Description
Tasmin Archer – Bloom / EMI United Kingdom Audio CD 1996
UPC 724383617821
Bloom is the second full-length album by British singer-songwriter Tasmin Archer, released on 25 March 1996.
Archer started working on a follow-up to her successful debut album Great Expectations in late 1994, after the release of the Elvis Costello covers EP Shipbuilding early in the year. While continuing to work with her songwriting partner John Hughes, Bloom marked her first album without longtime collaborator John Beck, who played and co-wrote most of her debut album and left her in the middle of 1993.
While her debut album had a plethora of producers, for Bloom Archer and Hughes settled with American producer Mitchell Froom. Recording of the album took place between December 1994 to May 1995, and was recorded at Real World Studios in England and Sunset Sound Factory in Los Angeles. Archer described the recording sessions as "a very relaxed affair"
EMI Records, however, were not supportive of the material that Archer had recorded, deeming it too uncommercial and too removed from the sound of her debut album. Archer and Hughes had to fight for almost a year with EMI executives to get the album released in the form they wanted it to be.
When Bloom was finally released, EMI were still not very supportive of it and didn't push a marketing campaign as big as they had done with Archer's debut album, which damaged sales of the singles and the album itself. When released, the album went fairly unnoticed, only peaking at No. 95 in the UK Albums Chart, and the two singles released from the album—"One More Good Night with the Boys" and "Sweet Little Truth"—did not enter the UK top 40. The album was released around Europe and Japan, but EMI America refused to release the album in the United States, and therefore Archer is seen as a one-hit wonder there, with the single "Sleeping Satellite".
Archer, disillusioned with EMI, was let go of by the label in 1997, and would disappear from the music scene for several years until returning in 2006 with her third studio album.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Sweet Little Truth
Acoustic Guitar [DI'd Acoustic Guitar] – John Hughes (6)
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Percussion – Pete Thomas
Piano, Organ [Hammond Organ], Mellotron – Mitchell Froom
Slide Guitar, Guitar [Leslie Guitar] – Steve Donnelly
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
Acoustic Guitar [DI'd Acoustic Guitar] – John Hughes (6)
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Percussion – Pete Thomas
Piano, Organ [Hammond Organ], Mellotron – Mitchell Froom
Slide Guitar, Guitar [Leslie Guitar] – Steve Donnelly
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
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3:14 | |
| 2 | After Hell
Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Percussion – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Keyboards – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Percussion – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Keyboards – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
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3:05 | |
| 3 | One More Good Night With The Boys
Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Percussion – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Harmonium, Harmonium [Indian Harmonium] – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Percussion – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Harmonium, Harmonium [Indian Harmonium] – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
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3:41 | |
| 4 | Rain Falling
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Cello [Electra Strings: Cello] – Caroline Lavelle
Drums – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Ensemble – Electra Strings
Loops [Drum Loop] – Jerry Marotta
Piano, Organ – Mitchell Froom
Slide Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Viola [Electra Strings: Viola] – Jocelyn Pook
Violin [Electra Strings: Violin] – Fanella Barton, Sonia Slany
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Cello [Electra Strings: Cello] – Caroline Lavelle
Drums – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Ensemble – Electra Strings
Loops [Drum Loop] – Jerry Marotta
Piano, Organ – Mitchell Froom
Slide Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Viola [Electra Strings: Viola] – Jocelyn Pook
Violin [Electra Strings: Violin] – Fanella Barton, Sonia Slany
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
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4:29 | |
| 5 | I Like It So
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Guitar [Leslie Guitar], Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Organ [Hammond Organ], Keyboards [Other Keyboards] – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Guitar [Leslie Guitar], Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Organ [Hammond Organ], Keyboards [Other Keyboards] – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
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3:39 | |
| 6 | Breaking My Back
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Percussion – Pete Thomas
Guitar [Phased Guitar] – Steve Donnelly
Guitar [Tremolo Guitar], Programmed By [Programming] – John Hughes (6)
Organ [Hammond Organ], Keyboards [Other Keyboards] – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Percussion – Pete Thomas
Guitar [Phased Guitar] – Steve Donnelly
Guitar [Tremolo Guitar], Programmed By [Programming] – John Hughes (6)
Organ [Hammond Organ], Keyboards [Other Keyboards] – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
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3:27 | |
| 7 | I Would Love To Be Right
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Cello [Electra Strings: Cello] – Caroline Lavelle
Drums – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Piano, Keyboards [Other Keyboards] – Mitchell Froom
Ensemble – Electra Strings
Piano [Tac Piano] – John Hughes (6)
Viola [Electra Strings: Viola] – Jocelyn Pook
Violin [Electra Strings: Violin] – Fanella Barton, Sonia Slany
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Cello [Electra Strings: Cello] – Caroline Lavelle
Drums – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Piano, Keyboards [Other Keyboards] – Mitchell Froom
Ensemble – Electra Strings
Piano [Tac Piano] – John Hughes (6)
Viola [Electra Strings: Viola] – Jocelyn Pook
Violin [Electra Strings: Violin] – Fanella Barton, Sonia Slany
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
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4:31 | |
| 8 | You Made A Fool Of Me
Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Percussion – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Keyboards – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Percussion – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Keyboards – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
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3:14 | |
| 9 | Memory
Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Percussion – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Keyboards – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Percussion – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Keyboards – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
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3:08 | |
| 10 | Give In With Grace
Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Mbira – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Keyboards [Other Keyboards] – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Bass Guitar – Bruce Thomas
Drums, Mbira – Pete Thomas
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Keyboards [Other Keyboards] – Mitchell Froom
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
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4:14 | |
| 11 |
In Your Garden
Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Piano, Harmonium – Mitchell Froom
Tambourine – Bruce Thomas
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
Acoustic Guitar – John Hughes (6)
Electric Guitar – Steve Donnelly
Piano, Harmonium – Mitchell Froom
Tambourine – Bruce Thomas
Vocals – Tasmin Archer
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3:44 |
- Art Direction, Design – Andy Vella
- Composed By – John Hughes (6), Tasmin Archer
- Engineer [Additional Engineering At Sound Factory] – John Paterno
- Engineer [Assistant Engineer At Real World] – Meabh Flynn
- Management – Ian McAndrew
- Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
- Photography By [Photographs Of Tasmin] – Martyn Thompson
- Producer – Mitchell Froom
- Recorded By, Mixed By – Tchad Blake
