Porcelain is the second studio album by the English singer-songwriter Julia Fordham, released in 1989. It became Fordham's highest-charting album in both the UK Albums Chart and US Billboard 200, peaking at numbers 13 and 74 respectively.
The track "Lock and Key" was released as lead single and reached number 80 in the UK Singles Chart. Follow up UK singles released were "Genius" (which was also released as an extended 12" single) and the double A-side "Girlfriend" / "Manhattan Skyline". "Manhattan Skyline" was released as a US single and reached #40 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
Track listing
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.
- Arran Ahmun â drums
- Tom Baker â mastering
- Miles Bould â percussion
- Dave Cliff â guitar
- Graham Dickson â engineer
- Julia Fordham â arranger, guitar, primary artist, producer, vocal arrangement, background vocals
- David Green â double bass
- Manu Katché â drums, guest artist
- Kim Knott â photography
- Diane B.J. Koné â assistant engineer
- Ingmar Koné â assistant engineer
- Kevin Maloney â engineer, producer
- Dominic Miller â bass, drum programming, engineer, guitar, keyboards, programming
- Grant Mitchell â arranger, guitar, keyboards, piano, producer, string arrangements
- Hugh Padgham â engineer, mixing, producer
- Bill Padley â engineer
- Pino Palladino â bass, guest artist
- Kate St. John â oboe
- Alan Stone â assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Alan Thomson â bass
- Cristina Viera â translation
- Helen Woodward â assistant engineer
- Taj Wyzgowski â guitar
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Certifications
References
External links