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XYZ (Andy Summers album)

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Released
  
1987 (1987)

Length
  
42:22

Artist
  
Andy Summers

Label
  
MCA Records

Recorded
  
Summer 1986

Bewitched with Robert Fripp (1984)
  
XYZ (1987)

Release date
  
1987

Genres
  
Pop music, New wave

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Studio
  
Devo Studios, Los Angeles

XYZ (1987)
  
Mysterious Barricades (1988)

Producers
  
David Hentschel, Andy Summers

Similar
  
Strings Of Desire, Invisible Threads, World Gone Strange, Splendid Brazil, I Advance Masked

Andy summers love is the strangest way 1987


XYZ is a 1987 album by Andy Summers. It is the first solo album by Summers and the only one to feature his vocals, though an uncredited vocal by Summers appears on World Gone Strange. The title "XYZ" comes from the middle names of Summers's three children. His daughter Layla (born 1978) has the middle name 'Z', and his twin sons, Maurice and Anton, (born 1987) have the middle names 'X' and 'Y' respectively. The album was recorded in 1986 at Devo's studio in Los Angeles, California. The cover portrait is by Anton Corbijn.

Contents

Andy summers xyz


Track listing

All tracks written by Andy Summers except where noted.

  • Another track, "Carry Me Back Home" (5:04), was recorded during the XYZ sessions for the soundtrack of the film Band of the Hand and released on the B-side of the 12-inch version of the "Love is the Strangest Way" single.

    • Personnel

  • Andy Summers – guitar, bass, vocals, producer
  • David Hentschel – keyboards, drums, drum programming, producer
  • Nan Vernon – backing vocals on "Love Is the Strangest Way", "How Many Days" and "Almost There"; backing vocals on "Eyes of a Stranger"
  • Chris Childs – bass on "Eyes of a Stranger"
  • Rick May – bass on "Hold Me"
  • Abraham Laboriel – bass on "Scary Voices"
  • Michael G. Fisher – percussion on "Nowhere", "Love Is the Strangest Way" and "Almost There"
  • Greta Gold – additional backing vocals on "Eyes of a Stranger"
  • Oren, Julia, and Maxine Waters – backing vocals on "Nowhere", "Hold Me" and "How Many Days"

    • Technical

  • Bob Casale – mixing and engineering
  • Anton Corbijn – photography

    • Songs

    1Love Is the Strangest Way4:20
    2How Many Days5:21
    3Almost There4:15

    References

    XYZ (Andy Summers album) Wikipedia
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