The Riddle

by Nik Kershaw

The Riddle cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 November 1984
  • Label: MCA
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 42:35
  • Community rating: 3.07/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released merely nine months after his debut, 'The Riddle' demonstrated Nik Kershaw's prolific songwriting output during his creative peak. The title track became an international hit, anchoring an album that pushed his sophisticated synth-pop sound into more musically complex and lyrically enigmatic territories.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, progressive

Tracklist

  1. Don Quixote (4:56)
  2. Know How (4:52)
  3. You Might (3:16)
  4. Wild Horses (3:59)
  5. Easy (4:12)
  6. The Riddle (3:52)
  7. City Of Angels (3:55)
  8. Roses (3:58)
  9. Wide Boy (3:28)
  10. Save The Whale (6:02)

Credits

  • Nik Kershaw - primary artist, keyboards, vocals, vocal percussion, guitar, bass, keyboards, written-by, keyboard, vocal
  • Don Snow - backing vocals, background vocals vocal
  • Sheri Kershaw - backing vocals, background vocals vocal
  • Dennis Smith - bass
  • Charlie Morgan - drums, drums (drum set)
  • Dave Land - horns, horn
  • Stewart Curtis - horns
  • Andy Richards - keyboards, keyboard

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