All About Eve is the self-titled first album of All About Eve

All About Eve (band)

All About Eve were a British rock/pop band. The creative core consisted of the Coventry born Julianne Regan , and the Huddersfield born Andy Cousin , with other members changing over the years...

. Commercially, this was their most successful, reaching No.7 in the UK charts

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

 and spawning four Top 40

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 singles (one of which went top 10). Most of the album was produced by Paul Samwell-Smith

Paul Samwell-Smith

Paul Samwell-Smith is best known as a founding member and bassist of the 1960s English band, The Yardbirds, a group that spawned such noteworthy musicians as Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page...

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Some of the earlier cassette versions of the album had the album title Flowers In Our Hair printed on both sides of the tape, instead of All About Eve.

Although Mark Price

Mark Price (musician)

Mark Gerard Price is an English drummer, who is known for being the first full time drummer for All About Eve and being the percussionist of Del Amitri between 1997 and 2002...

 (drummer) was a full-time member of the band when this album was completed, he was not present for all of its recording. Some songs feature Mick Brown, on loan from The Mission, one features session drummer Greg Brimstone, and one features a drum machine.

Track listing

Bold indicates a single release (with UK chart position).

1. "Flowers In Our Hair"
2. "Gypsy Dance"
3. "In the Clouds (47) "
4. "Martha's Harbour
   Martha's Harbour
   "Martha's Harbour" is the 1988 hit single by British rock group, All About Eve. It has become known as the group's signature song, reaching #10 in the UK Singles Chart and helping the group's self-titled debut album reach #7 in the UK albums chart....
   
    (10) "
5. "Every Angel (30)"
6. "Like Emily"
7. "Shelter from the Rain"
8. "She Moves Through the Fair
   She Moved Through the Fair
   "She Moved Through the Fair" is a traditional Irish folk song, existing in a number of versions and which has been recorded many times.-Origins:...
   
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9. "Wild Hearted Woman (33)"
10. "Never Promise (Anyone Forever)"
11. "Apple Tree Man"
12. "What Kind of Fool (29)"
13. "In the Meadow"
14. "Lady Moonlight"

A different version of "Flowers In Our Hair" was released as a single (no chart position) under the band's own "Eden" label before they signed to Mercury

Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...

 and recorded this album.

In return for Julianne Regan

Julianne Regan

Julianne Regan is an English singer, song writer, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboard player. She is best known for being the lead singer of the band, All About Eve.- Early life :...

 helping out on backing vocals for The Mission's first studio album, God's Own Medicine, Wayne Hussey

Wayne Hussey

Wayne Hussey is a British musician, best known as lead singer of The Mission and guitarist with The Sisters of Mercy....

 lent his backing vocals to the song "Shelter from the Rain". Hussey and his bandmate Simon Hinkler also produced "Lady Moonlight".

"She Moves Through the Fair

She Moved Through the Fair

"She Moved Through the Fair" is a traditional Irish folk song, existing in a number of versions and which has been recorded many times.-Origins:...

" is the only non-All About Eve composition on the album, it being a traditional Irish folk song.

One of the B-Sides to the single "What Kind of Fool" was "The Garden of Jane Delawney

The Garden of Jane Delawney

The Garden of Jane Delawney is the debut album of British folk rock band Trees. Whilst nearly every song on the album appears to be a traditional folk song, this is actually only the case for about half of them, the others having been penned for the album by front-man Bias Boshell...

", originally by Trees

Trees (folk band)

Trees was an English folk rock band that existed between 1969 and 1972. Although the group met with little commercial success in their time, the reputation of the band has grown over the years. Like other folk contemporaries, Trees' music was influenced by Fairport Convention, but with a heavier...

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