Language (Annie Crummer album) explained
| Language |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Annie Crummer |
| Cover: | File:Language_by_Annie_Crummer.jpg |
| Released: | 1992 |
| Studio: | - Marmalade (Wellington)
- Mandrill (Auckland)
- Airforce (Auckland)
- The Boatshed (Auckland)
- 301 (Sydney)
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| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 55:02 |
| Label: | WEA Music |
| Next Title: | Seventh Wave |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Language is the debut solo album by New Zealand singer Annie Crummer, released in 1992.[1] [2]
Background and development
Although Crummer had been offered a number of record contracts following her appearance on the Netherworld Dancing Toys' 1985 hit "For Today," which reached No. 3 on the New Zealand charts, she prioritized her membership in supergroup When The Cat's Away and did not begin work on her first major solo project until 1991. Produced by Crummer herself alongside Nigel Stone, much of Language was recorded in Auckland, though parts were also recorded in Wellington, Sydney, and the Cook Islands, her father's home country.
Track listing
Track listing and song credits adapted from CD liner notes.
Personnel
Credits adapted from CD liner notes.
- Annie Crummer – production, lead vocals
- Nigel Stone – production, recording (tracks 1–8, 10, 11), sequence programming, drum/percussion programming (tracks 1–8, 10)
- Raging Goose Productions – executive production
- Peter Blake – synth bass (track 6)
- Callie Blood – backing vocals (tracks 2, 8)
- Jackie Clarke – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5, 8)
- Clive Cockburn – strings (track 2), vocoder (track 7)
- Liz Fa'alogo – backing vocals (tracks 2, 5, 8)
- Jay Foulkes – percussion (track 11)
- Dave Fraser – strings (track 11)
- Steve Garden – drums (track 11)
- Barbara Griffin – backing vocals (tracks 2, 5, 8), piano/keyboards (tracks 1–8, 10), synth bass (track 6)
- Debbie Harwood – backing vocals (track 6)
- Herbs – backing vocals
- Peter Kekel – piano/keyboards (track 11)
- Suzanne Lynch – backing vocals (tracks 7, 11)
- Dennis Mason – saxophone (track 7)
- Ross McDermott – bass guitar (track 11)
- Nick Morgan – recording (track 11)
- Tony Mosely – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 10)
- Graham Myhre – recording (track 9)
- Jeff Neil – guitar (track 8)
- Dave Parsons – vocoder (track 7)
- Brendan Power – harmonica (track 11)
- Sheryl Rogers – backing vocals (tracks 2, 5, 8)
- Bob Smith – organ (tracks 6, 10)
- Gina Stevens – backing vocals (tracks 2, 8)
- Lance Su'a – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9)
- Gary Verberne – guitar (tracks 8, 11)
- Anthony Wallace – drum/percussion programming (tracks 4, 7)
- Rob Winch – backing vocals (tracks 2, 5, 8, 10), drum/percussion programming (track 5), bass guitar (tracks 1–5, 8, 10) guitar (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10), mandolin (track 10), percussion (track 1)
Charts
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- Web site: Annie Crummer . Bollinger . Nick . Audioculture . 18 January 2018 . 23 August 2022.
- Language . . 1992 . CD liner . . 4509912082 . New Zealand.
- Web site: Top Selling Albums of 1993 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart . . 3 November 2021 .
