Crocodile Shoes is an album by Jimmy Nail consisting of "original songs from the BBC Television serial" of the same name. It was released in 1994 by East West Records and peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart. It was the Christmas number two album that year.[4]
Crocodile Shoes | ||||
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Released | 1994 | |||
Genre | Blues, rock | |||
Label | East West | |||
Producer | Tony McAnaney, Jimmy Nail, Jon Kelly | |||
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Singles from Crocodile Shoes | ||||
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Track listing
edit- "Crocodile Shoes" – written by Tony McAnaney
- "Calling Out Your Name" – written by Jimmy Nail
- "Cowboy Dreams" – written by Paddy McAloon
- "Once Upon a Time" – written by Jimmy Nail
- "Only One Heart" – written by Croker and Nail
- "Bitter and Twisted" – written by Jimmy Nail
- "Love Will Find Someone for You" – written by Paddy McAloon
- "Angel" – written by Nail
- "Between a Woman and a Man" – written by Nail
- "Don't Wanna Go Home" – written by Nail
- "Dragons" – written by Paddy McAloon
Chart performance
editChart (1994) | Peak position |
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UK Albums Chart[4] | 2 |
Personnel
edit- Jimmy Nail – vocals, harmonica, Hammond organ
- Tony McAnaney – guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, bouzouki
- Trevor Brewis – drums (tracks: 1,3,8)
- Paul Smith – drums, percussion
- Geoff Dugmore – drums
- Phil Palmer – guitar
- John Giblin – bass
- Paul Wickens – keyboards (tracks: 7, 10)
- B. J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
- Marcus Brown – keyboards, accordion, programming
- Steve Robson – fiddle, ocarina
- Danny Cummings – tambourine
- Dave Taggart, Margo Buchanan, Monica Reed-Price, Shirley Lewis – backing vocals
- Mixed by Jimmy Nail, Jon Kelly
References
edit- ^ "Promos in Production". Music Week. 5 November 1994. p. 10.
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 28 January 1995. p. 27.
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 22 April 1995. p. 43.
- ^ a b "Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". London: Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2011.