'Duffy)
04 - Shapes And Patterns (Andy Connell & Corinne Drewery)
05 - Better Make It Better (Andy Connell & Corinne Drewery)
06 - Something Out Of This World (Andy Connell & Corinne Drewery)
07 - Joe Meek's Cat (Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery & Paul Staveley O'Duffy)
08 - Stoned Soul Picnic (Laura Nyro)
09 - You Already Know (Andy Connell & Corinne Drewery)
10 - Always (Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery & Paul Staveley O'Duffy)
11 - Now You're Not Here (Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery & Paul Staveley O'Duffy)
12 - Icy Cold As Winter (Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery & Paul Staveley O'Duffy)
13 - Shapes And Patterns (Reprise) (Andy Connell & Corinne Drewery)


Corinne Drewery : Lead vocals
Andy Connell : Keyboards

Tim Cansfield : Guitars
Luis Jardim : Percussion, Bass Guitar
Derick Johnson : Bass Guitar on 01
Andrew Small : Drums on 01, 02, 05
Gota Yashiki : Drums, Rhythm Programming on 03, 08 & 09
Steve Sydelnick : Rhythm Programming on 04, 06, 09 & 13
Masayoshi Furukawa : Guitar on 11

Background vocals : Beverly Skeete, Derek Green, Sylvia Mason James, Stevie Lange, George Chandler, Melody Sexton, Leon Daniels on 01, 04, 09 & 13
Jerry Hey : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Gary Grant : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Larry Williams : Saxophone
Bill Reichenbach : Trombone

On 03 & 06
Snake Davis : Saxophone, Flute
Steve Sidwell : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Fayaz Virji : Trombone

On 11 :
Yoichi Murata : Trombone, Bass Trombone
Toshio Araki : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Masahiro Sugasaka : Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Takuo Yamamoto : Saxophone
Osamu Koike : Saxophone
Hideya Takakuwa : Flute

Vocal Arrangement on 10 by Frank Campbell
Performed by Myriam Stokley, Beverly Skeete & Lance Ellington

Horns Arranged by :
Jerry Hey on 01, 04, 09 & 13
Snake Davis on 03 & 06
Yoichi Murata on 01

Strings on 02 Arranged & Conducted by Robyn Smith
Andy's String Arrangements on 01 & 08
Transcribed & Conducted by Robyn Smith
Performed by The London Session Orchestra Led by Gavyn Wright

Produced & Mixed by Paul Staveley O'Duffy
Assistant Engineers
Ben Georgiades, Jon Bailey at Air Studios 
Valarie Jaquot, Ibi Tijani at Swanyard
Steve Cook at Sludderidge Studios
Scott Howland at Milo Music
Yutaka Uematsu at Burnish Stone
Tatsuya Shimokawa at Digital Solutions
Yulaka Shimoyama at JVC Victor Studios