Goodbye Blue Sky (album) explained

Goodbye Blue Sky
Type:	Album
Artist:	Godley & Creme
Cover:	Goodbyeblue.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	1988
Recorded:	1988
Genre:	Rock
Length:	44:12
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Kevin Godley, Lol Creme
Prev Title:	The History Mix Volume 1
Prev Year:	1985

Goodbye Blue Sky is the seventh and final studio album by Godley & Creme. Released in 1988, the album generated two singles, "A Little Piece of Heaven" (a top 30 hit in several countries across Europe) and "10,000 Angels", as well as videos for those two singles.

The album featured backup vocals by three future members of 1990s dance band Londonbeat.

Making of

The album is notable through its use of harmonicas, which are used substantially on most tracks.

In a 1988 interview with Pulse! magazine https://web.archive.org/web/20081120165059/http://www.minestrone.org/pulse.htm, they said:

Track listing

All songs composed by Kevin Godley and Lol Creme

1. "H.E.A.V.E.N. / A Little Piece of Heaven" – 5:06
2. "Don't Set Fire (To the One I Love)" – 3:27
3. "Golden Rings" – 4:17
4. "Crime & Punishment" – 7:22
5. "The Big Bang" – 2:32
6. "10,000 Angels" – 5:16
7. "Sweet Memory" – 4:50
8. "Airforce One" – 3:40
9. "The Last Page of History" – 4:01
10. "Desperate Times" – 3:41

Personnel

• Lol Creme – guitar, bass, keyboard & vocals
• Kevin Godley – drums, percussion, vocals
• Mark Feltham – harmonica
• Mitt Gamon – harmonica
• Jimmy Chambers – backup vocals
• George Chandler – backup vocals
• Jimmy Helms – backup vocals
• Richard Evans - Cover design