Beyond the Sun
by Billy MacKenzie
- Type: Album
- Released: 6 October 1997
- Label: Nude Records
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 43:49
- Community rating: 3.81/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released posthumously, this deeply emotional album showcases the incredible vocal range and sophisticated pop songwriting of the former Associates frontman. 'Beyond the Sun' is a gorgeously orchestrated, mellow, and highly poignant art pop swan song.
Genres
Descriptors: ballad, british, crooning, orchestral, sophisticated, folk, confessional, piano, melodic
Tracklist
- Give Me Time (4:49)
- Winter Academy (4:15)
- Blue It Is (5:06)
- 14 Mirrors (4:51)
- At The Edge Of The World (6:24)
- Beyond The Sun (3:43)
- And This She Knows (3:33)
- Sour Jewel (3:28)
- 3 Gypsies In A Restaurant (3:33)
- Nocturne VII (4:37)
Credits
- Billy MacKenzie - primary artist, vocals, written-by
- Andrew Skeet - arranged by [strings]
- Jason At IDEA - artwork by [typesetting and repro]
- Peggy Vesta Northover - calligraphy
- Malcolm Ross - guitar, guitar [solo]
- Absolute Zero - strings
- Alice Pratley - strings
- Becky Lee - strings
- Caragh McKay - Backing Vocals
- Chris Clark - Guitar
- Paul Haig - Guitar, Written-By
- Kenny Brady - Written-By
- Mike Higgins - Bass
- Graham Instrall - Drums
- Anthony Brown - Guitar, Producer, Engineer
- Steve Aungle - Producer, Synthesizer
- Simon Raymonde - Bass, Guitar [Wah Wah]
- Alan Rankine - Keyboards, Producer [Pre-production]
- Mitsuo Tate - Programmed By
- Norman Fisher-Jones - Written-By
- Liam Brennan - Drums
- Lefty - Guitar
- Stuart Firm - Producer [Pre-production]
- John Vick - Producer, Programmed By