The Last Temptation of Chris is an album

Album

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 by Chris Difford

Chris Difford

Chris Difford is a singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer....

, one of the founding members of the new wave band Squeeze. It was released on April 7, 2008. This is his second solo album, a follow-up to his solo debut in 2002, I Didn't Get Where I Am. The album is dedicated to Chris's brother, Les, who died before the album's release. The album's title is a play on The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ

The Last Temptation of Christ is a novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1953. It was first published in English in 1960. It follows the life of Jesus Christ from his perspective...

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Track listing

1. "Come on Down" – 3:32
2. "Broken Family" – 3:04
3. "Battersea Boys" – 4:06
4. "On My Own I'm Never Bored" – 4:06
5. "Julian and Sandy" – 3:37
6. "The Other Man in my Life" – 3:53
7. "My Mother's Handbag" – 3:47
8. "Fat as a Fiddle" – 3:25
9. "The Gates of Eden" – 3:56
10. "Reverso" – 5:38
11. "Never Coming Back" – 3:32
12. "Good Life" – 3:09
13. "The Party's Over" – 3:48

Personnel

• Chris Difford - vocals, guitar
• Melvin Duffy - guitar, lap steel, pedal steel, weissenborn, banjo
• Boo Hewerdine
  Boo Hewerdine
  Boo Hewerdine is an English singer-songwriter. His work includes lead singer and creative force behind The Bible, formed in the 1980s, and reformed in 1994, as well as solo recordings and work for film. He lives in Ely....
  
   - guitar, backing vocals, piano
• Dorie Jackson - backing vocals
• Simon Little
  Simon Little
  Simon Little is an English bassist, most notable for his work with The Divine Comedy.-Biography:A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, Little joined The Divine Comedy in 2002 and is still a regular member of the band...
  
   - bass
• Pete Long - clarinet
• Neil MacColl - guitar
• David Marks - bass
• John Parricelli
  John Parricelli
  John Parricelli is a jazz guitarist, appearing and recording mainly in the United Kingdom.Parricelli began his career as a guitarist in 1982 and was one of the founding members of the British big band Loose Tubes, with whom he recorded three albums...
  
  - guitar
• Mark Taylor - piano, organ
• Enrico Tomasso - trumpet, brass
• Jim Watson - piano
• Tim Weller - drums