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Paul Young is the seventh solo studio album by English singer Paul Young.[1] It displayed a stronger country influence than previous albums.[2] Released in May 1997, on East West Records, the album and lead single "I Wish You Love" charted inside the UK top 40 chart.[3]

Paul Young
Studio album by Paul Young
Released	May 1997
Genre	Country
Length	58:20
Label	East West Records
Producer	Greg Penny, Paul Young
Singles from Paul Young
"I Wish You Love" Released: April 1997 "Ball and Chain" Released: July 1997

The album also saw significantly more songwriting input from Young than on his previous albums with eight of the twelve tracks being cowritten by him.

Critical reception

A Guardian 1997 review believed the album marked a significant departure from Young's previous albums. The album instrumentation was found to sound more akin to a Garth Brooks album than the output Young was best known for. Despite saying the album potentially had "all the ingredients for a first-class disaster" the review rated the album as "good" and awarded it a score of 3 out of 5.[4]

Track listing

Personnel

• Paul Young – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, sitar, tambourine
• Simon Clark – keyboards (1, 3-12)
• Steve Piggott – keyboards (1, 3-12), synthesizers (3, 5, 6, 9, 12)
• Matt Irvine – accordion (1, 3, 7, 9, 11)
• Ross Cullum – keyboards (2)
• Jack Hues – programming (2), guitars (2), bass (2)
• Robbie McIntosh – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Jamie Moses – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Melvin Duffy – pedal steel guitar (4, 8)
• David Pilch – bass (1, 3-9, 12)
• Chris Hughes – bass and drum programming (2)
• Steve Greetham – bass (10, 11), backing vocals
• Pino Palladino – bass (11)
• Curt Bisquera – drums, percussion
• Greg Penny – beat box (3), tambourine (6)
• Ben Georgiades – cymbals (5)
• Bob Loveday – violin (2)
• Skaila Kanga – Paraguayan harp (3, 7, 12)
• Brendan Power – harmonica (4)
• Frank Mead – saxophone (6)
• Nick Payn – saxophone (6)
• Nick Pentelow – saxophone (6)
• Courtney Pine – saxophone (12)
• Martin Drover – trumpet (6, 7)
• Drew Barfield – backing vocals
• Steve Booker – backing vocals
• Boo Hewardine – backing vocals
• Carol Kenyon – backing vocals

Production

• Greg Penny – producer
• Paul Young – producer
• Chris Hughes – executive producer, mixing (2)
• Andy Strange – recording, mixing (7, 9, 12)
• Bob Clearmountain – mixing (1, 3-6, 8, 10, 11
• Ross Cullum – mixing (2)
• Tony Cousins – mastering
• Martin Granville-Twig – mastering
• Norman Watson – photography

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Album Chart[3]	39
German Album Chart[5]	90

References

External links

• Paul Young at Discogs (list of releases)

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