Destination Paradise was the sixth studio album by Fischer-Z

Fischer-Z

Fischer-Z were a British rock band formed in 1976 by John Watts and Steve Skolnik at Brunel University. The original line-up consisted of John Watts , David Graham , Steve Skolnik , and Steve Liddle .-History:...

. The album saw a change of record label, and another completely different line-up, still with John Watts as the original member. The album featured several lyrics of John Watt's acute observations of political events. Following the release of the album, Watts as usual, toured and promoted the album extensively, which reportedly helped to garner a new generation of fans, and Destination Paradise has been regarded as a "dynamic and cinematic" album.

Track listing

All songs written by John Watts.

1. Destination Paradise
2. Will You Be There?
3. Tightrope
4. Say When
5. Caruso
6. Marguerite Yourçenar
7. Saturday Night
8. Mockingbird Again
9. Still In Flames
10. Time For Rita
11. Of All The
12. Count To Ten
13. So Hard
14. Further From Love

Personnel (as credited on CD)

• John Watts - singing, strumming acoustics & bashing the occasional Telecaster
• Hadji Wasner - riffing, twanging & twirling his electric guitar (and more)
• Count Sinden von Sinden - bass guitar (for he is the...)
• Dr. Smith - tickling, twinkling & caressing pianos, synthesizers & samplers
• Steve "Svenson" Kellner - slapping, rimming & cracking a variety of drums & other percussive devices

Additional musicians

• Peter Gabriel
  Peter Gabriel
  Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
  
   - guest vocals
• David Rhodes - guest vocals
• Dame Alison Jiear - guest vocals
• Pandit Danesh - (instrument not specified)
• Simon Clarke - keyboards of a monstrous analogue nature, keyboard "marimba" man
• Richard Evans - mandolin (to be mixed louder please)
• Miles Bould - percussion (in tandem with Svenson)
• Phil Spalding
  Phil Spalding
  Philip Spalding also known as Phil Spalding, is an English bass player. He is best known as a session musician and player of Fender Precision Bass guitars...
  
  - bass
• Carol Steele - percussion
• Alex Gifford - saxophone & New Orleans brass arrangement
• Sid Gauld - trumpet
• Miles Gauld - tambourine
• Chris Lawrence - trombone
• Jody Linscott
  Jody Linscott
  Jody Linscott is an American session musician and percussionist who resides in England and maintains an extended discography. She has two daughters and has written two children's books which were published by Doubleday, both edited by Jackie Onassis...
  
  - Latin percussion
• Roger Boulton - enchanting on heavenly strings
• Graeme Pleeth - keyboards
• Luke Cresswell - "no dustbins percussion"
• Helena Paul - "time to dream vocals"
• Dean Speedwell Brodrick - string arrangement