| In Session | ||||
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| Released | 20 September 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1981–1983 | |||
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| Length | 49:28 | |||
| Label | Sovereign Music | |||
| Producer | David Pickerill | |||
| Lisa Stansfield chronology | ||||
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In Session is a compilation album containing Lisa Stansfield's early recordings from 1981 to 1983. [1] [2] It was released by Sovereign Music on 20 September 1996. [3] [4]
The album contains fourteen songs written by David Pickerill and Paul O'Donoughue, and produced by Pickerill, including Stansfield's first three singles: "Your Alibis" (retitled here as "Alibi's"), "The Only Way" and "Listen to Your Heart", and their B-sides: "The Thought Police" and "Only Love", retitled "Only Love (Can Break Your Heart)". [1] In Session does not include Stansfield's fourth single "I Got a Feeling", but includes its B-side "Red Lights" (track 10). [5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Only Way" | David Pickerill, Paul O'Donoughue | Pickerill | 3:25 |
| 2. | "Bitter Sweet" | Pickerill, O'Donoughue | Pickerill | 4:33 |
| 3. | "The Thought Police" | Pickerill, O'Donoughue | Pickerill | 3:31 |
| 4. | "Walking on Thin Ice" | Pickerill, O'Donoughue | Pickerill | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Listen to Your Heart" | Pickerill, O'Donoughue | Pickerill | 3:13 |
| 6. | "Only Love (Can Break Your Heart)" | Pickerill, O'Donoughue | Pickerill | 3:05 |
| 7. | "More than Love" | Pickerill, O'Donoughue | Pickerill | 4:42 |
| 8. | "Don't Stop Me for the Mailman" | Pickerill, O'Donoughue | Pickerill | 3:02 |
| 9. | "A Boy You Have Known" | Pickerill, O'Donoughue | Pickerill | 2:56 |
| 10. | "Red Lights" | Pickerill, O'Donoughue | Pickerill | 3:18 |
| 11. | "Make Sure That the Feelin's Right" | Pickerill | Pickerill | 4:00 |
| 12. | "Spinning Top" | Pickerill, O'Donoughue | Pickerill | 3:21 |
| 13. | "Take Care, Goodnight" | Pickerill, O'Donoughue | Pickerill | 3:09 |
| 14. | "Alibi's" | Pickerill, O'Donoughue | Pickerill | 4:08 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom [3] | 20 September 1996 | Sovereign Music | CD | SOV016CD |
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