On February 19, 2002, “EMI” label released “As If to Nothing”, the second Craig Armstrong album. It was recorded in 2001, and was produced by Craig Armstrong.
Personnel:
- Craig Armstrong – guitar, keyboards, piano, programming, orchestral arrangements, arranger
- Bono – vocal
- Catherine Bott – soprano vocal
- Evan Dando – vocal
- Antye Greie-Fuchs – vocal
- David McAlmont – vocal
- Swati Natekar – vocal
- Wendy Stubbs – vocal
- Mogwai – featured artist
- Ali MacLeod – guitar
- John Parricelli – acoustic and electric guitar
- Simon Chamberlain – piano
- Photek – keyboards, programming, mixing
- Jake Davies – keyboards, programming
- Stephen Hilton – keyboards, arranger, programming
- Richard Norris – keyboards, programming, engineer
- Simon Benson – bass
- Paul Morgan – bass
- Mary Scully – bass
- Chris Laurence – bass
- Paddy Lannigan – bass
- Leon Bosch – bass
- Mike Brittain – bass
- Hanif Khan – tabla
- John Anderson Concert Orchestra – oboe
- Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
- Rachel Allen – violin
- Mark Berrow – violin
- Dermot Crehan – violin
- Sonia Slany – violin
- Benedict Cruft – violin
- Michael McMenemy – violin
- Alison Kelly – violin
- Eddie Roberts – violin
- Rita Manning – violin
- Rebecca Hirsch – violin
- Simon Fischer – violin
- Antonia Fuchs – violin
- Peter G. Hanson – violin
- Jonathan Evans-Jones – violin
- Iain King – violin
- Patrick Kiernan – violin
- Katherine Shave – violin
- Julian Leaper – violin
- David Woodcock – violin
- Douglas Mackie – violin
- Jackie Shave – violin
- Pauline Lowbury – violin
- Perry Mason – violin
- Warren Zielinski – violin
- Cathy Thompson – violin
- James McLeod – violin
- Maciej Rakowski – violin
- Boguslav Kostecki – violin
- Bill Benham – viola
- Laurence Power – viola
- Kate Musker – viola
- Bruce White – viola
- Robert Smissen – viola
- Timothy Grant – viola
- Katie Wilkinson Khoroshunin – viola
- Peter Lale – viola
- Donald McVay – viola
- Gustav Clarkson – viola
- Ben Chappell – cello
- Anthony Pleeth – cello
- David Daniels – cello
- Tony Lewis – cello
- Frank Schaefer – cello
- Paul Kegg – cello
- Naomi Wright – cello
- Martin Loveday – cello
- Sophie Harris – cello
- Fiona Hibbert – harp
- Andy Findon – flute
- Nina Robertson – flute
- Paul Archibald – trumpet
- Andrew Crowley – trumpet
- Lindsay Shilling – trombone
- Richard Bissill – horn
- Paul Gardham – horn
- Jenny O’Grady – choir, choir coordinator
- Cecilia Weston – conductor
- Paul Badley – choir
- Claire Henry – choir
- Androcew Gray – choir
- Michael Pearn – choir
- David Porter Thomas – choir
- Michael Clarke – choir
- John Bowley – choir
- Sarah Leonard – choir
- Tom Pearce – choir
- Helen Parker – choir
- Mary Carewe – choir
- Rosalind Waters – choir
- Simon Preece – choir
- Michael Dorf – choir
- Simon Grant – choir
- Andrew Gray – choir
- Susan Flannery – choir
- Steven Lindsay – background vocals
- David Donaldson – programming, engineer, mixing
- Geoff Allan – engineer
- Andy Bradfield – mixing
- Rick Guest – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Craig Armstrong, except where noted.
- Ruthless Gravity
- Wake Up in New York – Craig Armstrong, Evan Dando
- Miracle
- Amber
- Finding Beauty
- Waltz – Craig Armstrong, Antye Greie – Fuchs
- Inhaler
- Hymn 2
- Snow
- Starless II with a sample from “Starless” (King Crimson- Red) – Craig Armstrong, Bill Bruford, David Cross, Robert Fripp, Richard Palmer-James, John Wetton
- Stay (Faraway, So Close!) – Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr.
- Niente
- Sea Song
- Let It Be Love
- Choral Ending
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