Touched by Jesus
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Touched by Jesus is the third studio album by All About Eve
. It was the first album to feature Church
guitarist Marty Willson-Piper
on guitars. Despite this, the album fell short of the commercial achievements of both the first album
and Scarlet and Other Stories
only reaching No. 17 in the UK charts
. Of the three singles released only "Farewell Mr Sorrow" charted
, reaching No. 36.
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...
. It was the first album to feature Church
The Church (band)
The Church is an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980. Initially associated with new wave and the neo-psychedelic sound of the mid 1980s, their music later became more reminiscent of progressive rock, featuring long instrumental jams and complex guitar interplay...
guitarist Marty Willson-Piper
Marty Willson-Piper
Marty Willson-Piper is a guitarist and member of Australian independent rock band The Church.After busking his way around the world, he arrived in Australia...
on guitars. Despite this, the album fell short of the commercial achievements of both the first album
All About Eve (album)
All About Eve is the self-titled first album of All About Eve. Commercially, this was their most successful, reaching No.7 in the UK charts and spawning four Top 40 singles...
and Scarlet and Other Stories
Scarlet and Other Stories
Scarlet and Other Stories is the second studio album by All About Eve. It is widely held to be considerably darker both in tone and lyrics than their first album, All About Eve...
only reaching No. 17 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...
. Of the three singles released only "Farewell Mr Sorrow" charted
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 ...
, reaching No. 36.
Track listing
Bold type indicates a single release (with chart position).- "Strange Way" (-)
- "Farewell Mr Sorrow" (36)
- "Wishing the Hours Away"
- "Touched By Jesus"
- "The Dreamer" (-)
- "Share It With Me"
- "Rhythm of Life"
- "The Mystery We Are"
- "Hide Child"
- "Ravens"
- "Are You Lonely"
- All titles: Cousin / Price / Regan / Willson-Piper except 'Are You Lonely' : Cousin / Livesey / Price / Regan / Willson-Piper
- All lyrics: Julianne Regan except 'Hide Child' : Marty Willson-Piper
Personnel
- Andy CousinAndy CousinAndrew 'Andy' Cousin is an English bassist and, less commonly, guitarist from Huddersfield in England...
- Bass - Mark PriceMark 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...
- Percussion, drums - Julianne ReganJulianne ReganJulianne 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 :...
- Voice - Marty Willson-PiperMarty Willson-PiperMarty Willson-Piper is a guitarist and member of Australian independent rock band The Church.After busking his way around the world, he arrived in Australia...
- Electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin
- Warne Livesey - Keyboards, Producer, String Arrangements
- David GilmourDavid GilmourDavid Jon Gilmour, CBE, D.M. is an English rock musician and multi-instrumentalist who is best known as the guitarist, one of the lead singers and main songwriters in the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has worked as a producer for a variety of...
- Additional guitar on 'Wishing The Hours Away' and 'Are You Lonely' - Gavyn WrightGavyn WrightGavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London Session Orchestra and Penguin Cafe Orchestra, best known for his orchestral arrangements on pop productions as well as numerous TV and movie soundtracks Gavyn Wright is a British violinist and orchestra leader with the London...
- Violin on 'Ravens' - The Astarti String Orchestra - Leader Gavin Wright