Paul Carrack was pop
music's ultimate journeyman. A vocalist and keyboardist who enjoyed
considerable success over the course of his lengthy career while in the
service of bands ranging from Ace to Squeeze to Mike + the Mechanics, his
finest work often came at the expense of his own identity as a performer;
indeed, of the many big hits on which the unassuming singer was
prominently featured, only one, 1987's "Don't Shed a Tear," bore
his own name. Carrack was born April 22, 1951 in Sheffield, England; he
joined the pub-rock group Ace in 1972, eventually writing and singing
their debut single, "How Long." After reaching the Top 20 in the
group's native Britain, the record hit the number three position in the
U.S.; however, after subsequent material failed to match the success of
"How Long," Ace disbanded in 1977, and Carrack signed on with
country artist Frankie Miller.
He soon resurfaced in Roxy Music,
appearing on the LPs Manifesto and Flesh and Blood before
releasing his solo debut, Nightbird, in 1980. Carrack next joined
Squeeze, replacing keyboardist Jools Holland; in addition to contributing
to the group's 1981 creative pinnacle East Side Story, he also
assumed lead vocal duties on the single "Tempted," their
best-remembered hit. However, Carrack's stay in Squeeze was brief, and
after working with Nick Lowe he again attempted to forge a solo career
with the 1982 LP Suburban Voodoo, cracking the U.S. Top 40 with the
single "I Need You." A tenure as a sideman with Eric Clapton
followed, and in 1985 he joined Genesis' Mike Rutherford in his side
project Mike + the Mechanics, singing on the hits "Silent Running (On
Dangerous Ground)" and "All I Need Is a Miracle."
While
remaining a rather anonymous figure at home, Carrack achieved a higher
level of visibility in America as a result of Mike + the Mechanics'
success; subsequently, his third solo album One Good Reason proved
to be by far his most popular effort to date, with the single "Don't
Shed a Tear" reaching the Top Ten. Another tenure with the Mechanics
followed, and with the title track of 1988's The Living Years, the
group scored their first Number One hit. After the 1989 Carrack solo LP Groove
Approved, Mike + the Mechanics issued 1991's Word of Mouth,
which failed to repeat the chart performance of its predecessors; by 1993
Carrack was again a member of Squeeze, appearing on the album Some
Fantastic Place and also resuming lead chores for a re-recording of
"Tempted." However, he was once again back in the Mechanics'
fold for 1995's Beggar on a Beach of Gold; the solo Blue Views
was issued the next year, followed in 1997 by Beautiful World. Satisfy
My Soul was issued in 2000, his first album for Compass Records.
Words from All
Music Guide.
Paul
Carrack -
Nightbird
"The first from Carrack"
The Tracks are: Beauty's
Only Skin Deep, There's A Good Chance, In Love With Me, Foregone
Conclusion, Love Is All It Takes, Bet You Never Been In Love, Where You
Going Babe, You Belong With Me, The Rumour & Nightbird.
Musicians on the Nightbird album: Paul
Carrack, Richard Bailey, Andy
Newmark, Jeff Seopardie, Alan Spenner, Kuma Harada, Tim Renwick, Neil
Hubbard, Winston Delandro, Neville Murray, Dyan Birch, Bam King, Noel
McCalla, Mel Collins, Martin Drover, Malcolm Griffiths & Guy Barker.
Available from Paul
Carrack, Richard Bailey, Andy
Newmark, Jeff Seopardie, Alan Spenner, Kuma Harada, Tim Renwick, Neil
Hubbard, Winston Delandro, Neville Murray, Dyan Birch, Bam King, Noel
McCalla, Mel Collins, Martin Drover, Malcolm Griffiths & Guy Barker.
Available from
Vertigo Records/Original release year: 1980
Paul Carrack
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Suburban Woodoo
"Woodoo with Carrack"
The Tracks are: Lesson
In Love, Always Better With You, I Need You, I'm In Love, Don't Give My
Heart A Break, A Little Unkind, Out Of Touch, A Way To Go, So Right So
Wrong, From Now On, Call Me Tonight & I Found Love.
