Bette Bright ‎– Rhythm Breaks the Ice (1981)

Rhythm Breaks the Ice is the first and only solo album by Liverpudlian torch/pop singer Bette Bright, recorded with her backing band the Illuminations and released in 1981 on Korova. The album was produced by fellow Deaf School alumni Clive Langer, who wrote/co-wrote four of the songs. The song “Thunder and Lightning,” which originally appeared on 1978’s English Boys, Working Girls, was rerecorded for this set.

Tracklist:
A1. “When You Were Mine”
A2. “On a Night Like This”
A3. “Hello, I Am Your Heart”
A4. “All Girls Lie”
A5. “Take What You Find”
B1. “Talking Whispers”
B2. “Thunder and Lightning”
B3. “Shoorah, Shoorah”
B4. “Some Girls Have All the Luck”
B5. “Tender Touch”
B6. “Hold On“

Credits:
Clive Langer — rhythm guitar, electric sitar, producer
Ian Broudie — lead guitar
Ben Barson — keyboards, marimba
James Eller — bass
Mr. Jo Allen — drums, percussion

Alan Winstanley — producer
Nigel Noyes — cover art, cover design
Chris Bishop — photography
Sheila Rock — photography
Martin Hughes — drums

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