Only When I Laugh (Blue Mink album)

Only When I Laugh
Studio album by Blue Mink
Released	1973
Genre	Pop
Label	EMI
Producer	David Mackay
Blue Mink chronology
Live at the Talk Of the Town (1972) Only When I Laugh (1973) Fruity (1974)

Only When I Laugh is the fourth album by the British pop group Blue Mink released in 1973 on the EMI label. Two singles from the album charted in the UK, “By the Devil (I Was Tempted)” at #26 and “Randy” at #9.^[1] Most of the tracks were written by Flowers, Cook and Roger Greenaway. The album itself did not chart.

Track listing

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Side 1

1. "Watch Out!" (Flowers, Cook, Greenaway) – 2:44
2. "Randy" (Flowers, Cook, Greenaway) – 3:12
3. "Another Without You Day" (Cook, Greenaway, Jameson, Doctors) – 3:44
4. "Daughter of Someone" (Flowers, Cook, Greenaway) – 3:50
5. "Together" (Flowers, Cook, Greenaway) – 4:04
6. "Stay With Me" (Flowers, Cook, Greenaway) – 3:12

Side 2

1. "By the Devil (I Was Tempted)" (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) – 3:38
2. "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:34
3. "Harlem" (Bill Withers) – 2:41
4. "Lonliness" (Flowers, Cook, Greenaway) – 3:47
5. "Harmony" (Flowers, Cook, Greenaway) – 3:12
6. "Where Did They Go" (Sklerov, Lloyd) – 4:03

Band

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• Vocals: Madelaine Bell, Roger Cook
• Drums: Barry Morgan
• Bass: Herbie Flowers
• Guitar: Alan Parker
• Keyboards: Ann Odell, Roger Coulam
• L.A. Percussion: Ray Cooper

Production

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• Produced by: David Mackay
• Recorded at: Morgan Studios, London
• Engineers: Martin Levan, Paul Tregurtha
• Orchestral Arrangement on “Together”: Ann Odell
• Album Sleeve Art: Livingstone/Sutterby/Stobart

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