Gorgeous George (album)

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Gorgeous George
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Studio album by
Edwyn Collins
Released1 July 1994
RecordedNovember 1993−April 1994
StudioNew River, London
Genre
Length58:15
Label Setanta
Producer Edwyn Collins
Edwyn Collins chronology
Hellbent on Compromise
(1990)		Gorgeous George
(1994)		 I'm Not Following You
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
NME 7/10 [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Gorgeous George is the third solo studio album by Scottish musician Edwyn Collins. The album was recorded at New River in London, with Collins acting as the producer. [6] It was released on 1 July 1994 [7] and features guest musician Paul Cook of the original Sex Pistols. [8]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Campaign for Real Rock" – 6:35
  2. "A Girl Like You" – 3:58
  3. "Low Expectations" – 3:58
  4. "Out of This World" – 5:37
  5. "If You Could Love Me" – 5:30
  6. "North of Heaven" – 3:39
  7. "Gorgeous George" – 4:08
  8. "It's Right in Front of You" – 6:26
  9. "Make Me Feel Again" – 4:22
  10. "I've Got It Bad" – 4:40
  11. "Subsidence" – 5:44
  12. "Moron" – 3:26

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. [6]

Main musicians

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Gorgeous George
Chart (1994–1995)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 37
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 24
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] 58
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 7
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [14] 16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 35
UK Albums (OCC) [16] 8
US Billboard 200 [17] 183

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