Musicians on the Suburban
Woodoo album: Paul
Carrack, Martin Belmont, James Eller, Bobby Irwin, Nick Lowe & Paul
Cobbold.
Available from Epic Records/Original
release year: 1982
Paul Carrack
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One Good Reason
"A good reason from Paul Carrack"
The Tracks are: One
Good Reason, When You Walk In The Room, Button Off My Shirt, Give Me A
Chance, Double It Up, Don't Shed A Tear, Fire with Fire, Here I Am,
Colrane & (Do I Figure) In Your Life.
Musicians on the One Good Reason album:
Paul
Carrack, Peter van Hooke, Tim Renwick, Jackie Rawe, Linda Taylor, Frank
Ricotti & Mike Rutherford.
Available from Chrysalis Records/Original release year:
1987
Paul Carrack
-
The Carrack Collection
"A collection of songs from Paul Carrack"
The Tracks are: How
Long, Tempted, Do Me Lover, A Little Unkind, Silent Runnning (On Dangerous
Ground), Lesson In Love, I Need You & Always Better With You.
Musicians on the The Carrack
Collection album: Paul
Carrack
and others.
Available from Chrysalis Records/Original release year:
1988
Paul
Carrack -
Groove Approved
"A great and groovy album"
The Tracks are: Only
My Heart Can Tell, I Live By The Groove, Battlefield, Love Can Break Your
Heart, I'm On Your Tail, After The Love Has Gone, Loveless, Tip Of My
Tongue, Dedicated & Bad News (At The Best Of Times).
Musicians on the Groove Approved album:
Paul
Carrack, Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, Jimmy Bralower, Ed Roynesdale, Sammy
Figueroa, Tom Lord, Mickey Curry, Dick Morrisey, Bob Loveday, Robbie
McIntosh, Mike Campbell, Vinnie Zoumo, Joe Lynn Turner, Daryl Hall, Curtis
King, Bernard Fowler & Paul Young.
Available from Chrysalis
Records/Original release year: 1989
Paul
Carrack -
Carrackter Reference
"Best Of Paul Carrack"
The Tracks are: Silent
Running (On Dangerous Ground),
A
Little Unkind,
Why
Did You Leave Me?,
Always
Better With You,
C'est
La Vie, I Need You,
How
Long,
Tempted,
From
Now On,
Sniffin
About,
Lesson
In Love,
I
Think It's Gonna Last, Do Me Love, I Found Love,
Give
Me a Chance
& After
The Love Is Gone.
Musicians on the Carrackter
Reference album: Paul
Carrack.
Available from
Demon Records/Original release year: 1991
Paul
Carrack -
Twenty-One Good Reasons
"A collection
if Carrack songs"
The Tracks are:
How
Long,
The
Real Feeling,
No
Future In Your Eyes,
You're
All That I Need.
Tempted,
Do
Me Lover,
Oh
How Happy,
The
Rumour,
I
Need You,
Always
Better With You, A Little Unkind,
One
Good Reason, Don't Shed A Tear,
Button
Off My Shirt,
When
You Walk In The Room,
I
Live By The Groove,
Only
My Heart Can Tell,
Battlefield,
Loveless
(alternative mix),
Silent
Running (single mix)
& The
Living Years.
Musicians on the Twenty-One Good
Reasons album: Paul
Carrack
and others.
Available from Chrysalis Records/Original release year:
1994
Paul
Carrack -
Blue Views
"Carrack is back again"
The Tracks are:
Eyes
of Blue, For Once In Our Lives, No Easy Way Out, Oh Oh Oh My My My, Only A
Breath Away, Nothing More Than A Memory, Somewhere In Your Heart, Love
Will Keep Us Alive, Always Have Always Will, Don't Walk Over Me & How
Long.
