Other Voices (Paul Young album)

Other Voices
Studio album by Paul Young
Released	4 June 1990
Recorded	October 1988 – February 1990
Genre	Pop rock
Length	45:56
Label	Columbia
Producer	Pete Wingfield Warne Livesey Martin Page Nile Rodgers Peter Wolf
Paul Young chronology
Between Two Fires (1986) Other Voices (1990) From Time to Time – The Singles Collection (1991)
Singles from Other Voices
"Softly Whispering I Love You" Released: 30 April 1990 "Oh Girl" Released: 25 June 1990 "Heaven Can Wait" Released: 1990 "Calling You" Released: 24 December 1990 [1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Select	1/5 [3]
Smash Hits	6/10 [4]

Other Voices is the fourth studio album by the English singer Paul Young. Released in June 1990, the album peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry for UK sales in excess of 100,000 copies. ^[5]

The album contains four UK singles: "Softly Whispering I Love You" (UK #21), "Heaven Can Wait" (UK #71), "Calling You" (UK #57), and a cover of the Chi-Lites' hit "Oh Girl" (UK #25, U.S. #8).

The album followed the pattern of Young's first three albums combining cover versions with original songs. However, with the songwriting partnership of Young and keyboard player Ian Kewley breaking up, this album returned to the dominance of cover versions seen on Young's debut No Parlez . However, there were three original songs composed by Young with new keyboard player Martin Page.

Track listing

Other Voices was re-released as a 2 x CD album in 2012 under licence on Cherry Pop and contained a second CD containing 12" remixes and b-sides.

1. "Heaven Can Wait" (Paul Rutter) – 4:12
2. "A Little Bit of Love" (Paul Rodgers, Andy Fraser, Paul Kossoff, Simon Kirke) – 3:52
3. "Softly Whispering I Love You" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway) – 4:14
4. "Together" (Paul Young, Martin Page) – 4:33
5. "Stop on By" (Bobby Womack, Terry Thomas) – 5:23
6. "Our Time Has Come" (Paul Young, Martin Page) – 4:39
7. "Oh Girl" (Eugene Record) – 3:36
8. "Right About Now" (Paul Young, Martin Page) – 5:11
9. "It's What She Didn't Say" (Peter Wolf, Ina Wolf) – 5:04
10. "Calling You" (Bob Telson) – 5:08
11. "Dolcemente Mormoro Ti Amo (Softly Whispering I Love You) - 5:10 (note: not on standard CD)

CD2 Listing

1. "Softly Whispering I Love You (Extended Version)"
2. "Leaving Home"
3. "Lovers Cross"
4. "You're the One"
5. "'Til I Gain Control Again"
6. "Trying to Guess the Rest"
7. "Back Where I Started"
8. "Heaven Can Wait (12" Remix)"
9. "That's How It Is (Remix)"
10. "Everything Must Change (Live)"

Personnel

• Paul Young – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (3), backing vocals (6)
• Richard Cottle – keyboards (1, 5), Hammond organ (3)
• Paul Wickens – acoustic piano (1, 3, 4, 8), organ (1), Hammond organ (4)
• Richard Hilton – programming (2)
• Nile Rodgers – programming (2), guitars (2)
• Warne Livesey – synthesizers (3), synthesizer programming (3), acoustic guitar (3), keyboards (4, 8), programming (4), bass (8)
• Steve Winwood – Hammond organ (5)
• Martin Page – keyboards (6, 8), percussion (6), backing vocals (6), additional guitar (8), bass (8)
• Larry Williams – keyboards (6), programming (6), saxophone (6)
• Pete Wingfield – acoustic piano (7)
• Peter Wolf – keyboards (9, 10)
• Steve Bolton – guitar (1)
• David Gilmour – lead guitar (1), guitar solo (2)
• Robbie McIntosh – electric guitar (3), guitars (4)
• Dominic Miller – nylon guitar (3), guitars (8)
• Neil Hubbard – guitars (5)
• Dann Huff – guitars (6)
• Robert Ahwai – guitars (7)
• David Williams – guitars (9)
• Dori Caymmi – guitars (10), backing vocals (10)
• Pino Palladino – bass (1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10)
• Julian Crampton – bass (7)
• Neil Conti – drums (1)
• Andres Levin – drum samples (2)
• Manu Katché – drums (3, 4, 5, 8)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (6, 9, 10)
• Graham Ward – drums (7)
• Danny Cummings – percussion (4, 5)
• Anne Dudley – strings (3, 7)
• Guy Barker – flugelhorn (4)
• Stevie Wonder – harmonica solo (7, 10)
• Chaka Khan – harmony vocals (1, 5)
• Jimmy Chambers – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7)
• George Chandler – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7)
• Ava Cherry – backing vocals (1, 8)
• Belva Haney – backing vocals (1, 8)
• Jimmy Helms – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 7)
• Beverley Skeete – backing vocals (1, 8)
• Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals (2)
• Lamya – backing vocals (2)
• Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals (2)
• Robert Carr – backing vocals (3)
• Paul Lee – backing vocals (3)
• Merlin Sutherland – backing vocals (3)
• Carol Thompson – backing vocals (3)
• Joan Todd – backing vocals (3)
• Liliana Chachian – Spanish chorus (4)
• Carlos Fuentes – Spanish chorus (4)
• Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals (6)
• Joe Pizzulo – backing vocals (6, 9)
• Phyllis St. James – backing vocals (6)
• Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (9)
• Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals (9)
• Oren Waters – backing vocals (9)
• Ina Wolf – backing vocals (9)

Production

• Paul Young – executive producer
• Wayne Livesey – producer (1, 3, 4, 5, 8)
• Nile Rodgers – producer (2)
• Martin Page – producer (6)
• Pete Wingfield – producer (7)
• Peter Wolf – producer (9, 10)
• Patrick Dillett – engineer
• Bino Espinoza – engineer, mixing (9)
• Ted Hayton – engineer
• Steve Jackson – engineer
• Joe Scott – recording
• Mark Chamberlain – overdub recording
• Mike Ross-Trevor – strings engineer (3, 7)
• Bob Clearmountain – mixing (1, 3, 7)
• Michael H. Brauer – mixing (2, 4, 5, 6, 8)
• Paul Erickson – mixing (10)
• Stylorouge – art direction, design
• Douglas Brothers – photography
• Ged Doherty – management

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart (1990) Peak position Australia Albums Chart [6] 102 Dutch Albums Chart [7] 51 Swedish Albums Chart [8] 40 UK Albums Chart [9] 4 US Billboard 200 [10] 142

Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales United Kingdom (BPI) [11] Gold 100,000^ ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "New Singles". Music Week. 22 December 1990. p. 18.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: Other Voices – Paul Young". AllMusic . Retrieved 4 July 2009.
3. Griffiths, Nick (July 1990). "You're Only Young Once". Select . p. 119.
4. Cranna, Ian. "Review: PAUL YOUNG – Other Voices (CBS)". Smash Hits (13–26 June 1990). EMAP Metro: 56.
5. "BPI database" . Retrieved 1 November 2018.
6. "Week commencing 28 May 1990". BubblingDownUnder. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
7. Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Paul Young - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
8. Hung, Steffen. "swedishcharts.com - Discography Paul Young". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
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11. "British album certifications – Paul Young – Other Voices". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 1 November 2018.