You’ve Got to Laugh is the seventh studio album by Nik Kershaw, released on 26 October 2006 under his own record label. Initially at least, the album is only available for purchase online via his web site through his own studio, Shorthouse Records.
In a 2008 interview, Kershaw spoke of the album. “You’ve Got to Laugh took about five years to get together. That wasn’t intense recording, obviously. I just waited until I’d got enough tracks and that was the time to release it. Had it not been for my girlfriend, it probably wouldn’t have been released at all. The songs are all about my own experiences or those of people around me; they’re about friends and foes; they’re about real life, which means there’s nothing too glamorous going on”.
Tracks
1 Can’t Get Arrested (Nik Kershaw) 4:39 2 Oh You Beautiful Thing (Nik Kershaw) 3:15 3 Lost (Nik Kershaw) 4:39 4 All About You (Nik Kershaw) 4:33 5 Promises, Promises (Nik Kershaw) 3:52 6 I Hope You’re Happy Now (Nik Kershaw) 3:18 7 Old House (Nik Kershaw) 4:00 8 Yeah, Yeah (Nik Kershaw) 3:50 9 Born Yesterday (Nik Kershaw) 4:49 10 Loud, Confident And Wrong (Nik Kershaw) 3:37 11 She Could Be The One (Nik Kershaw) 5:15 12 You Don’t Have To Be The Sun (Nik Kershaw) 5:39
Media
Musicians
Guitar
Nik Kershaw
Keyboards
Nik Kershaw
Programming
Nik Kershaw
Vocals
Nik Kershaw
Other Musicians
1 Can’t Get Arrested
Drums
Simon Phillips
Background Vocals
Lily Gonzalez
2 Oh You Beautiful Thing
Bass
Nick Beggs
Drums
Julian Brown
Chapman Stick
Nick Beggs
Background Vocals
Lily Gonzalez
3 Lost
Bass
Nick Beggs
Drums
Julian Brown
Chapman Stick
Nick Beggs
Background Vocals
Lily Gonzalez
4 All About You
Bass
Nick Beggs
Drums
Julian Brown
Chapman Stick
Nick Beggs
Background Vocals
Lily Gonzalez
5 Promises, Promises
Bass
Stuart Ross
Drums
Julian Brown
Background Vocals
Imogen Heap
6 I Hope You’re Happy Now
Bass
Stuart Ross
Drums
Julian Brown
7 Old House
Bass
Stuart Ross
Drums
Simon Phillips
8 Yeah, Yeah
Drums
Julian Brown
Background Vocals
Imogen Heap
9 Born Yesterday
Bass
Stuart Ross
Drums
Julian Brown
11 She Could Be The One
Bass
Nick Beggs
Drums
Simon Phillips
Chapman Stick
Nick Beggs
Background Vocals
Lily Gonzalez
12 You Don’t Have To Be The Sun
Bass
Stuart Ross
Background Vocals
Imogen Heap
Liner Notes
Mastered By – Simon Heyworth Mixed By – Mark Evans (Tracks 8, 12) Recorded By (Drums) – Mark Evans
Artwork By (Graphic Design) – Aurile Ltd. Artwork By (Main Cover Artwork) – Frank Renlie Photography (Fish Photograph) – Kim Zumwalt – Getty Images
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Shorthouse Records Copyright (c) – Shorthouse Records
You’ve Got to Laugh is the seventh studio album by Nik Kershaw, released on 26 October 2006 under his own record label. Initially at least, the album is only available for purchase online via his web site through his own studio, Shorthouse Records.
