Beautiful World (Paul Carrack album)

Beautiful World is the sixth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul Carrack, then a member of the supergroup Mike + The Mechanics. It was originally released in 1997 on the Ark 21 label.

Beautiful World
Studio album by Paul Carrack
Released	1997
Studio	Haflaga Studios
Genre	Pop rock soft rock
Length	46:31
Label	Ark 21
Producer	Gary Wallis, Toby Chapman
Paul Carrack chronology
Blue Views (1996) Beautiful World (1997) Satisfy My Soul (2000)

Album co-producer Gary Wallis was the drummer for Mike + The Mechanics at the time the album was issued, though he was at that juncture a session player and not an official member of the Mechanics. Wallis would join the revived version of Mike + The Mechanics as an official member in 2011, long after Carrack had left that group.

The album was a minor chart entry on the UK album charts, reaching #88. The album's associated single, "The Way I'm Feeling Tonight", peaked at #84 UK.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes: "Beautiful World is a thoroughly enjoyable collection of polished, mature pop-soul that is another fine addition to Paul Carrack's catalog."^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Way I'm Feeling Tonight"	Paul Carrack, Graham Gouldman	4:38
2.	"Time To Let Go"	Carrack	5:14
3.	"Beautiful World"	Carrack, T-Bone Wolk	5:29
4.	"Perfect Love"	Carrack	4:07
5.	"You Give Me Something"	Carrack	3:58
6.	"Satisfied"	Carrack, Toby Chapman	4:19
7.	"Close To Me"	Carrack	5:04
8.	"It Goes Without Saying"	Carrack, Chuck Cannon, Maia Sharp	4:57
9.	"If You'd Ever Needed Someone"	Carrack, Chapman	4:44
10.	"Some Kinda Love"	Carrack, Greg Wells, Mark Hudson	3:42

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[3]

• Paul Carrack – vocals, keyboards, Hammond organ
• Toby Chapman – keyboards, additional programming, backing vocals
• Tim Renwick – guitars
• Dave Bronze – bass, backing vocals
• Gary Wallis – drums, drum programming, additional programming
• Mark Feltham – harmonica solo (6)
• Tessa Niles – backing vocals (1-7, 9, 10)
• Tommy Blaize – backing vocals (3)
• Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals (3)
• Beverley Skeete – backing vocals (3)
• Paul Williamson – backing vocals (3)

Production

• Toby Chapman – producer
• Gary Wallis – producer
• Andy Jackson – recording engineer, mixing (8)
• André Horstmann – assistant engineer
• John Brough – mixing (1-7, 9-12)
• Ray Staff – mastering
• Steve Tannett – A&R
• John Carver – art direction, chair
• The Leisure Process Studio – sleeve design

Studios

• Recorded at Haflaga Studios
• Mixed at The Pierce Rooms (London, UK).
• Mastered at Whitfield Street Studios (London, UK).

References

1. Paul Carrack Official Charts
2. Beautiful World at AllMusic
3. Beautiful World liner notes. Ark 21. 1997.

External links

• Beautiful World at Discogs (list of releases)