Earthbound (Conner Reeves album)

Earthbound
Studio album by Conner Reeves
Released	24 November 1997
Recorded	Jacobs Studios and Abbey Road Studios
Label	Wildstar CDWILD3
Producer	Grant Mitchell
Conner Reeves chronology
Earthbound (1997) Welcome to the Future (2006)
Singles from Earthbound
"My Father's Son" Released: 18 August 1997 "Earthbound" Released: 10 November 1997 "Read My Mind" Released: 30 March 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Smash Hits	[2]

Earthbound is the 1997 debut album by Conner Reeves. Three singles came from the album, "My Father's Son", "Earthbound" and "Read My Mind". It entered the UK Albums Chart on 6 December 1997, reaching number 25 and staying in the charts for 11 weeks. ^[3]

Critical reception

Andy Gill of The Independent wrote on 28 November 1997:

Earthbound presents a blue-eyed soul singer of remarkable abilities, not least of which is a gift for writing songs which, like the closing track, "Ordinary People", already sound like standards. Reeves and his producer Grant Mitchell are intimately familiar with every wrinkle of their genre, turning their hands with equal facility to swingbeat, mild funk, gospel pleading and political soul ^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"They Say"	Conner Reeves	4:30
2.	"My Father's Son"	Graham Lyle	4:06
3.	"Read My Mind"	Wayne Cohen	4:18
4.	"We Are The Wave"	Marc Hall	4:49
5.	"Nobody But You"	Lyle, Terry Britten	5:00
6.	"Earthbound"	Lyle	4:28
7.	"We Were Only Dancing"	Grant Mitchell	4:54
8.	"Let It Breathe"	Reeves	4:02
9.	"Working Man"	Hall	4:19
10.	"Ordinary People"	Reeves	4:56

Personnel

• Conner Reeves – lead vocals
• Grant Mitchell – keyboards
• Adam Drake – guitar
• Dominic Miller – guitar
• Keeling Lee – guitar
• Graham Lyle – guitar
• Pino Palladino – bass guitar
• Manu Katché – drums
• Ren Swan – percussion
• Henry Jackson – drum programming
• London Session Orchestra conducted by James Shearman.

Notes

1. "Conner Reeves - Earthbound". AllMusic . Retrieved 17 September 2017.
2. "New Albums". Smash Hits . 17 December 1997. p. 65. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
3. "Earthbound". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 13 October 2020.
4. "Conner Reeves Earthbound Wildstar CDWILD3". The Independent . Retrieved 25 September 2017.