White Magic for Lovers


White Magic for Lovers is the second studio album released by the London-based band Drugstore. It reached the UK albums chart at number 45. The album was noted for the "Song for Pessoa", about the Portuguese modernist poet Fernando Pessoa, "The Funeral" and the song "El President", a duet between Isabel Monteiro and Radiohead's Thom Yorke, which reached the UK singles chart at number 20.

Track listing

All tracks written by Isabel Monteiro; except "Sober" by Daron Robinson and Monteiro, "Never Come Down" by Robinson, and "Tips for Travelling" by Mike Chylinski.

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.
;Drugstore
  • Daron Robinson – guitar, vocals
  • Isabel Monteiro – vocals, bass
  • Mike Chylinski – drums
  • Ian Burdge – cello
;Additional musicians
  • Thom Yorke – vocals on "El President"
  • The Mariachi Band of Orlando Rincon – "Say Hello"
  • Terry Edwards – horns on "Never Come Down"
  • Mike Kearsey – horns on "Never Come Down"
  • Ollie Kraus – cello on "I Know I Could" and "I Don't Wanna Be Here Without You"
  • James Banbury – cello on "Mondo Cane"; keyboards on "Never Come Down" and "The Funeral "
  • Kathleen Chylinski – violin on "Tips for Travelling"
;Production
  • Clive Martin – producer, recording
  • Drugstore – producer
  • Paul Reed – house engineer
  • Lee Butler – house engineer
  • Doug Cook – house engineer
  • Adi Winman – house engineer
  • Tom Rixton – house engineer
  • Lem Lattimer – house engineer
  • Ray Lombard – band shots
  • Andy Willsher – centrefold
  • Isabel Monteiro – artwork, voodoo dolls