Baby, the Stars Shine Bright is the third
studio album by British musical duo
Everything but the Girl. It was released on 25 August 1986 by
Blanco y Negro Records. The album was reissued in 2012 as a remastered two-disc deluxe set by Edsel Records.
Background
Following the duo's distinctively "anti-
rock" approach and their unwillingness to adopt a synthetic sounding production that was fashionable at the time, the album took its influence from 1960s orchestrated music and the singer
Dusty Springfield.[8]
Jeff Daly, Philip Todd,
Peter King, Nigel Nash, Ray Swinfield – saxophone
Alan Downey,
Derek Watkins, Luke Tunney, Stuart Brooks – trumpet
Andy Fawbert, Peter Thoms,
Chris Pyne, Alan Hutt – trombone
James Handy, John Pigneguy – French horn
Gavyn Wright, Wilfred Gibson, John Willison, Richard Studt, Dave Woodcock, James Archer,
Levine Andrade, Basil Smart, Bill Benham, Peter Oxer, Tim Good – violin
Kenneth Essex, George Robertson, Cathy Stevens, David Emanuel, Roger Garland – viola
Chris Green, Paul Kegg, Helen Liebmann, Clive Anstee – cello