Walk on Water (Katrina and the Waves album) explained

Walk on Water
Type:	studio
Artist:	Katrina and the Waves
Cover:	Katrina and the wawes walk on water.jpg
Released:	1997
Recorded:	1997
Studio:	Remote Farm Studios, UK
Genre:	Pop rock
Length:	37:04
Label:	Warner Music
Producer:	Mike Nocito
Prev Title:	Turnaround
Prev Year:	1994

Walk on Water is the ninth studio album (their tenth and final overall) by the British band Katrina and the Waves, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). The album includes the lead single "Love Shine a Light", the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. It also became the band's highest charting UK single, reaching number 3.^[1] However, it was not released in the United States as a single.^[2]

The track "Eejay" contains a sample of the 1962 song "Something's Got a Hold on Me" by American singer Etta James, who is credited as a co-writer along with the song's other two writers.^[3]

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.^[4]

Katrina and the Waves

• Katrina Leskanich – lead vocals, guitar
• Kimberley Rew – guitar, vocals, lead vocals on "The Better You Love" and "Girl With Blue Eyes"
• Vince de la Cruz – bass, vocals
• Alex Cooper – drums, vocals

Additional musicians

• Don Airey – keyboards, string arrangements

Technical

• Mike Nocito – producer, mixing
• Squid Inc. – design, art direction
• Simon Fowler – photography
• Strings recorded at Angel Recording Studios, London
• Mastered at the Townhouse, London

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[5]	47
Dutch Albums (Dutch Charts)^[6]	38

Notes and References

1. Web site: UK Singles . . June 7, 2021.
2. Web site: Band History . 9 July 2020 . Katrina and the Waves official website . June 7, 2021.
3. Walk on Water . . 1997. .
4. Web site: Walk on Water . . June 7, 2021.
5. Web site: Austrian Albums . austrian charts.at . June 7, 2021.
6. Web site: Dutch Albums . dutchcharts.nl . June 7, 2021.