Album: Enjoy It While It Lasts
Artist: Spector
2012 Fiction
CD: SPECT08

Frederick Macpherson: vocals (1-12), programming (2, 3, 10, 11), original keys (5), synths (11)
Christopher Burman: guitar (1-10, 12),
Jed Cullen: guitar (1, 2, 4-10, 12), keys (2), synths (3, 10)
Thomas Shickle: bass (1-10, 12)
Danny Blandy: drums (1-10)
Spector: backing vocals (1-10, 12), additional programming (2), synths (3, 7, 9), additional drums (3)

with
Rosemary Shickle: additional vocals (1)
Richard Wilkinson: programming (2), synths (2), guitar (2), backing vocals (2)
Shaun Patterson: additional guitar (2)
Kid Harpoon: backing vocals (4)
Tim Weidner: programming (5), keys (5, 10)
Simon Bloor: additional programming (5), keys (5, 10)
Trevor Horn: backing vocals (5, 10), keys (10)
Roots Manuva: vocals (7)
Sherina White: backing vocals (8)
Phebe Edwards: backing vocals (8)
Ash Soan: percussion (10)
Graham Archer: percussion (10)
Pete Murray: organ (10)
Rodaidh McDonald: synths (11), additional programming (11)
Big Deal: backing vocals (11)
George Barnett: drums (12)

Jote Osahn: string arrangement (6, 12)


Produced by Tom Vek (1, 7, 9), Wilkinson (2), Craig Silvey (3), Mark Rankin/Kid Harpoon (4), Horn (5, 10), McDonald (6, 12), Spector/Alan Smithee (8), McDonald/Macpherson (11)
Additional production by Kid Harpoon (10)
Engineered by Matt Foster (1, 9), Bryan Wilson (3), Rankin (4), Weidner (5), Jason Howes (6-8, 11), Archer (10)
Additional engineering by Darren Simpson/Serge Krebs (2), Bloor (5, 10)
Vocals recorded by Macpherson (11)
Mixed by Vek (1, 9), Cenzo Townshend (2), Silvey (3), Rankin (4), Weidner (5-8, 10), McDonald (11), Mike Crossey (12)
Executive mix: Horn (5-8, 10)
Mastered by John Davis (1-12)

Band photo by Joe Tovey Frost
Art direction: Spector
Graphic design: Stewart Armstrong/Burman


Tracks:
1. "True Love (For Now)" [Macpherson]
2. "Chevy Thunder" [Macpherson; additional writing by Patterson/Wilkinson]
3. "Grey Shirt & Tie" [Macpherson]
4. "Twenty Nothing" [Macpherson/Burman]
5. "Friday Night, Don't Ever Let It End" [Macpherson]
6. "Lay Low" [Macpherson; additional writing by Patterson/Wilkinson]
7. "Upset Boulevard" [Macpherson]
8. "No Adventure" [Macpherson]
9. "What You Wanted" [Macpherson]
10. "Celestine" [Macpherson; additional writing by Patterson/Wilkinson]
11. "Grim Reefer" [Macpherson]
12. "Never Fade Away" [Macpherson]
13. "What You Wanted (SCUM Remix)" [Macpherson] Japan bonus only
14. "Grey Shirt & Tie (The Big Pink Remix)" [Macpherson] Japan bonus only


Notes: This indie band formed in 2011, performing their first gigs in east London, and this is their debut album. Much of the album had been released previously as singles in the UK. (12) was released 29 Apr 2011, then (9) on 19 Sep 2011, (3) on 5 Dec 2011, (2) on 26 Jan 2012, and (10) on 20 May 2012; all before the album's release on 13 Aug 2012. (5) followed on 31 Dec 2012. The album made #12 in the UK.

We see Horn's usual crew involved, and note also that Kid Harpoon has previously worked with Horn. (HP, 15 Aug 13)

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