Body & Soul is the fourth studio album by English singer Rick Astley released in 1993. It was commercially unsuccessful and became the first album released by Astley to miss the UK album chart. It did enter the Italian album chart at No. 28. Two singles were released to support the album, "Hopelessly" which charted in the UK at No. 33 and "The Ones You Love" which peaked at No. 48.
Following the release of this album, Astley took a hiatus from music for several years until the release of the 2001 single "Sleeping".
Track listing
2010 reissue On 3 May 2010 an expanded edition of Body and Soul was released in a package together with Free, containing remastered and expanded editions of both albums across two discs.
Personnel Musicians Rick Astley – lead vocals, backing vocals (5–7, 9) Dave West – keyboards, drum programming, bass (1–3, 10), organ (10) Richard Cottle – electric piano (3), keyboards (4, 5, 8), Wurlitzer electric piano (4, 5, 8), synth bass (4, 5, 8) Jim Williams – classical guitar (3) Tony Patler – guitars (6, 7, 9), Moog bass (6, 7, 9) Felix Krish – bass guitar (8) Mark Brzezicki – live drums (1) Ian Thomas – percussion (2, 4, 6–9) Nigel Hitchcock – saxophone (2, 4, 6, 8), guitars (8) Derek Green – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6–10) Paul "T.J." Lee – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 6–10) Beverley Skeete – backing vocals (1, 2) Gina Foster – backing vocals (10)
Production Rick Astley – producer Gary Stevenson – producer, engineer Tom Lord-Alge – mixing Norman Moore – art direction, design Paul Cox – photography
Charts +Chart performance for Body & Soul Chart (1993) Peakposition Italian Albums (Musica e dischi) Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Hold me in your arms". 28
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