Big City Secrets
by Joseph Arthur
- Type: Album
- Released: 1997
- Label: Real World Records
- Country: United States
- Length: 55:54
- Community rating: 3.19/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Discovered by Peter Gabriel, Joseph Arthur makes his debut with a highly textured, alternative rock record heavily informed by trip hop rhythms. The album showcases his unique singer-songwriter approach layered over deeply atmospheric pop-rock production.
Genres
Descriptors: Acoustic
Tracklist
- Big City Secrets (4:37)
- Mercedes (6:18)
- Mikel K (3:54)
- Good About Me (4:58)
- Daddy's on Prozac (4:05)
- Marina (4:03)
- Birthday Card (5:36)
- Crying Like a Man (6:16)
- Porcupine (4:42)
- Dessert (1:05)
- Haunted Eyes (4:44)
- Bottle of You (5:29)
Credits
- Joseph Arthur - primary artist, painting, illustration [drawings], written-by, vocals, guitar, harmonica, vocals, guitar, vocals, bass [highly-strung], guitar
- Simon Edwards - bass, piano, bass, bass [performance & arrangement], bass [coal], guitar [additional], bass [string fossil], bass [maze], performer [sas], bass, mellotron, berimbau [birimbau], performer [persian fretless], bass [filter], noises [harmonic missiles]
- Martyn Barker - bells [treated tubular kit], drums, caxixi, percussion [military snare], percussion [bondage snare], drums [live drums], percussion [scaffolphoneum], drums, berimbau [birimbau], gong [cow gong]
- Roger Beaujolais - vibraphone [vibes], xylophone [venetian]
- Brian Eno - backing vocals
- Peter Gabriel - backing vocals
- Nigel Eaton - hurdy gurdy
- Ashley Slater - trombone