Musicians on the Blue Views album: Paul
Carrack, Andy Newmark, Tim Renwick Robbie McIntosh, Pino Palladino, Rod
Argent, Katie Kissoon, Tessa Niles, Keith Wilkinson, Lance Ellington, Neil
Hubbard, Mitch Dalton, Frank Ricotti, Louis Jardine, Martin Ditchaum,
Gavyn Wright, Perry Montague-Mason, Roger Chase & Bill Hawkes.
Available from
Ark 21 Records/Original release year: 1995
Paul
Carrack -
Beautiful World
"Its a beautiful world"
The Tracks are:
The
Way Iīm Feeling Tonight, Time To Let Go, Beautiful World, Perfect Love,
You Give Me Something, Satisfied, Close To Me, It Goes Without Saying, If
Youīd Ever Needed Someone, Some Kinda Love, Into The Mystic (bonus track)
& Warm And Tender Love (bonus track).
Musicians on the Beautiful World album:
Paul
Carrack
and others.
Available from Ark 21 Records/Original release year:
1997
Paul Carrack
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Satisfy My Soul
"Great album from Paul Carrack"
The Tracks are: Satisfy
my Soul, Together, Where would I Be, My Kind, Inspire Me, The Only One,
How Wonderful, Running Out Of Time, Better than Nothing, Time Passes, Make
Your Mind Up, Silent Running (live) (bonustrack), Eyes Of The Blue (live)
(bonustrack), Bring It One Home To Me & CD Enhanced Interview and
Performances.
Musicians on the Satisfy My Soul album:
Paul Carrack and others.
Available from Carrack Records/Original release year: 2001
Paul
Carrack
-
Groovin
"Classic songs with Carrackīs touch"
The Tracks are: Harvest
For The World, Sunny, Too Busy Thinkin Bout My Baby, Crazy Love, Baby I
Need Your Lovin, Walk On By, What Does It Take, Anyday Now, Cover Me, With
You In Mind, Ain't No Sunshine, Groovin & You've Got A Friend.
Musicians on the Groovin album: Paul Carrack
and others.
Available from Carrack Records/Original release year: 2001
Paul
Carrack -
Still Groovin
"Groovin + bonustracks
and DVD"
The Tracks are: Harvest
For The World, Sunny, Too Busy Thinkin Bout My Baby, Crazy Love, Baby I
Need Your Lovin, Walk On By, What Does It Take, Anyday Now, Cover Me, With
You In Mind, Ain't No Sunshine, Groovin, You've Got A Friend, Into The
Mystic (bonustrack), People Get Ready (bonustrack), Warm And Tender Love
(bonustrack), Itīs Growing (bonustrack) & I Wish It Would Rain
(bonustrack). DVD: Better Than Nothing, The Living Years, Eyes Of Blue,
Tempted, Satisfy My Soul & My Kind.
Musicians on the Groovin album: Paul Carrack
and others.
Available from Carrack Records/Original release year: 2002
Paul
Carrack -
It Ainīt Over...
"New release from the
british west coast rocker"
The Tracks are:
She Lived Down The Street, NothinīTo Lose, It Ainīt Over,
Happy To See You Again, Where Did I Go Wrong?, Empty Space, One Small
Step, Forever, Never Too Late, Just A Little Lie & Ainīt No Love.
Musicians on the It Ainīt Over album: Paul
Carrack, Steve Beighton, Ed Collins & Wired Strings.
Available from Carrack Records/Original release year: 2003
Paul
Carrack -
Live At The Opera House
"Live concert from 2004"
The Tracks are:
Never Too Late, Just A Little Lie,
Another Cup Of Coffee, Nothing More Than A Memory, Silent Running,
Tempted, Better Than Nothing, Love Will Keep Us Alive, Satisfy My Soul,
My Kind, Anyday Now, One Small Step, Eyes Of Blue, Sunny, It Ain't Over,
Where Did I Go Wrong, The Living Years, Every Time You Walk In The Room,
Happy To See You Again, Some Kinda Luv, Harvest For The World, How Long,
Over My Shoulder & Dance To The Music.
Musicians on the Live At The Opera House
album: Paul Carrack, Steve Beighton, Paul Copley, Dean Dukes, Jeremy
Meek & John Robinson.
