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
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