The Living Return

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The Living Return
The Living Return cover.jpg
Studio album by
Swing Out Sister
Released10 August 1994
Studio
Genre
Length72:33
Label Mercury
Producer
  • Ray Hayden
  • Swing Out Sister
Swing Out Sister chronology
Get in Touch with Yourself
(1992)		The Living Return
(1994)		 Best of Swing Out Sister
(1996)

The Living Return is the fourth studio album by the British pop group Swing Out Sister. It was released in August 1994 on Mercury Records. [2]

Contents

Charts

Although this was the first studio album by the group that failed to reach the UK Albums Chart, the lead single, "La-La (Means I Love You)", peaked at #37 on the UK Singles Chart. [3] This song is a cover version of the 1968 hit by The Delfonics and appeared on the soundtrack of the film Four Weddings and a Funeral . "Better Make It Better" was also released as a single, although it did not make the music charts in either the UK or the US. The song "Mama Didn't Raise No Fool" was featured on the American basic cable and satellite television network, Disney Channel.

Reviews

New Musical Express magazine gave The Living Return an 8 out of 10 rating in its 17 September 1994 issue, saying that the album "...sounds divine, a glissando of strings and things, an aural bath for the ears." [4] Q magazine also spoke favourably of the album, mentioning that "SOS have an ear for a snappy arrangements and a mature lightness of touch as they gently echo Miles Davis, Weather Report and the whole modish Afro era." [4] It rated the album with four stars and an "excellent" rating.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Andy Connell and Corinne Drewery; except where indicated CD and cassette version

1. "Better Make It Better" - 6:53
2. "Don't Let Yourself Down" - 4:42
3. "Ordinary People" - 6:22
4. "Mama Didn't Raise No Fool" - 5:11
5. "Don't Give Up On A Good Thing" - 3:44 (Connell, Drewery, Derick Johnson, Tim Cansfield)
6. "Making the Right Move" - 10:32
7. "La-La (Means I Love You)" - 4:52 (Thom Bell, W. Hart)
8. "Feel Free" - 5:06
9. "Stop and Think It Over" - 6:03
10. "That's the Way It Goes" - 4:42 (Connell, Drewery, Johnson, Cansfield)
11. "All in Your Mind" - 4:15
12. "O Pesadelo Dos Autores" - 5:26 (Connell, Drewery, Maurice White, Airto Moreira, Regina Werneck, Tania Maria Correa Reis, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby, Ivan Lins, Victor Martins, Aloysio de Oliveira, Herbie Hancock, Bennie Maupin, Burick)
13. "Low Down Dirty Business" - 5:19 (Connell, Drewery, Johnson, Cansfield)
  1. "Brazilian Rhyme" - Earth, Wind & Fire
    From the 1977 album "All 'N All" (Maurice White) [5]
  2. "Celebration Suite" - Return to Forever
    From the 1975 album "No Mystery" (Airto Moreira) [6]
  3. "Come with Me" - Tania Maria
    From the 1982 album "Come with Me" (Regina Werneck, Tania Maria Correa Reis) [7]
  4. "My Cherie Amour" - Stevie Wonder
    From the 1969 album "My Cherie Amour" (Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy, Henry Cosby) [8]
  5. "The Smiling Hour" - Kalima
    From the 1984 single "The Smiling Hour/Flyaway" (Ivan Lins, Victor Martins, Aloysio de Oliveira) [9]
  6. "Butterfly" - Herbie Hancock
    From the 1974 album "Thrust" (Herbie Hancock, Bennie Maupin) [10]

A limited edition "edits" version was also available featuring edited versions of six tracks from the album.

Personnel

Swing Out Sister

Additional Musicians

Production

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References

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  2. ↑ "Swing Out Sister – The Living Return (1994, CD)". Discogs . Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  3. ↑ Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
  4. 1 2 Reviews for The Living Return SwingOutSister.com. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
  5. ↑ Earth Wind & Fire Discogs.com. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  6. ↑ Airto Moreira Discogs.com. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  7. ↑ Tania Maria Discogs.com. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  8. ↑ Stevie Wonder Discogs.com. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  9. ↑ Kalima Discogs.com. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  10. ↑ Herbie Hancock Discogs.com. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
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