Big City Secrets
Studio album by Joseph Arthur
Released	March 11, 1997
Recorded	Real World Studios, England
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	55:47
Label	Real World Records
Producer	Markus Dravs
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Joseph Arthur chronology
Cut and Blind EP (1996) Big City Secrets (1997) Vacancy (EP) (1999)

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Contents 1 Track listing 2 Artists 3 Credits 4 Trivia 5 External links

Track listing

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

Artists

• Joseph Arthur: Guitars, Vocals - all tracks, Harmonica - track 2, Highly-Strung bass - track 5. Joseph Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is a contemporary Singer-songwriter from Akron, Ohio. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. A harmonica is a free reed Wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers or The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the
• Ron Aslan: Drum loop - track 7. In Electronic music, a loop is a sample which is repeated Loops may be repeated through the use of Tape loops delay effects cutting between
• Roger Beaujolais: Vibes - track 1. Vibes is a Comedy film released in 1988 starring pop icon and Singer Cyndi Lauper, Actor Jeff Goldblum,
• Martyn Barker: Treated Tubular Kit - track 1, Drums - track 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, Caxixi - track 4, Military Snare - track 7, Bondage Snare - track 8, Scaffolphoneum - track 9, Birimbau - track 11, Cow Gong - track 11, Percussion - track 12. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells A caxixi is a percussion instrument consisting of a closed Basket with a flat-bottom filled with Seeds or other small particles
• Markus Dravs: Keyboard instruments - track 1, Desert Storm - track 1, Gravel Percussion - track 1, Corn Horn - track 2, Drum Programming - track 4, 7, 9, Lesley Accordion - track 7, Low Drum - track 8, Sheet Percussion - track 8. A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. The accordion is a portable box-shaped Musical instrument of the hand-held Bellows -driven free-reed aerophone family sometimes referred to as a Squeezebox
• Nigel Eaton: Hurdy gurdy - track 3. Nigel Eaton is an English Hurdy gurdy player He originally played the Piano and Cello but switched to the Hurdy gurdy in 1981 A hurdy gurdy (also known as a wheel fiddle) is a stringed Musical instrument in which the strings are sounded by means of a Rosined wheel which the strings
• Simon Edwards: bass - all tracks, Piano - track 4, Coal Bass - track 7, Additional Guitars - track 7, String Fossil Bass - track 8, Maze Bass - track 9, Sas - track 9, Birimbau - track 11, Mellotron - track 11, Persian Fretless - track 11, Filter Bass - track 12, Harmonic Missiles - track 12. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical polyphonic keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s
• Brian Eno: Backing vocals - track 2. Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer A backing vocalist or backing singer (or especially in the US
• Peter Gabriel: Backing vocals - track 2. Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950 in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Songwriter. A backing vocalist or backing singer (or especially in the US
• Nick Plytas: Mellotron - track 7. The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical polyphonic keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s
• Ashley Slater: Trombone - track 6, 8. The trombone is a Musical instrument in the brass family Like all brass instruments it is a lip-reed Aerophone: sound is produced when the player’s

Credits

• Produced by Markus Dravs (c/o Fundamental Music)
• Engineered and digitally edited by Ben Findlay
• Mixed by Markus Dravs with Ben Findlay
• Additional engineers Justin Griffith, Lee Phillips, Lee Fitzgerald, Mark Aubury
• Additional editors Crispin Murray, Paul Morris

• Recorded and mixed at Real World Studios, England.
• Additional venues Swanyard Studios, Eascote Studios, Berwick Street Studios in England; Shelter Island Studios in New York.

• Brian Eno appears courtesy of Opal Ltd. Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer
• Peter Gabriel appears courtesy of Peter Gabriel Ltd/Real World Records Ltd/Geffen Records and Virgin Records Ltd. Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950 in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Songwriter. Real World Records is a record label started in 1989 by Peter Gabriel to help promote World music. Geffen Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell

• All songs written and composed by Joseph Arthur. Joseph Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is a contemporary Singer-songwriter from Akron, Ohio.

• A Real World Design
• Graphic Design by Tristan Manco
• Photography by Michele Turriani (front and back of booklet)
• Anna Gabriel (inlay & CD label).

• Paintings & drawings by Joseph Arthur

• all tracks published by Real World Music Ltd/EMI Virgin Music Ltd

• Special thanks to Harvey Schwarts, Rob Bozas, and Peter Gabriel

Trivia

Background vocals on the second track, "Mercedes," were provided by Peter Gabriel (founder of Real World Records) and Brian Eno. Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950 in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Songwriter. Real World Records is a record label started in 1989 by Peter Gabriel to help promote World music. Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer

External links

• Official Album Page.
• Big City Secrets at allmusic.com. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide.
• Big City Secrets at amazon.com. Amazoncom Inc ( is an American electronic commerce ( E-commerce) company in Seattle Washington.

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