On June 4, 1990, “Fontana” label released “Gold Mother”, the third James studio album. It was recorded in 1989, at “Out of the Blue” in Manchester, “The Windings” in Wrexham, and was recorded by Tim Booth, Larry Gott, Jim Glennie and Nick Garside.

Personnel:

• Tim Booth – vocals
• Jim Glennie – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Larry Gott – guitar, backing vocals
• Mark Hunter – keyboards, accordion
• Saul Davies – violin, guitar, cowbell
• Andy Diagram – trumpet, backing vocals
• David Baynton-Power – drums, percussion
• Vinny Corrigan – saxophone
• John Slater – percussion
• Martine McDonagh – backing vocals
• Inspiral Carpets – backing vocals
• Nick Garside – engineer
• Tim Palmer – remix
• Christopher Lord – design
• Vladimiar Bagrianski – photo
• Adrian Wilson – photo

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Booth, Jim Glennie and Larry Gott, except where noted.

1. Come Home
2. Government Walls
3. God Only Knows
4. You Can’t Yell How Much Suffering (On a Face That’s Always Shining)
5. Crescendo
6. How Was It for You
7. Hang On
8. Walking the Ghost
9. Gold Mother
10.  Top of the World – Tim Booth, Jim Glennie, Larry Gott, Gavan Whelan