tracks

The Stars Look Down
Shine
Grandma's Song
Solidarity
Expressing Yourself
The Letter
Born To Boogie
Angry Dance
Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher
Deep Into The Ground
He Could Be A Star
Electricity
Once We Were Kings
The Letter (Reprise)
Finale

notes

Recorded at Angel Recording Studios London
Mixed at Shoefactory Studios London
Mastered at Abbey Road Studios London

© & ℗2005 Polydor Ltd. (UK)

credits

Bass – Steve Pearce
Cello – Anthony Pleeth, Dave Daniels, Martin Loveday, Paul Kegg
Choir – Metro Voices
Chorus Master [Metro Voices Choirmaster] – Jenny O'Grady
Contractor [Orchestra Contractor] – Isobel Griffiths
Coordinator [Album Co-ordination For Aka] – Yolanda White
Coordinator [Album Co-ordination] – Simon Delaney
Directed By [Musical] – Philip Bateman
Drums – Ralph Salmins
Engineer – Steve Price (6)
Engineer [Assistant] – Mat Bartram
Executive-Producer – Phil Ramone
Executive-Producer, Music By – Elton John
Guitar – Adam Goldsmith
Horns – Laurence Davies, Richard Ashton, Tim Jones,
Keyboards – Jeremy Holland-Smith, Philip Bateman
Leader [Orchestra] – Julian Leaper
Lyrics By – Lee Hall
Mixed By – Tom Jenkins
Piano – David Hartley,
Producer, Orchestrated By, Conductor – Martin Koch (3)
Producer, Programmed By, Engineer, Mixed By – Nick Gilpin
Viola – Bruce White, Garfield Jackson, Ivo Van Der Werff, Rachel Bolt
Violin – Chris Tombling, Dave Woodcock, Debbie Widdup, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Julian Leaper, Mark Berrow, Natalia Bonner, Paul Willey, Perry Montague-Mason, Ralph De Souza, Roger Garland, Warren Zielinski
Vocals [Ballet Girls] – Alice Stephen (tracks: 2, 4, 9), Charlotte Hamilton (tracks: 2, 4, 9), Christie Halsey (tracks: 2, 4, 9), Ellie Jaine Woolf (tracks: 2, 4, 9), Emily Neil (tracks: 2, 4, 9), Jennifer Veal (tracks: 2, 4, 9), Katie Stephen (tracks: 2, 4, 9), Michaela Blake (tracks: 2, 4, 9), Poppy Coggins (tracks: 2, 4, 9), Stephanie Rawson (tracks: 2, 4, 9)
Vocals [Full Ensemble, Female Ensemble] – Erica Ann Deakin (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 13, 15), Gillian Kirkpatrick (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 13, 15), Michelle McAvoy (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 13, 15), Stephanie Putson (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 13, 15), Susan Fay (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 13, 15), Tessa Worsley (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 13, 15)
Vocals [Full Ensemble, Male Ensemble] – Alan Forrester (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Alex Delamere (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Chris Hornby (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Chris Lennon (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Craig Armstrong (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Damien Delaney (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Daniel Coll (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Daniel Page (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), David Massey (2) (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Isaac James (2) (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Karl Morgan (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Lee Proud (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Mike Scott (2) (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Phil Snowden (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Steve Elias (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Steve Paget (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15), Trevor Fox (tracks: 1, 4, 8 to 11, 13, 15)
Vocals [Metro Voices] – Alison Jiear, David Coombs, David Porter Thomas, Emma Kershaw, Matthew White (3), Michael Dove, Samatha Shaw, Simon Preece, Tom Pearce, Yona Dunsford
Woodwind – Ben Castle, Jamie Talbot, Jeff Daley, John Pinter, Paul Stevens (5)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Copyright (c) – Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Distributed By – Universal Music Australia

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