...Smile's OK explained

...Smile's OK
Type:	cover
Artist:	the Hope Blister
Cover:	SmilesOK.jpg
Genre:	Ambient dream pop ethereal wave
Length:	42:06
Label:	4AD^[1]
Producer:	Ivo Watts-Russell^[2]
Next Title:	Underarms
Next Year:	1999

...Smile's OK is the debut album by the Hope Blister, released in 1998.

Track listing

1. "Dagger" (Neil Halstead)
2. "Only Human" (Heidi Berry)
3. "Outer Skin" (Chris Knox)
4. "Sweet Unknown" (A. Shaw)
5. "Let the Happiness In" (David Sylvian)
6. "Is Jesus Your Pal" (Slowblow)
7. "Spider and I" (Brian Eno)
8. "Hanky Panky Nohow" (John Cale)

Personnel

• Louise Rutkowski – vocals
• Laurence O'Keefe – bass guitar
• Audrey Riley – cello
• Chris Tombling – violin
• Leo Payne – violin
• Sue Dench – viola
• Richard Thomas – saxophone, drums
• Audrey Riley – string arrangements
• Louise Laurence, Dmitri Willilams and Astrid Williamson – backing vocals
• Sheena Bizarre – chatter and layered vocal
• Ivo Watts-Russell – producer
• John Fryer – mixing

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Hope Blister: ...smile's OK. Music. 29 March 2002 .
2. Web site: The Hope Blister. mycitypaper.com.