Howard Litwin

Cherry Red Records is both delighted and proud to announce the newly remastered and expanded release of Howard Jones fifth and final long player album for Warner Bros, “In The Running”.

Digitally remastered and expanded 3 CD edition. Cherry Red Records is both delighted and proud to announce the newly remastered and expanded release of Howard Jones third long player album One To One. Released in October 1986, One To One was produced by the legendary producer Arif Mardin and saw a change in Howard's writing and musical style. The album reached #10 in the UK Album Charts selling over 100,000 copies and achieving Gold status. It contained three tracks that were released as singles in the UK: 'All I Want', 'You Know I Love You… Don't You?', and 'Little Bit Of Snow'. It also contained the single mix of 'No One Is To Blame' (a song featured on his previous album Dream Into Action) with Phil Collins on drums and backing vocals. As well as achieving great success in the UK, One To One and the various singles taken from it also enjoyed tremendous success internationally in such countries as USA, Canada, Australia and throughout most of Europe. One To One reached #10 in the UK and also made the album charts in USA, Australia, Holland, Canada and Sweden.

After a three-year wait, this album was a bit of a disappointment. Musically, it is his best yet, but it lacked a certain energy that the others had. The songs seemed to replace vivacity with length. The album didn't do very well on the charts; the number 13 single (U.S.), "Everlasting Love," was the biggest hit. Ironically, the best song on this album, "Out of Thin Air," does not use a single synthesizer but instead is a solo piano piece performed by Jones himself. After all those years of electronic music, a song featuring a real instrument is a welcome relief.