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When You Were Mine (album)

When You Were Mine is the sixth studio album by English singer and musician John Waite, released by Mercury/Pure in 1997.[1]

When You Were Mine

23 September 1997[1]

  • Sear Sound, New York City
  • Looking Glass, New York City
  • A&M, Hollywood
  • Encore, Burbank

50:51

Mercury
Pure Records

John Waite

Background[edit]

Speaking to Songwriting Magazine in 2013, Waite said of the album: "When You Were Mine was the best album I ever did. I kind of went country in an English way, but it's a beautiful record."[2] He told Classic Rock Revisited that year: "When You Were Mine has strong acoustic values, and tells stories. It was completely different to what I had done before."[3]

John Waite – lead and backing vocals

Chuck Kentis – , electric piano, Hammond organ, programming (10)

Steinway grand piano

Mindy Joysten – , harmony vocals (5, 6, 11)

accordion

– electric guitars, acoustic guitar, 6-string bass

Shane Fontayne

– electric guitars, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar

Jeff Golub

Donnie Nossov – electric bass,

acoustic bass

Tony Beard – drums

Tommy Funderburk – backing vocals (1, 10)

– backing vocals (1, 10)

Mark Spiro

Liz Constantine – harmony vocals (8)

John Waite – producer

Tony Phillips – engineer, mixing

Chad Bamford – assistant engineer

Milton Chan – assistant engineer

Peter Kepler – assistant engineer

Tom Schick – assistant engineer

Ken Villeneuve – assistant engineer

– mastering

Dave Collins

Andrew Garver – mastering assistant

– photography

Mick Rock