Good Together (album)

Good Together is the sixth studio album by English band A Certain Ratio, released in September 1989 by A&M, their first release for the label after being dropped by Factory. A Certain Ratio self-produced most of the album with Bob Kraushaar and Julian Mendelsohn producing four tracks each.

Good Together
Studio album by A Certain Ratio
Released	September 1989[1]
Genre	Pop rock indie rock dance-rock
Length	57:35
Label	A&M
Producer	A Certain Ratio Bob Kraushaar Julian Mendelsohn
A Certain Ratio chronology
Force (1986) Good Together (1989) acr:mcr (1990)
Singles from Force
"Your Blue Eyes" Released: 1989 "Backs to the Wall" Released: 1989 "The Big E" Released: 1989

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

The album was their first album since their debut album, The Graveyard and the Ballroom (1979), not to chart. The title track features guest vocals from both Bernard Sumner of New Order and Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays.

Track listing

All tracks are written by A Certain Ratio.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Your Blue Eyes"	4:36
2.	"Your Little World"	4:17
3.	"The Big E"	4:42
4.	"God's Own Girl"	5:04
5.	"Love Is the Way"	4:16

Side two

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Backs to the Wall"	5:12
7.	"River's Edge"	4:56
8.	"Every Pleasure"	5:46
9.	"Coldest Days"	4:18
10.	"Good Together"	4:32

Bonus tracks on compact disc release

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Repercussions"	4:47
12.	"2000 a√:"	4:56

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Good Together liner notes.[3]

A Certain Ratio Jeremy Kerr Martin Moscrop Anthony Quigley Donald Johnson Additional musicians Moist – programming Flo McSweeney – additional vocals Bernard Moss – flute on "Backs to the Wall" Andy Connell – keyboards on "Backs to the Wall" Matt Taylor – saxophone on "Backs to the Wall" Andy Diagram – trumpet on "Backs to the Wall" Pauline Marsland – additional vocals on "Backs to the Wall" Bernard Sumner – vocals on "Good Together" Shaun Ryder – vocals on "Good Together" Production A Certain Ratio – producer Bob Kraushaar – producer Julian Mendelsohn – producer Danton Supple – assistant engineer Kev Whyte – assistant engineer Renny Hill – assistant engineer Steve Fitzmaurice – assistant engineer Steve Frith – assistant engineer Artwork Johnson Panas – artwork James Martin – photography

References

1. Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, pp. 192–3
2. "Good Together – A Certain Ratio | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
3. Good Together (CD booklet). A Certain Ratio. A&M Records. 1989.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Good Together at Discogs (list of releases)