Wonderful Life

by Black

Wonderful Life cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 September 1987
  • Label: A&M
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:03:29
  • Community rating: 3.15/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Propelled by the massive international success of its deeply melancholic title track, Colin Vearncombe's debut is a masterclass in elegant, atmospheric songcraft. The lush synthesizer production and mournful saxophone accents perfectly frame his rich baritone voice, delivering an exquisitely romantic and thoroughly soothing sophisti-pop aesthetic.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Wonderful Life (4:47)
  2. Everything's Coming Up Roses (4:06)
  3. Sometimes For The Asking (4:08)
  4. Finder (4:14)
  5. Paradise (4:51)
  6. I'm Not Afraid (5:01)
  7. I Just Grew Tired (4:15)
  8. Blue (3:39)
  9. Just Making Memories (4:27)
  10. Sweetest Smile - Extended Version (5:19)
  11. Ravel In The Rain (3:48)
  12. Leave Yourself Alone (4:30)
  13. Sixteens (3:55)
  14. It's Not You Lady Jane (3:27)
  15. Hardly Star-Crossed Lovers (2:53)

Credits

  • Black - primary artist
  • Tim Young - lacquer cut by
  • Colin Vearncombe - written-by
  • David Dickie - written-by

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