1988 Scritti Politti – Provision
Provision is the third studio album by British pop band Scritti Politti, released in the UK on 6 June 1988 by Virgin Records.
The album was the band’s second top ten hit in the UK, peaking at No. 8 on the UK Albums Chart, and was certified Gold by the BPI for 100,000 copies sold.Three singles were taken from the album, but only “Oh Patti (Don’t Feel Sorry for Loverboy)” reached the UK Top 40, peaking at No. 13 in May 1988. “First Boy in This Town (Lovesick)” peaked at No. 63 in August 1988, and “Boom! There She Was” peaked at No. 55 in the UK in November 1988, but reached No. 12 on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, and No. 53 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The track “Oh Patti (Don’t Feel Sorry for Loverboy)” features Miles Davis on trumpet; Davis’s 1986 album Tutu had included a cover of Scritti Politti’s “Perfect Way” from Cupid & Psyche 85. The tracks “Boom! There She Was” and “Sugar and Spice” feature Roger Troutman on talk box vocals. The track “Best Thing Ever” was previously released on the soundtrack of the 1987 film Who’s That Girl. In an interview with David Gamson, he stated that “Provision took an incredibly long time to make. The initial drum tracks were all recorded with the Synclavier and at that point the Synclav’s sequencer was extremely primitive. Lots of inputing kick and snare hits via SMPTE numbers rather than beats and bars. Ultimately, I think we kinda lost the forest for the trees on that album.”
Tracks
1 Boom! There She Was (David Gamson; Green Gartside) 04:58
2 Overnite (David Gamson; Green Gartside) 04:44
3 First Boy In This Town (Lovesick) (David Gamson; Green Gartside) 04:22
4 All That We Are (David Gamson; Green Gartside) 03:31
5 Best Thing Ever (David Gamson; Green Gartside; John Potoker) 03:50
6 Oh Patti (Don’t Feel Sorry For Loverboy) (David Gamson; Green Gartside) 04:21
7 Bam Salute (David Gamson; Green Gartside) 04:33
8 Sugar And Spice (David Gamson; Green Gartside) 04:11
9 Philosophy Now (David Gamson; Green Gartside) 04:52
Biography
Musicians
Drums | Fred Maher |
Drums (programming) | David Gamson |
Drums (programming) | Fred Maher |
Guitar | Green Gartside |
Keyboards | David Gamson |
Synclavier | David Gamson |
Synthesizer | David Gamson |
Programming | Raymond Niznik |
Programming | John Mahoney |
Vocals | Green Gartside |
Other Musicians
1 Boom! There She Was
Bass | Marcus Miller |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Talk Box | Roger Troutman |
Background Vocals | Tawatha Agee |
Background Vocals | BJ Nelson |
Background Vocals | Fonzi Thornton |
2 Overnite
Background Vocals | Tawatha Agee |
Background Vocals | BJ Nelson |
Background Vocals | Fonzi Thornton |
3 First Boy In This Town (Lovesick)
Background Vocals | BJ Nelson |
Background Vocals | Fonzi Thornton |
Background Vocals | Rory Dodd |
Background Vocals | Eric Troyer |
4 All That We Are
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Background Vocals | BJ Nelson |
Background Vocals | Fonzi Thornton |
Background Vocals | Rory Dodd |
Background Vocals | Eric Troyer |
5 Best Thing Ever
Guitar | Nick Moroch |
Horns | Mitch Corn |
Horns | Joe Mennonna |
Timbales | Fred Maher |
Percussion | Bashiri Johnson |
Background Vocals | Tawatha Agee |
Background Vocals | BJ Nelson |
Background Vocals | Diva Gray |
Background Vocals | Yogi Lee |
Background Vocals | Mark Stevens |
6 Oh Patti (Don’t Feel Sorry For Loverboy)
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Trumpet | Miles Davis |
Background Vocals | Rory Dodd |
Background Vocals | Eric Troyer |
7 Bam Salute
Bass | Marcus Miller |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Timbales | Bashiri Johnson |
Percussion | Bashiri Johnson |
Background Vocals | Tawatha Agee |
Background Vocals | BJ Nelson |
Background Vocals | Fonzi Thornton |
8 Sugar And Spice
Bass | Marcus Miller |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Talk Box | Roger Troutman |
Percussion | Bashiri Johnson |
Background Vocals | Tawatha Agee |
Background Vocals | BJ Nelson |
Background Vocals | Fonzi Thornton |
9 Philosophy Now
Bass | Marcus Miller |
Guitar | Dann Huff |
Sax | Andy Snitzer |
Trombone | Michael Davis |
Trumpet | Chris Botti |
Trumpet | Kent Smith |
Percussion | Bashiri Johnson |
Background Vocals | BJ Nelson |
Background Vocals | Rory Dodd |
Background Vocals | Eric Troyer |
Liner Notes
Producer – David Gamson, Green Gartside
Producer – John Potoker (Track 5)
Arranged By – David Gamson
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Eric Troyer (Track 6)
Arranged By (Vocals) – Eric Troyer, Green Gartside (Track 3)
Coordinator – Susie McKinley
Edited By (Additional) – Bunt Stafford-Clark, Howard Gray
Engineer – Ray Bardani
Engineer – John Potoker (Track 5)
Engineer (Assistant) – Arabella Rodriguez, Claude Achille, Graham Meek, Hugo Nicolson, Stuart Breed
Mastered By – Tony Cousins
Mixed By – Ray Bardani (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 8)
Mixed By – Mike Shipley (Tracks 4, 6)
Mixed By – Julian Mendelsohn (Track 9)
Recorded By – Ray Bardani (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Recorded By – John Potoker (Track 5)
Recorded By (Miles Davis) – Michael O’Reilly (Track 6)
Recorded By (Drum Samples) – John Potoker
Photography – Juergen Teller, Andrew Catlin, Lawrence Lawry
Sleeve – DKB, Green Gartside, Juergen Teller, Keith Breeden
Mastered At Sterling Sound
Recorded At Minot Sound
Recorded At Atlantic Studios
Recorded At The Hit Factory
Recorded At Right Track Recording
Recorded At Sorcerer Sound
Recorded At Britannia Row Studios
Recorded At Air Studios
Recorded At The Town House
Recorded At Sarm West Studios
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