Something Good (album)
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Something Good is the debut full length studio album by the singer songwriter Catherine Porter
. Recorded at Battery Studios, Westside Studios & Fort Studios, all in London, the album is mostly composed by Catherine with producer Kevin Melpass, though it also includes several cover versions. It was Catherine's only full length release before leaving Jive Records, unhappy with the direction they were trying to push her in.
Crazy had been Catherine's entry into the 2000 Song For Europe competition in the United Kingdom - which she lost to Nikki French. Talkin' To The Fish is her 9/11 song, and tells the story of a doomed employee in the World Trade Center wishing anything to swap places with the hapless fish in the office tank, just to escape the knowledge of what was about to happen to them.
One single was released from the album - She's So Cool
. Neither the single or the album were promoted, and despite strong interest from BBC Radio 2
, both failed to chart.
Catherine Porter
Catherine Porter is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She is a former member of The Brian May Band and has appeared in several musicals and films...
. Recorded at Battery Studios, Westside Studios & Fort Studios, all in London, the album is mostly composed by Catherine with producer Kevin Melpass, though it also includes several cover versions. It was Catherine's only full length release before leaving Jive Records, unhappy with the direction they were trying to push her in.
Crazy had been Catherine's entry into the 2000 Song For Europe competition in the United Kingdom - which she lost to Nikki French. Talkin' To The Fish is her 9/11 song, and tells the story of a doomed employee in the World Trade Center wishing anything to swap places with the hapless fish in the office tank, just to escape the knowledge of what was about to happen to them.
One single was released from the album - She's So Cool
She's So Cool
She's So Cool was the only single release by the singer songwriter Catherine Porter for Jive Records. Released in 2002, it contained the non album track Blame, plus the fan favourite Crazy...
. Neither the single or the album were promoted, and despite strong interest from BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
, both failed to chart.
Track listing
- All tracks written by Catherine Porter and Kevin Malpass except where noted
- "She's So Cool"
- "At Seventeen" (Janis Ian)
- "Talkin' to the Fish"
- "Some of Your Lovin'" (Gerald Goffin/Carole King)
- "Something Good"
- "It Ain't Rocket Science"
- "I've Got You"
- "Crazy" (Catherine Porter/Tony Moore)
- "I'll See You When I See You"
- "Essex Road"
- "I'm Not Needed Here Now" David Gates/Billy Dean
- "Winds of Change"
Personnel
- Vocals: Catherine Porter
- Keyboards: James Pearson
- Bass: Norman Watt Roy
- Drums: Dylan Howe
- Guitars: John Themis
- Cello: Tony Peace
- Oboe: John Anderson
- Saxophone, Flute: Snake Davis
- Trombone: Neil Sidwell
- Strings: Gavin Wright
- Produced by Kevin Malpass
- Recorded and mixed by Simon Smart