No One Loves Me Like You

Description

No One Loves Me Like You is the sophomore solo album by the British singer Sheila Walsh, released in 1982 on the Swedish gospel label Leon Music and on Kingsway Music in the UK. The album was recorded by Lennart Karlsmyr at KMH Studios in Stockholm, Sweden (where ABBA recorded parts of their first album, Ring Ring); and was produced and arranged by Lennart Sjöholm of New Creation fame. Featuring Swedish studio mafia of the day (including various musicians used by ABBA) as well as the symfonic orchestra of Sweden’s national public radio broadcaster, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester. It’s a soft rock collection of ballads and pop songs written by a handfull of British Christian songwriters of the day; Chris Eaton, Paul Field, Dave Cooke, Graham Kendrick, and John Daniels.

‘No One Loves Me Like You’ is an album that I have wanted to record for some time. It is not a follow-up to my first album ‘Future Eyes‘ but rather a collection of love songs expressing something of the joy and pain involved in following Christ. Each one means a lot to me, I hope they will to you. – Love, Sheila. [Note on the back of the UK album sleeve]

Cover girl in the May 1982 issue of Buzz, Sheila Walsh, whose second album ‘No One Loves Me Like You’ was new in the shops (described by the Buzz reviewer as “Sheila Walsh for those who like the voice but can’t take the power…”). An in-depth article (complete with a couple of cheesy photos of the lass taken in the 70s) traced her life and career, including how she came to terms with the death of her father when she was five and how originally she’d wanted to be an opera singer. The second album, described by Sheila as not a follow-up to her debut album, ‘Future Eyes‘, had been released on Kingsway Records, following the collapse of the much-trumpeted merger of Kingsway with Chapel Lane. Meanwhile, in the States, ‘Future Eyes’ was getting the hard push by Sparrow Records: big block letters headline of one ad in CCM Magazine – “SHEILA ROCKS!”

[Excerpt from “Time Tunnels: A journey through history of Christian music”, an article written by Trevor Kirk and featured in Cross Rhythms Magazine No. 68. This particular article highlights important Christian music events taking place during May/June 1972, 1982, and 1992.]

LP tracklist (Swedish Edition):

Side One
A1. “By Your Grace” – 4:08
A2. “Take Me As I Am” – 3:48
A3. “Burn On” – 4:48
A4. “Bon Vivant (The Good Life)” – 3:12
A5. “In Your Way” – 3:31
A6. “Moment by Moment” – 3:57

Side Two
B1. “Mystery” – 3:35
B2. “Empty Page” – 4:15
B3. “You” – 3:22
B4. “You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself” – 3:02
B5. “If I Have To” – 3:30
B6. “Mystery (Help Me Take It In)” – 5:33

Note: The tracklist order is different on the Kingsway Music edition (KMR 372) compared to the Swedish Leon Music version, and track B6 is missing om the Kingsway edition as well. (Kingsway’s tracklist order – Side One: Take Me As I Am / Empty Page / Bon Vivant / You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself / Burn On / By Your Grace. Side Two: Moment by Moment / In Your Way / You / Mystery / If I Have To.) Re-issued on cassette (“Right Price”) by Kingsway Music in 1990 (KMC2111).

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CREDITS. Produced and arranged by Lennart Sjöholm. Engineered by Lennart Karlsmyr. Recorded at KMH Studios in Stockholm Sweden. Sleeve Design by Greenleaf. Photography by Malcolm Robertson.

Musicians: Peter Ljung (Keyboards, Synthesizers), Lennart Sjöholm (Synthesizers), Lasse Jonsson (Synthesizers), Dave Bankhead (Synthesizer on track A3), Glen Myerscough (Saxophone), Hasse Rosén (Guitar), Håkan Mjörnheim (Guitar), Lasse Wellander (Lead Guitar), Rutger Gunnarsson (Bass), Per Lindvall (Drums, Percussion). Backing Vocals: Anders Glenmark, Lennart Sjöholm, Liza Öhman. Strings from Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester).