Boy for You is the first solo album recorded by Astrid Williamson and her Goya Dress colleagues Terry de Castro & Simon Pearson on bass & drums but following record company pressure, Goya Dress broke up and the album released under the name 'Astrid' in 1998.[2]
| Boy For You | ||||
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| Released | 10 August 1998 | |||
| Length | 46:01 | |||
| Label | Nude Records | |||
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| Q |   [1] |
The album was produced by Malcolm Burn, who has previously worked with Daniel Lanois, The Neville Brothers, Iggy Pop, Peter Gabriel, Patti Smith, Midnight Oil, and Shaun Colvin. Originally released on Nude Records, the album was reissued on One Little Indian/Incantation Records in 2006.
The song "If I Loved You" was featured on the soundtrack to Gregory's Two Girls,[3] the 1999 sequel to Bill Forsyth's cult 1981 classic Gregory's Girl. The track was also recorded by Abra Moore, retitled 'Someone Else's Mess' and featured on the 'Serving Sara' film soundtrack.
Track listing
edit- I Am The Boy For You
- Everyone's Waiting
- What Do You ...
- World At Your Feet
- Sing For Me
- Someone
- Hozanna
- If I Loved You
- Outside
- Say What You Mean
Personnel
edit- Vocals – Astrid Williamson
- Bass – Terry de Castro
- Drums – Simon Pearson
- 12 string Guitar on 'If I Loved You' – Bill Dillon
- Trumpet – Gerard Presencer
- Assistant Engineer – Zak Boulos
- Produced, engineered, additional instrumentation & mixed by Malcolm Burn
- Cover photography by Rick Guest
- All songs written by Astrid Williamson except 'Outside' by Malcolm Burn
References
edit- ^ Aston, Martin (September 1998). "Astrid – Boy For You". Q (144): 94.
- ^ "Astrid* - Boy For You". Discogs. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ Forsyth, Bill (15 October 1999), Gregory's Two Girls, retrieved 14 June 2016