| PHIL MANZANERA SOUTHERN CROSS | |
Expression Records [Phil's own] version:
| 01. A Million Reasons Why (4:11) (Tim Finn/Phil Manzanera/Gary Dyson) 02. Tambor (6:02) (Manzanera/Bill MacCormick) 03. The Great Leveller (5:13) (Finn/Manzanera) 04. Astrud (3:40) (Finn) 05. Southern Cross (4:56) (Manzanera) 06. Blood Brother (5:18) (Manzanera/Dyson) 07. Guantanamera (3:59) (Jose' Marti) 08. The Rich And The Poor (5:34) (Finn/Manzanera) 09. Dance (Break This Trance) (4:29) (Finn/Manzanera) 10. Verde (6:52) (Finn/Manzanera) 11. Dr. Fidel (5:47) (Finn/Manzanera) 12. Venceremos (3:23) (Finn/Manzanera) Total playing time: 59:28 Phil Manzanera: Guitars,Keyboards [1,11], Tiple [1,7,10,11], Voice [1], Bass [8], Drum Programming ,Effects [8,11], Bass Drum Programming [9], Chucho Merchan: Bass [1,4,7,9,10], Brass Arrangements [7] Keith Bessey: Programming [1], Drum Programming [2,7,9], Percussion Programming [6] Suzie Webb: Backing Vocals [1,3,6,8,11,12] Val Mckenna: Backing Vocals [1,2,4,6,8,11. Tim Finn: Lead Vocals [8,9,10,11], Backing Vocals [1], Piano [12] Bosco de Oliviera: Rain Maker [1], Brazilian Percussion [1,5,8], Congas [8] Gary Dyson: Lead Vocals [1,2,3,6,12] Livingstone Brown: Bass [2,3,6,11] Phil Todd: Saxes [2,3,4,5,7-10] Chris Davis: Saxes [2,3,7,9,10] Guy Barker: Trumpet [2,3,8,10] Sally Ann Triplett: Backing Vocals [2,6] Mauricio Abello: Congas,Cowbell [2] Lisandro Zapata: Bass [3,12] Sandy Loewenthal: Piano [3,6,8,10], Keyboards [4], Organ [8] John Wetton: Backing Vocals [3] Zoe Nicholas: Backing Vocals [3,10,12] Ana Maria Velez: Lead Vocals [4,7], Spoken Vocal [9] Mike Sturges: Drums [6,10,12] Billy Nicholls: Backing Vocals [7] Dave Defreis: Trumpet [7,9] Rebecca De Ruvo: Backing Vocals [9] Produced & engineered by Phil Manzanera & Keith Bessey Additional engineering: Ashley Howes, Trevor Smith, Stuart Barry, Noel Harris, John 'Trapper' Maile Recorded at Gallery Studios 1988-89 Mixed at Metropolis Studios, Nov-Dec 1989 Sleeve designed by Nicholas de Ville Cover photo: Gloria Burgess, Nicholas de Ville Thanks to Sharon, Chloe, Charlie & Sophie Targett-Adams for Love & Motivation; Ian MacCormack for Artistic Support; Claude Ismael, Roger Furrer, Sonia Furrer & Meir for Faith In Expression (P) © 1990 Expression Records 
Note: the US version issued by Agenda omitted 'Guantanamera', 'Astrud' & 'Blood Brother' but included an instrumental re-recording of 'Frontera': 01. A Million Reasons Why (4:11) 02. Frontera '91 (4:59) 03. The Great Leveller (5:13) 04. Tambor (6:00) 05. Southern Cross (4:37) 06. Rich And Poor (5:50) 07. Dance (Break This Trance) (4:28) 08. Verde (6:52) 09. Dr. Fidel (5:47) 10. Venceremos (3:23) 
Note #2: The album was re-packaged in 1996 as 'A Million Reasons Why' augmented by 4 tracks recorded live at the Guitar Legends Festival in Seville, Spain 1993. It was issued on Expression label & Resurgent Records in the US: 01. Leyanda (1:37) (Live) 02. Frontera '91 (4:32) (Live) 03. Southern Cross (3:38) (live) 04. Sphinx (3:19) (Live) 05. A Million Reasons Why (4:11) 06. Tambor (6:02) 07. The Great Leveller (5:13) 08. Astrud (3:40) 09. Southern Cross (4:56) 10. Blood Brother (5:15) 11. Guantanamera (4:00) 12. Rich And Poor (5:34) 13. Dance (Break This Trance) (4:28) 14. Verde (6:52) 15. Dr. Fidel (5:47) 16. Venceremos (3:25) Total playing time: 72:00
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