Available from Carrack Records/Original release year: 2004
Paul
Carrack -
Live In Liverpool
"Liverpool live"
The Tracks are:
Sunny, My Kind, She Lived Down The
Street, Running Out Of Time, Love Will Keep Us Alive, If I Were You,
Donīt Dream Itīs Over, Eyes Of Blue, Nick Of Time, For Once In Our
Lives, Another Cup Of Coffee, Beggar On A Beach Of Gold, Tempte, Just A
Little Lie, Where Did I Go Wrong, Silent Running, It Ainīt Over, The
Living Years, Nothing To Loose, Make Your Mind Up, How Long, Over My
Shoulder & Sniffing About.
Musicians on the Live In Liverpool album:
Paul Carrack, Steve Beighton, Paul Copley, Dean Dukes, Jeremy Meek &
John Robinson.
Available from Carrack Records/Original release year: 2004
Paul
Carrack -
WinterWonderland
"Christmas Album"
The Tracks are:
Winter Wonderland, Rudolph The Red-Nosed
Reindeer, White Christmas, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Let
It Snow, The Christmas Song, Sleigh-Ride, What A Wonderful World, Silver
Bells, RockinīAround The Christmas Tree & Beautiful World.
Musicians on the WinterWonderland album:
Paul Carrack, The SWR Big Band and others.
Available from Carrack Records/Original release year: 2004
Paul Carrack
-
Suburban Woodoo
"Reiisue of the 2nd album"
The Tracks are: Lesson
In Love, Always Better With You, I Need You, I'm In Love, Don't Give My
Heart A Break, A Little Unkind, Out Of Touch, What A Way To Go, So Right So
Wrong, From Now On, Call Me Tonight & I Found Love.
Musicians on the Suburban
Woodoo album: Paul
Carrack, Martin Belmont, James Eller, Bobby Irwin, Nick Lowe & Paul
Cobbold.
Available from Acadia Records/Original
release year: 2006
Paul
Carrack -
Old, New, Borrowed And Blue
"Latest from Carrack"
The Tracks are: What's Shakin' on the
Hill?, Raining Raining, Don't Dream it's Over (Crowded House), Ride On,
What's Going On, Ain't That Peculiar, I Live On A Battlefield, Love Will
Keep Us Alive, Always Have Always Will, Girl, The Reason Was You, No
Easy Way Out & Help Me Make It Through the Night.
Musicians on the Old, New, Borrowed And Blue album:
Paul Carrack and others.
Available from Carrack Records/Original release year: 2007
Paul
Carrack -
I Know That Name
"Latest from Carrack"
The Tracks are: Ainīt No Love In The
Heart Of The City, I Donīt Want To Hear Any More, It Ainīt Easy (To Love
Somebody), No Doubt About It, I Donīt Want Your Love (I Need Your Love),
Stay Awake (Iīm Coming Home), Just 4 Tonite, Love Is Thicker Than Water,
If i Didnīt Love You, Who Am I, Eyes Of Blue & Am I In That Dream?.
Musicians on the I Know That Name album:
Paul Carrack and others.
Available from Carrack Records/Original release year: 2008
Paul
Carrack -
I Know That Name - Live In Concert
"Live with Carrack"
The Tracks are: How Long, I Live On A
Battlefield, No Doubt About It, Satisfy My Soul, Ainīt No Love In The
Heart Of The City, Another Cup Of Coffee, Silent Running, Love Is
Thicker Than Water, I Donīt Want Your Love (I Need Your Love), Just 4
Tonite, Love Will Keep Us Alive, if I Didnīt Love You, Tempted, The
Living Years, I Donīt Want To Hear Any More, Over My Shoulder & Whatīs
Going On.
Musicians on the I Know That Name - Live In
Concert album:
Paul Carrack, Paul Copley, Lindsay Dracass, Jeremy Meek, John Robinson,
Steve Beighton, Ed Collins & Dean Duke.
Available from Carrack Records/Original release year: 2009
