Working Nights is the debut album by the British jazz dance band Working Week, released in 1985 by Virgin Records.[ Allmusic Review: Working Nights] accessed 14 October 2017 The album reached #23 on the UK album charts in April 1985. Working Nights was reissued in 2012 as a remastered 2-disc Deluxe Set by Cherry Red Records.
Track listing All tracks composed by Simon Booth and Larry Stabbins, except where noted.
"Inner City Blues" (Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr.) – 5:44 "Sweet Nothing" (Booth) – 3:39 "Who’s Fooling Who" – 5:04 "Thought I’d Never See You Again" – 6:26 "Autumn Boy" – 6:33 "Solo" – 4:40 "Venceremos" (Booth) – 4:41 "No Cure No Pay" (Stabbins) – 8:28
2012 Cherry Red Records reissue Disc 1 "Inner City Blues" (Gaye, Nyx Jr.) – 5:44 "Sweet Nothing" (Booth) – 3:39 "Who’s Fooling Who" – 5:04 "Thought I’d Never See You Again" – 6:26 "Autumn Boy" – 6:33 "Solo" – 4:40 "Venceremos" (Booth) – 4:41 "No Cure No Pay" (Stabbins) – 8:28 "Stella Marina" (Main Mix) (Stabbins, Jalal) – 11:04 "Storm of Light" – 6:40 "Bottom End" (Booth) – 5:45 "Venceremos (We Will Win)" (Jazz Dance Special 12" Edit) (Booth) – 4:08
Disc 2 "Venceremos (We Will Win)" (Jazz Dance Special 12" Version) (Booth) – 10:17 "Afochê" (Stabbins) – 10:17 "Murphy’s Law" (live previously unissued) (Stabbins) – 7:37 "Pepe’s Samba" (live previously unissued) (Chico Freeman) – 8:39 "Inner City Blues" (Urbane Guerrilla Mix) (Gaye, Nyx Jr.) – 5:45 "Storm of Light" (Instrumental) – 3:24 "Who’s Fooling Who" (Dance Version) – 4:45 "Sweet Nothing" (Instrumental) (Booth) – 3:41 "Where’s the Bridge" (Longer Mix) (Booth, Stabbins, Juliet Roberts) – 5:09 "Venceremos" (We Will Win) (7" Bossa Version) (Booth) – 4:42 "Stella Marina" (Full Rap)" (Stabbins, Jalal) – 8:35
Personnel Working Week Juliet Roberts – vocals Simon Booth – guitars Larry Stabbins – tenor and soprano saxophone and flute with: Kim Burton – piano Mike Carr – organ (disc 1, track 10; disc 2, track 6) Roy Dodds – drums (disc 1, tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 9; disc 2, track 11) Nic France – drums (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 4) Mark Taylor – drums (disc 1, tracks 1, 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10) Louis Moholo – drums (disc 1, track 9; disc 2, track 11) Ernest Mothle – bass (disc 1, tracks 2, 5, 6, 8, 9; disc 2, track 11) Chucho Merchán – bass (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10) Dawson Miller and Bosco De Oliveira – percussion (disc 1, tracks 2, 5–9, 12; disc 2, tracks 10, 11) Martin Ditcham – percussion (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 4) Robin Millar – additional guitar (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 5) Leroy Osbourne – backing vocals (disc 1, track 2) Tracey Thorn – guest vocals (disc 1, track 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10) Robert Wyatt – guest vocals (disc 1, track 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10) Julie Tippetts – guest vocals (disc 1, track 9, 10; disc 2, track 11) Jalal – guest vocals (disc 1, track 9; disc 2, track 11) Claudia Figueroa – guest vocals (disc 1, track 7, 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10) Guy Barker – trumpet and flugelhorn (disc 1, tracks 1, 3, 4) Stuart Brooke – trumpet (disc 1, track 1) Harry Beckett – trumpet (disc 1, tracks 2, 5, 11; disc 2, tracks 6, 8) Paul Spong – trumpet (disc 1, track 6) Annie Whitehead – trombone (disc 1, tracks 2, 6, 8, 9) Malcolm Griffiths – trombone (disc 1, track 4) Paul Nieman – trombone (disc 1, track 1) Chris Biscoe – alto saxophone (disc 1, track 3) Ray Warleigh – alto and baritone saxophone (disc 1, tracks 1, 3) Dave Bitelli – clarinet and baritone saxophone (disc 1, track 12; disc 2, tracks 1, 10) Nick Ingman – string arrangements
Charts Album charts YearChartPosition1985UK album charts#23
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