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This Is the World

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This Is the World
Studio album by
Released1991
Length43:09
LabelEMI
ProducerDavid Nicholas
River City People
Marius de Vries
Steve Sidelnyk
Steve Ferrera
River City People chronology
Say Something Good
(1989)
This Is the World
(1991)

This Is the World is the second and final studio album by River City People, released by EMI in 1991. It reached No. 56 in the UK and spawned two singles, "Special Way" (UK No. 44) and "Standing in the Need of Love" (UK No. 36).[1]

Critical reception

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Upon its release, The Guardian wrote, "Suppose Bono had been Pat Benatar and assuming she was in Dublin at the time, might something like this have been the result? As a follow-up to their successful [debut] album, River City People offer This Is the World, and quite clearly a couple of years on the road have given them a new confidence and sharper edge. This album sounds like the work of a band who are enjoying the process of discovering just how good they are."[2] Hi-Fi News & Record Review commented, "The band's second release shows more bite than the far lighter debut, but it's no less melodic. Some suggestions that the band, especially the sterling vocalist, fell in love with the first Texas LP, but otherwise it's the kind of music which should make the band the darlings of the late night campus radio audience."[3] Sally Margaret Joy of Melody Maker felt the album was "pretty boring". She noted Maher's "strong, sensual voice" but felt the album was overproduced in "true Corporate Rock fashion" with "over-cooked arrangements". She praised the track "Hurt You" for how it "swoons and sulks with a sheet-rumpling kind of elegance" and added, "More of this, and the River City People could merit some excessive admiration. But not yet."[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Standing in the Need of Love"Paul Speed, Tim Speed3:51
2."Special Way"Paul Speed, Tim Speed3:14
3."Act Like a Child"Paul Speed, Tim Speed3:48
4."Hurt You"Paul Speed, Tim Speed3:59
5."Driver"Tim Speed3:25
6."Move a Mountain"Tim Speed4:40
7."Mile High Cafe"Tim Speed4:35
8."True Stories from the Revolution"Tim Speed3:43
9."The Sea"David Snell, Siobhan Maher3:41
10."High Tide"David Snell, Siobhan Maher3:28
11."This Is the World"Paul Speed, Tim Speed4:56

Personnel

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River City People

  • Siobhan Maher - vocals
  • Tim Speed - guitars, vocals
  • David Snell - bass
  • Paul Speed - drums, percussion

Production

  • David Nicholas - producer (tracks 1-5, 7, 9-11), mixing (tracks 3-11), engineer (tracks 1-4, 7, 9), assistant engineer (tracks 10-11)
  • River City People - producers (tracks 1-5, 7, 9-11)
  • Marius de Vries, Steve Sidelnyk - producers (track 6), additional production (track 2)
  • Steve Ferrera - producer (track 8)
  • Chris Sheldon - mixing (tracks 1-2)
  • Richard Chappell - engineer (tracks 2, 5), assistant engineer (tracks 1-4, 7)
  • Ronni O'Keefe - engineer (tracks 5, 10-11)
  • David Chappell - engineer (track 6)
  • Nick Davis - mixing (track 8)
  • Bob Kraushaar - engineer (track 8)
  • Klaus Kummer - assistant engineer (track 8)

Other

  • Normal Service - art direction, design, styling
  • David Scheinmann - photography

Charts

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Chart (1991) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[1] 56

References

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  1. ^ a b "RIVER CITY PEOPLE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  2. ^ "Recommended releases". The Guardian. 17 October 1991.
  3. ^ "High Fidelity News and Record Review - Google Books". 1992. Retrieved 2019-06-29.
  4. ^ Joy, Sally Margaret (16 November 1991). "Albums". Melody Maker. p. 33.