This release on Bill Nelson's Cocteau label saw
ex-Skids frontman Richard Jobson moving in a new direction on this collection
of spoken word pieces. The album features a dedication to French writer Margaurite
Duras - an inspiration that would continue on later Jobson releases.
Virginia's credit on the album is for piano and flute. Her actual contributions
were playing piano on India Song, the arrangment
of Etiquette (based on a Debussy composition), Orphee
(another arrangement of a Debussy tune) and Thomas
(based on a Satie composition) with Richard Jobson. She also shares writing credits
with Jobson for the track Joy. Anonymous
is credited to Astley/Wells/Jobson.
The album also features some other familiar names: Josephine Wells (clarinet,
saxophone, piano) and John McGeoch (guitar). |
