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Groovin' (Paul Carrack album)

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Groovin'
Studio album by
Released2001
Genre
Length40:44
LabelCarrack-UK
ProducerPaul Carrack
Paul Carrack chronology
Satisfy My Soul
(2000)
Groovin'
(2001)
It Ain't Over
(2003)
Reissue cover
Artwork for 2002 release Still Groovin'

Groovin' is the eighth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul Carrack, then a member of the supergroup Mike + The Mechanics. It was originally released in 2001 on Carrack's own Carrack-UK label.

This was Carrack's first all-covers album as a solo artist; he had previously helped create a hard rock covers album as the front man of the ad hoc 1993 quasi-supergroup Spin 1ne 2wo. Groovin' has a different feel from that project, as this album features a selection of Carrack's favourite Motown, R&B and pop songs of the 1960s and early 1970s. Carrack produced the album himself, and played virtually all of the instruments.

There are several different issues of the album, including a 13-track version, a 14-track version, and an 18-track version known as Still Groovin' . This last version of the album was issued in 2002, and also features a DVD of live performances and videos.

Track listing

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Additional tracks

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Bonus track on some CD issues
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Into the Mystic"Morrison3:35
Bonus tracks on Still Groovin' (2002 re-release)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Into the Mystic"Morrison3:35
15."People Get Ready"Curtis Mayfield2:35
16."Warm and Tender Love"Bobby Robinson, Ida Berger3:17
17."It's Growing"Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore2:49
18."I Wish It Would Rain"Whitfield, Strong, Rodger Penzabene2:51

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[1]

  • Paul Carrack – vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, drums, producer
  • Steve Beighton – saxophones
  • Peter Van Hooke – executive producer
  • Nigel Bates – mixing, mastering
  • Bill Smith Studio – art direction, design
  • Paul Cox – photography
  • Reggie Pedro – illustration

DVD credits from Still Groovin' (Tracks 1–4)

  • Paul Carrack – vocals, keyboards, guitars
  • Paul Copley – keyboards, vocals
  • John Robinson – guitars
  • Jeremy Meek – bass
  • Dean Duke – drums
  • Steve Beighton – saxophones
  • Lindsay Dracass – backing vocals
  • Peter Van Hooke – producer
  • Christopher Janschke – director, editing
  • Minkjam – post-production
  • Phil Gaines – director of photography
  • Anna Hawkins – titles, graphics
  • E-xentric Thinking – art direction, design
  • Alan Wood – tour manager

References

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  1. ^ Groovin' liner notes. Carrack-UK. 2001.
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