Northern Sulphuric Soul was the debut album released by Grand Central Records

Grand Central Records

Grand Central Records was an independent record label based in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, UK. It was started in 1995 by DJ Mark Rae . Rae started out working as manager of the Fat City Records' store...

 artists Rae & Christian

Rae & Christian

Rae & Christian were Grand Central Records' founder Mark Rae and fellow producer and DJ Steve Christian. Their music is broadly classed as Hip-Hop / soulful dance music and features such vocalists as The Jungle Brothers, Jeru The Damaja and The Pharcyde as well as contributions from Bobby Womack...

, on 5 October 1998.

A re-mastered version was released on 12 January 2004, which contained 3 extra tracks and alternative sleeve art.

In the US, the album was released on the Sm:)e label, with a green version of the original orange sleeve.

Track listing

1. "Divine Sounds"
2. "Anything U Want" (featuring QNC)
3. "Swan Song (For a Nation)" (featuring Veba)
4. "Now I Lay Me Down" (featuring YZ
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   )
5. "The Hush" (featuring Texas
   Texas (band)
   Texas are a Scottish pop band from Bearsden, near Glasgow, Scotland. They were founded by Johnny McElhone in 1986 and feature Sharleen Spiteri on lead vocals. Texas made their performing debut in March 1988 at Scotland's University of Dundee...
   
   )
6. "All I Ask" (featuring Veba)
7. "Swimming Pool"
8. "Fool" (featuring Veba)
9. "Catch a Rude Awakening"
10. "Play On (Grand Central)" - (featuring Jungle Brothers
    Jungle Brothers
    The Jungle Brothers are an American hip hop group that pioneered the fusion of jazz and hip-hop and also became the first hip-hop group to use a house-music producer. The group began performing in the mid-1980s and released its first album, Straight Out the Jungle, in July 1988...
    
    )
11. "Bring the Drama"
12. "Flip the Mic" (featuring Jeru the Damaja
    Jeru the Damaja
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    )
13. "Spellbound" (featuring Veba)
14. "Time to Shine"
15. "The Bacalan"
16. "Premonition"

Tracks 14 - 16 are bonus tracks, only available on the re-mastered edition.

Personnel

• Johnny McElhone
  Johnny McElhone
  John Francis "Johnny" McElhone is a Scottish guitarist and songwriter.Unusually, he has played with three, otherwise unconnected rock bands, who have all enjoyed a Top 20 presence in the UK Singles Chart. Indeed, two of those groups have repeated that feat in the UK Albums Chart...
  
   - Producer
  Record producer
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• Michael Ball - Assistant
• Curt Cazal - Engineer
  Audio engineering
  An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including...
  
  
• Steve Christian
  Steve Christian (DJ)
  Steve Christian is a producer and musician from Manchester. He was formerly one half of recording group Rae & Christian, along with Mark Rae, the then head of independent record label, Grand Central Records.-Background:...
  
   - Engineer, Producer, Mixing
  Audio mixing (recorded music)
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• Mark Rae
  Mark Rae
  Mark Rae, born in Ashington, Northumberland, England, is the head of the highly revered independent record label Grand Central Records and one half of DJ and production duo Rae & Christian.-Grand Central and Rae & Christian:...
  
   - Engineer, Liner notes
  Liner notes
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  , Scratching
  Scratching
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  , Producer
• Rae & Christian - Main Performer