David Gilmour - About Face Album

Tracklist

1	Blue Light	4:35
2	Near The End	5:43
3	Until We Sleep	5:58
4	Murder	4:58
5	You Know I'm Right	5:04
6	All Lovers Are Deranged	3:14
7	Cruise	4:39
8	Out Of The Blue	3:36
9	Love On The Air	4:18
10	Let's Get Metaphysical	4:09

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SHSP 24-0079-1, SHSP 24-0079-1(I), SHSP 2400791	David Gilmour	About Face ‎(LP, Album)	Harvest, Harvest, Harvest	SHSP 24-0079-1, SHSP 24-0079-1(I), SHSP 2400791	UK	1984
WCK-39296, VCK 39296, CK-39296	David Gilmour	About Face ‎(CD, Album)	Columbia, Columbia, Columbia	WCK-39296, VCK 39296, CK-39296	Canada	Unknown
SHSP 2400791	David Gilmour	About Face ‎(LP, Album)	Harvest	SHSP 2400791	Ireland	1984
64 2400794	David Gilmour	About Face ‎(Cass, Album)	Harvest, EMI	64 2400794	Italy	1984
CK-39296	David Gilmour	About Face ‎(CD, Album)	Columbia	CK-39296	Canada	1984

Credits

• Arranged By [Orchestra] – Bob Ezrin, Michael Kamen
• Bass – Pino Palladino
• Design – STd
• Drums, Percussion – Jeff Porcaro
• Guitar, Vocals – David Gilmour
• Horns [The Kick Horns] – Barbara Snow, Roddy Lorimer, Simon Clerk, Tim Sanders
• Mastered By – Doug Sax, Mike Reese
• Mixed By – James Guthrie
• Mixed By [Assistants] – Bob Parr, Ollie Fitzjones, Robert "Ringo" Hrycyna
• Orchestra – The National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Percussion – Louis Jardine, Ray Cooper
• Photography By – Davies/Starr, Jill Furmanovsky
• Piano, Organ – Ian Kewley, Steve Winwood
• Programmed By [Fairlight] – Steve Rance
• Recorded By – Andrew Jackson, Kit Woolven
• Recorded By [Assistants] – Kevin Whyte, Mark Frank, Robert "Ringo" Hrycyna, Simon Sullivan
• Recorded By [Orchestra] – Eric Tomlinson
• Synthesizer – Anne Dudley, Jon Lord
• Technician [Equipment] – Phil Taylor
• Vocals – Mickey Feat, Roy Harper, Sam Brown, Vicki Brown
• Written-By – D. Gilmour, P. Townshend (tracks: A3, B1)

Notes

℗ © 1984 CBS Inc.
all songs © 1984 Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd.

Carrollton Pressing variant from this U.S. copy by same Category.

Recorded at Pathe-Marconi Studios, Paris
Orchestra recorded at Abbey Road Studios

Track B1 Published by Towser Tunes, Inc.;
all other selections Unichappell Music, Inc.

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): AL 39296
• Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): BL 39296
• Matrix / Runout (A Side Etch exc ᴛᴍʟ-ᴍ, º stamps, var. 1): PAL 39296 2F TML-M A3 G 1 º
• Matrix / Runout (B Side Etch exc ᴛᴍʟ-s, º stamps, var. 1): PBL 39296 2G TML-S B3 º G 1
• Matrix / Runout (A side Variant 2): PAL 39296 2G TML-S A9 G 1 o
• Matrix / Runout (B side Variant 2): PBL 39296 2E TML-X A5 G 1 o
• Matrix / Runout (A side Variant 3): PAL 39296 2E TML-X A8 o G 2
• Matrix / Runout (B side Variant 3): PBL 39296 2G TML-S D7 º G 1
• Matrix / Runout (A side Variant 4): PAL 39296 2E TML-X A7 o G 2
• Matrix / Runout (B side Variant 4): PBL 39296 2E TML-X A4 G 1 o
• Rights Society: BMI
• Barcode (Print): 07464-39296-1
• Barcode (Scan; Format: UPC_A): 074643929615

Companies

• Recorded At – Pathé-Marconi Studios
• Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
• Mixed At – Mayfair Studios
• Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
• Mastered At – Customatrix
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
• Manufactured By – Columbia Records
• Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
• Published By – Unichappell Music, Inc.
• Published By – Towser Tunes, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
• Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.

Short intro

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