Sunshine on Leith (album)

Sunshine on Leith
Studio album by The Proclaimers
Released	August 1988 (UK) 1989 (USA)
Recorded	January–February 1988
Studio	Chipping Norton Recording Studios
Genre	Pop rock, folk rock
Length	44:16 46:31 (2001 re-release)
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Pete Wingfield
The Proclaimers chronology
This Is the Story (1987) Sunshine on Leith (1988) Hit the Highway (1994)

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Sunshine on Leith is The Proclaimers' second studio album, released in August 1988. The album title is about their birthplace Leith. The album had three singles, including "I'm On My Way" and "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", the latter of which reached number 11 in the UK upon its initial release and also became a hit in the US five years later following its inclusion on the soundtrack to Benny & Joon in 1993.

The title track Sunshine on Leith is played by Hibernian F.C. at the beginning of matches.^[1] A remastered edition of the album was released in 2011.

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Craig & Charlie Reid, except where noted.

1. "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" – 3:33
2. "Cap in Hand" – 3:24
3. "Then I Met You" – 3:50
4. "My Old Friend the Blues" – 3:06 (Steve Earle)
5. "Sean" – 3:23
6. "Sunshine on Leith" – 5:16
7. "Come on Nature" – 3:34
8. "I'm on My Way" – 3:45
9. "What Do You Do?" – 3:38
10. "It's Saturday Night" – 3:24
11. "Teardrops" – 2:32
12. "Oh Jean" – 5:55
13. "King of the Road" – 2:45 (Roger Miller) (bonus track on 2001 re-release)

Personnel

The Proclaimers

• Craig Reid: Vocals
• Charlie Reid: Vocals, Acoustic Guitars

Additional Personnel

• Jerry Donahue: Acoustic and Electric Guitars
• Gerry Hogan: Steel Guitar
• Steve Shaw: Fiddle
• Stuart Nisbet: Pennywhistle and Mandolin
• Dave Whetstone: Melodeon
• Pete Wingfield: Keyboards
• Phil Cranham: Bass
• Dave Mattacks, Paul Robinson: Drums, Percussion

Singles

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