# Working in the Backroom

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Working in the Backroom
| type         = studio
| artist       = [Howard Jones](/source/Howard_Jones_(English_musician))
| cover        = HowardJonesWorkingInTheBackroom.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = 1993
| recorded     = 
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
* The Shed (Maidenhead, England)
| genre        = [Rock](/source/Rock_music), [pop](/source/Pop_music)
| length       = 50:52
| label        = Dtox
| producer     = 
* Howard Jones
* [Andy Ross](/source/Immaculate_Fools)
| prev_title   = [The Best of Howard Jones](/source/The_Best_of_Howard_Jones)
| prev_year    = 1993
| next_title   = [Live Acoustic America](/source/Live_Acoustic_America)
| next_year    = 1996
}}
'''''Working in the Backroom''''' is the sixth album by the British pop musician [Howard Jones](/source/Howard_Jones_(English_musician)).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/howard-jones-mn0000228099/biography|title=Howard Jones Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref> It was released in 1993, and was the first album to be released on Dtox Records, Jones's own label.<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA2006-IA18|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=27 May 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958 |via=Google Books}}</ref> Jones sold over 20,000 copies of the album at his shows. Jones's parents often helped him sell the copies.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Buttars |first1=Lori |title=HOWARD JONES FINDS HAPPINESS DOING THINGS HIS WAY |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |date=6 Nov 1993 |page=C6}}</ref> He supported the album with a North American solo tour designated "The Synthesizer Tour"; [The Fat Lady Sings](/source/The_Fat_Lady_Sings) opened some of the shows.<ref>{{cite news |title=SMALL FACES |work=Los Angeles Times |date=17 Oct 1993 |department=Calendar |page=69}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Keyboard heaven |work=The Star-Ledger |date=October 21, 1993 |department=News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Balsamini |first1=Dean |title=HOWARD JONES IS AT THE ACADEMY |work=Staten Island Advance |date=October 22, 1993 |page=B14}}</ref>

==Production==
Jones recorded and produced the album at his home studio.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Varga |first1=George |title=All in the family |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=November 10, 1993 |page=E8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Robbins |first1=Ira |title=Synthesized Simplicity |work=Newsday |date=22 Oct 1993 |department=WEEKEND |page=91}}</ref> He spent about a year working on it.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mayhew |first1=Malcolm |title=Back to the synthesizer for Howard Jones |work=The Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=November 12, 1993 |department=Star Time |page=12}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
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|rev1 = ''[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="auto"/>
}}
''[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)'' wrote: "A collection of not-very-experimental experiments, the album sounds like mainstream Jones on such songs as 'Over & Above' and 'Left No Evidence'."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark |title=Jones's 'Backroom' Needs Some Work |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=15 Oct 1993 |page=N21}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All tracks composed by Howard Jones; except where indicated.
#"Cathedral of Chutai Excerpt" – 1:19
#"Cookin' in the Kitchen" (Howard Jones, Andy Ross) – 4:58
#"Over & Above" (Howard Jones, Andy Ross) – 4:48
#"You Are Beautiful to Me" (Howard Jones, Andy Ross) – 4:52
#"Left No Evidence" – 4:09
#"You Can Say It's All Over" – 5:27
#"Don't Get Me Wrong" – 7:10
#"Blue" – 4:23
#"Egypt Love Trance" – 5:20
#"Let the Spirit Carry Me" – 4:17
#"Cathedral of Chutai" – 4:05

== Personnel ==
* Howard Jones – vocals, keyboards, [Macintosh computer](/source/Macintosh_computer)
* [Andy Ross](/source/Immaculate_Fools) – guitars, Macintosh computer
* Carol Steele – [caxixi](/source/caxixi) (5), [conga](/source/conga)s (5)

=== Production ===
* Howard Jones – producer
* Andy Ross – producer 
* Paul Ridout – art direction, photography 
* David Stopps – management for Friars Management, Ltd.

==References==
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