Let's Make This Precious: The Best of Dexys Midnight Runners

by Dexys Midnight Runners

Overview

Let's Make This Precious: The Best of Dexys Midnight Runners collects 18 tracks from the genre-hopping creators of "Come on Eileen," including the hits (in the U.K., at least) "Celtic Soul Brothers (More Please Thank You)," "Geno," "Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache," and "Show Me." All of the best tracks here have been cherry-picked from the group's 1980 debut Searching for the Young Soul Rebels and 1982 smash Too-Rye-Ay, which makes a strong case for searching out the excellent 2002 reissues of each, but as samplers go, it's hard to beat this set of infectious folk-kissed, blue-eyed soul-infused new wave jams. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	10/14/2003
Label:	Msi Music Distribution / Emi Music Distribution
UPC:	0724359268026
Rank:	38618

Tracks

1. Geno
2. Celtic Soul Brothers (More Please Thank You)
3. Come on Eileen
4. Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
5. Manhood
6. Because of You
7. I Love You
8. Show Me
9. There There My Dear
10. Tell Me When My Light Turns Green
11. Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache
12. Plan B
13. Let's Get This Straight (From the Start)
14. This Is What She's Like
15. Let's Make This Precious (BBC)
16. My National Pride
17. Until I Believe in My Soul (BBC)
18. My Life in England

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dexys Midnight Runners   Primary Artist
Pete Williams   Vocals (Background)
Sally Herbert   Violin
Gini Ball   Cello
Dinah Beamish   Cello
Makoto Sakamoto   Drums
Julia Singleton   Violin
Lucy Morgan   Viola
Jimmy Golding   Vocals (Background)
Peter Saunders   Keyboards
A. Stephenson   Viola
Guy Massey   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Barry Hammond   Engineer
Tony Visconti   Producer
Pete Wingfield   Producer
Nigel Reeve   A&R
Mike Robinson   Engineer
Matthieu Clouard   Digital Editing
Alan Shacklock   Producer
Alan Winstanley   Producer
Ger McDonnell   Engineer
Arun Chakraverty   Producer
Rob Owen   Project Coordinator
Libby Jones   A&R
Mike Hedge   Producer
Clive Langer   Producer
John Sparrow   Producer
Noel Summerville   Mastering
Guy Massey   Engineer
Kevin Rowland   Producer
James Sanger   Programming