Back to Basics (Bill Wyman album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Back to Basics
| type = studio
| artist = Bill Wyman
| cover = Back-to-Basics-Bill-Wyman-album.jpg
| alt = A bass guitar
| released = {{Start date|2015|06|22|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio = Sphere Studios and British Grove (London, UK)
| genre = Rock
| length = {{Duration|m=43|s=13}}
| label = Proper
| producer = * Bill Wyman
| prev_title = Stuff
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{Album ratings
|MC=48/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/back-to-basics/bill-wyman|title=Metacritic Review|website=Metacritic|accessdate=2016-05-19}}
|rev1=AllMusic
|rev1score={{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/back-to-basics-mw0002842770|title=AllMusic Review|website=AllMusic|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|accessdate=2016-05-19}}
}}
Back to Basics is the fifth solo album by former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman and his first since 1992's Stuff (from which Wyman re-recorded the song "Stuff (Can't Get Enough)" for this album). It was released in June 2015 under Proper Records.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Bill Wyman
{{Track listing
|headline=Back to Basics track listing
|title1=What and How and If and When and Why
|length1=3:37
|title2=I Lost My Ring
|length2=3:36
|title3=Love, Love, Love
|length3=3:40
|title4=Stuff (Can't Get Enough)
|length4=4:05
|title5=Running Back to You
|length5=4:00
|title6=She's Wonderful
|length6=3:56
|title7=Seventeen
|length7=3:49
|title8=I'll Pull You Through
|length8=3:06
|title9=November
|length9=3:44
|title10=Just a Friend of Mine
|length10=3:41
|title11=It's a Lovely Day
|length11=2:05
|title12=I Got Time
|length12=3:54
}}
Personnel
- Bill Wyman – vocals, bass guitar, acoustic piano (2-6, 8, 11, 12), programmed drums (2), keyboards (7, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (10)
- Guy Fletcher – Hammond organ (1, 3-8, 10, 12), Wurlitzer electric piano (2, 5, 6, 8, 10-12), acoustic piano (3, 7, 9, 10), acoustic guitar (8)
- Terry Taylor – guitars, programmed drums (2)
- Robbie McIntosh – additional guitars, ukulele (9, 10)
- Graham Broad – drums (1, 4-11), percussion (10)
- Gavin Goldberg – programmed drums (3), backing vocals (5)
- Frank Mead – horns (1-8, 11), harmonica (12)
- Nick Payn – horns (1-8), harmonica (7), flute (11)
- Andy Wright – "breathing" vocal (2), strings (11)
- Beverley Skeete – backing vocals (1-4, 7, 8, 12)
- Clinton "Roachie" Outten – backing vocals (6)
= Production =
- Guy Fletcher – producer, mixing
- Bill Wyman – producer, mixing
- Gavin Goldberg – additional production
- Andy Wright – additional production
- Terry Taylor – production assistance
- Martin Hollis – mix assistant
- Mazen Murad – mastering at Metropolis Studio (London, UK)
- Stuart Crouch Creative – art direction, design
- Judy Totton – portrait photography
- Ruth Rowland – hand lettering
References
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Category:Proper Records albums