Shapes and Patterns

by Swing Out Sister

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Mercury
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 51:47
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Beverley Skeete, Bill Reichenbach, Osamu Koike, Stevie Lange, Sylvia Mason-James, Miriam Stockley, Corinne Drewery, Andrew Small, George Chandler, Gary Grant, The London Session Orchestra, Snake Davis, Gota Yashiki, Fayyaz Virji, Jerry Hey, Andy Connell, Tim Cansfield, Leon Daniels, Hideyo Takakuwa, Steve Sidwell, Paul Staveley O'Duffy, Larry Williams, Gavyn Wright, Lance Ellington, Melodie Sexton, Derek Green, Luis Jardim

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An incredibly lush, uplifting masterclass in sophisti-pop and jazz pop. Swing Out Sister expertly weaves blue-eyed soul and subtle neo-psychedelia into a deeply melodic, highly optimistic, and romantically playful musical arrangement.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, sophisticated, elegant, orchestral, polished, soulful, vocal, dreamy

Tracklist

  1. Somewhere In The World (3:45)
  2. Here And Now (5:06)
  3. We Could Make It Happen (5:12)
  4. Shapes And Patterns (0:52)
  5. Better Make It Better (5:23)
  6. Something Out Of This World (5:02)
  7. Joe Meek's Cat (0:23)
  8. Stoned Soul Picnic (5:08)
  9. You Already Know (4:34)
  10. Always (5:05)
  11. Now You're Not Here (4:36)
  12. Icy Cold As Winter (5:13)
  13. Shapes And Patterns - Reprise (1:23)

Credits

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