Big City Secrets

Released on March 11, 1997

Tracklist & Lyrics :

01.Big City Secret
02.Mercedes
03.Mikel K
04.Good About Me
05.Daddy's On Prozac
06.Marina
07.Birthday Card
08.Crying Like A Man
09.Porcupine
10.Dessert
11.Haunted Eyes
12.Bottle Of You


Joseph Arthur : guitars, vocals - all tracks
harmonica - track 2
highly-strung bass - track 5
Ron Aslan : drum loop - track 7
Roger Beaujolais : vibes - track 1
Martyn Barker : treated tubular kit - track 1
drums - track 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11
caxixi - track 4
military snare - track 7
bondage snare - track 8
scaffolphoneum - track 9
birimbau - track 11
cow gong - track 11
percussion - track 12
Markus Dravs : keyboard instruments - track 1
desert storm - track 1
gravel percussion - track 1
corn horn - track 2
drum programming - track 4, 7, 9
lesley accordion - track 7
low drum - track 8
sheet percussion - track 8
Nigel Eaton : hurdy gurdy - track 3
Simon Edwards : bass - all tracks
piano - track 4
coal bass - track 7
additional guitars - track 7
string fossil bass - track 8
maze bass - track 9
sas - track 9
birimbau - track 11
mellotron - track 11
persian fretless - track 11
filter bass - track 12
harmonic missiles - track 12
Brian Eno : backing vocals - track 2
Peter Gabriel : backing vocals - track 2
Nick Plytas : mellotron - track 7
Ashley Slater : trombone - track 6, 8

Produced by Markus Dravs (c/o Fundamental Music)
Engineered and digitally edited by Ben Findlay
Mixed by Markus Dravs with Ben Findlay
Additional engineers Justin Griffith, Lee Phillips, Lee Fitzgerald, Mark Aubury
Additional editors Crispin Murray, Paul Morris

Recorded and mixed at Real World Studios, England
Additional venues Swanyard Studios, Eascote Studios, Berwick Street Studios in England; Shelter Island Studios in New York

Brian Eno appears courtesy of Opal Ltd
Peter Gabriel appears courtesy of Peter Gabriel Ltd/Real World Records Ltd/Geffen Records and Virgin Records Ltd

All songs written and composed by Joseph Arthur

A Real World Design
Graphic Design by Tristan Manco
Photography by Michele Turriani (front and back of booklet)
Anna Gabriel (inlay & CD label)

Paintings & drawings by Joseph Arthur

all tracks published by Real World Music Ltd/EMI Virgin Music Ltd

Special thanks to Harvey Schwarts, Rob Bozas, and Peter Gabriel