Elena (album)
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- "Walk On By" (Burt BacharachBurt BacharachBurt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
, Hal DavidHal DavidHarold Lane "Hal" David is an American lyricist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. David is best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach.-Career:...
) – 3:58 - "To FranceTo France"To France" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1984. It is from the album Discovery and features Maggie Reilly on vocals.It references Mary Stuart in its chorus...
" (Mike OldfieldMike OldfieldMichael Gordon Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature...
) – 5:09 - "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" (Traditional Arr.) – 0:39
- "Little Boy's Eyes (Fionn's song)" (Maggie Reilly, Stuart MacKillop) – 3:44
- "You Brightened Up The Darkness" (Maggie Reilly, Stuart MacKillop) – 4:51
- "Listen To Your Heart" (Maggie Reilly, Stuart MacKillop) – 4:16
- "Syonia" (Maggie Reilly, Stuart MacKillop) – 4:14
- "In The Heat Of The Night" (Maggie Reilly, G. Hodgson, Stuart MacKillop) – 4:10
- "Elena" (Maggie Reilly, Stuart MacKillop) – 3:54
- "Brought Up To Believe" (Maggie Reilly, A. Robertson, C. Tully, Stuart MacKillop) – 3:59
- "Torn Between Lovers" (Maggie Reilly, Stuart MacKillop) – 4:37
- "He Moved Through The Fair" (Traditional) – 3:46
- "As Darkness Falls" – 1:48
Limited Edition
- "Walk On By" – 3:58
- "To France" – 5:09
- "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" – 0:39
- "Little Boy's Eyes (Fionn's song)" – 3:44
- "You Brightened Up The Darkness" – 4:51
- "Listen To Your Heart" – 4:16
- "Syonia" – 4:14
- "In The Heat Of The Night" – 4:10
- "Elena" – 3:54
- "Brought Up To Believe" – 3:59
- "Torn Between Lovers" – 4:37
- "He Moved Through The Fair" – 3:46
- "As Darkness Falls" – 1:48
- "To France" - Jpo & Beam Video Mix – 3:46
- "Walk on by" - Jpo & Beam Radio Mix – 3:57
- "Listen to your heart" - Beam’s Radio mix – 3:55
Personnel
- Maggie ReillyMaggie ReillyMaggie Reilly is a Scottish singer best known for her collaborations with the composer and instrumentalist Mike Oldfield...
– arranger, vocals, backing vocals, overtone voice (harmonies) on "Elena", "Torn Between Lovers" - Alan Darby – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound... - Mark "Tuffy" Evans – guitar (Wah, Wah) on "Walk On By"
- Peter John Vettese – keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
s, bass, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, arranger - Fergus Durrant – percussion
- Jason Creasy – trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
solo on "Walk On By" - Mark Hornby – acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
- Francois Garni – bass
- Steve Alexander – drums, drum programming
- Hugh Burns – guitar, guitar solo on "To France" and "Little Boy's Eyes (Fionn's song)"
- Stuart MacKillop – keyboards, bagpipesBagpipesBagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from...
, fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
, bass, tablaTablaThe tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, guitar, drum programming, guitar solo on "In The Heat Of The Night" - Martin Ditchum – percussion
- Mark BrzezickiMark BrzezickiMark Brzezicki is a rock drummer, who is primarily known for his work with Big Country, and was a member of the groups The Cult, Ultravox, and Procol Harum. He has also played with Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, Midge Ure, Fish, The Pretenders and many others...
– Tom Tom (Highland Snare Drums) - Fionnbharr Lindop-Reilly – vocals on "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"
- Tim RenwickTim RenwickTimothy John Pearson 'Tim' Renwick is an English guitarist.-Career:Renwick started playing guitar in the 1960s. He performed with many bands, including Little Women, Wages of Sin, Junior's Eyes, The Hype, Quiver and Lazy Racer...
– acoustic guitar, electric guitar, guitar solo on "You Brightened Up The Darkness", "Listen To Your Heart", "Elena" and "Torn Between Lovers" - Neil Conte – drums
- Jess Bailey – additional keyboards
- Luis JardimLuís JardimLuís Alberto Figueira Gonçalves Jardim is a Portuguese percussionist, born in the Madeira Island, best known for his work with producer Trevor Horn.-Family:Jardim is a cousin of Alberto João Jardim...
– percussion - John GiblinJohn GiblinJohn Giblin is an internationally renowned session bassist who has worked with the following artists:*Eric Clapton, Sting, Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins * Peter Gabriel...
– bass - Steve Sidewell – trumpet on "Syonia" and "Torn Between Lovers"
- Graham BroadGraham BroadGraham Broad is an English drummer who has been playing professionally since the age of fifteen, after attending the Royal College of Music in 1970....
– drums - VärttinäVärttinäVärttinä is a Finnish folk music band which was started as a project by Sari and Mari Kaasinen back in 1983 in the village of Rääkkylä, in Karelia, the southeastern region of Finland. Many transformations have taken place in the band since then...
– overtone voice (vocal chant) on "Elena" - Will MaloneWill MaloneWill Malone is a British music producer, who has worked with artists including Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Todd Rundgren, The Verve, Massive Attack and Italian rocker Gianna Nannini. In 1976, Malone & Lou Reizner covered a Beatles song, "You Never Give Me Your Money", for the evanescent musical...
– strings arrangement on "Brought Up To Believe" - John Themis – acoustic guitar solo on "Torn Between Lovers"
- Diane BirchDiane BirchDiane Birch is an American singer-songwriter.-Early life:Birch was born in Michigan and her father was a Seventh-day Adventist preacher whose work took him to several countries. As a child Birch lived with her family in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Sydney, Australia...
, Frank Collins, Paddy Mchue – backing vocals on "Torn Between Lovers" - Neil HubbardNeil HubbardNeil Hubbard is a British guitarist who performed with Juicy Lucy , The Grease Band, Bluesology, Joe Cocker, Roxy Music, Kokomo, B.B. King, Kevin Rowland, and Tony O'Malley; and played on the original 1970 concept album, Jesus Christ Superstar....
– electric guitar on "Torn Between Lovers"