Porcelain (Julia Fordham album)

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Porcelain
Julia Fordham Porcelain album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Julia Fordham
Released1989
Studio
Label
Producer
Julia Fordham chronology
Julia Fordham
(1988) 		Porcelain
(1989) 		Swept
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]

Porcelain is the second album by English singer-songwriter Julia Fordham, released in 1989. It became Fordham's highest-charting album in both the UK Albums Chart and US Billboard 200, peaking at numbers 13 and 74 respectively.[2][3]

The track "Lock and Key" was released as lead single and reached number 80 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] Follow up UK singles released were "Genius" (which was also released as an extended 12" single) and the double A-side "Girlfriend" / "Manhattan Skyline". "Manhattan Skyline" was released as a US single and reached #40 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[4]

Track listing[]

All tracks written by Julia Fordham.

  1. "Lock and Key"
  2. "Porcelain"
  3. "Girlfriend"
  4. "For You Only for You"
  5. "Genius"
  6. "Did I Happen to Mention?"
  7. "Towerblock"
  8. "Island"
  9. "Your Lovely Face"
  10. "China Blue"
  11. "Prince of Peace"
  • The song "Prince of Peace" is on the UK & Europe vinyl and CD versions only, and the song "China Blue" is on the UK & Europe CD version only. US versions include the song "Manhattan Skyline" as track 6.

Personnel[]

Adapted from AllMusic.[5]

  • Arran Ahmun – drums
  • Tom Baker – mastering
  • Miles Bould – percussion
  • Dave Cliff – guitar
  • Graham Dickson – engineer
  • Julia Fordham – arranger, guitar, primary artist, producer, vocal arrangement, background vocals
  • David Green – double bass
  • Manu Katché – drums, guest artist
  • Kim Knott – photography
  • Diane B.J. Koné – assistant engineer
  • Ingmar Koné – assistant engineer
  • Kevin Maloney – engineer, producer
  • Dominic Miller – bass, drum programming, engineer, guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Grant Mitchell – arranger, guitar, keyboards, piano, producer, string arrangements
  • Hugh Padgham – engineer, mixing, producer
  • Bill Padley – engineer
  • Pino Palladino – bass, guest artist
  • Kate St. John – oboe
  • Alan Stone – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
  • Alan Thomson – bass
  • Cristina Viera – translation
  • Helen Woodward – assistant engineer
  • Taj Wyzgowski – guitar

Charts and certifications[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Porcelain - Julia Fordham - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "JULIA FORDHAM - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Julia Fordham Porcelain Chart History". Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Billboard - Julia Fordham Official Chart History". billboard.com. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Porcelain - Julia Fordham - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  6. ^ "British album certifications – Julia Fordham – Porcelain". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 October 2018.Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Porcelain in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

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