Gino Vannelli / A Good Thing (CD, 輸入盤, 2009年)

15th. studio album was released on February 13, 2009.

Produced and arranged by Gino Vannelli
Engineered by Nick Moon
Recorded at Inka Studio, Portland, Oregon, except for "Gypsy Days"
Mixed and Mastered at Tone Proper Studio, Portland, Oregon

Photography by Sarah Wong
Cover Design by Ross Vannelli
Inside Graphics by Peters Moest'l Saglia

Track lists :
All written by Gino Vannelli
Except 9 by Gino Vannelli & Michiel Bolstlap
1. A Good Thing
2. The Day On
3. Night Drive
4. The Dutchbeat
5. Gypsy Days
6. Knight Of The Road
7. Evermore
8. The Measure Of A Man
9. Don’t Give Up On Me

Musicians:
* Gino Vannelli (Lead & Background Vocals, Organ, Acoustic Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Loops, Percussion)
* Erwin Hoorweg (Acoustic Piano on 1)
* Reinhardt Melz (Drums on 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9)
* Allen Hinds (Electric Guitar on 1, 2, Dobro on 7, Acoustic Guitar on 7)
* Patrick Lamb (Tenor Sax on 1, 4, 9, Alto Sax on 1, 4, 9, Baritone Sax on 4)
* Paul Mazzio (Trumpet on 1, 4, 9)
* John Moak (Trombone on 1, 4, 9)
* Jeroen de Rijk (Percussion on 2)
* Bert van den Brink (Acoustic Piano Solo on 2, Acoustic Piano on 8, Electric Piano on 4, 6, Bass on 4)
* Leisa Hart (Background Vocals on 2, 3, 8, 9)
* Tracey Harris (Background Vocals on 2)
* Damian Erskine (Bass on 3)
* Curtis Salgato (Harmonica on 3, 6, Background Vocals on 3)
* Rolf Delfos (Alto Sax on 3, Alto Sax Solo on 9, Baritone Sax on 9)
* Angelo Verploegen (Trumpet on 3, 9)
* Ilja Reijngoud (Trombone on 3, 9)
* Hans van Oosterhout (Drums on 4, 5, Percussion on 4, 5)
* Margaret Linn (Background Vocals on 4)
* Karel Boehlee (Acoustic Piano on 5, Electric Piano on 9)
* Theo de Jong (Bass on 5)
* Erik Rutjes (Acoustic Guitar on 5)
* Paul Brainard (Pedal Steel on 5, 6, 7)
* Tim Willcox (Alto Sax on 5)
* Allen Jones (Background Vocals on 6)
* Cindy Young (Background Vocals on 8, 9)

Plus 23 poems in beautiful booklet
1. a Dog and a Man
2. Blame Beauty
3. Small Days of Wonder
4. Bridges and Walls
5. a Christmas Storm - Part I, Part II & Part III
6. the Mystic and the Cynic
7. Love and Politics
8. Brief Encounter with a Sharp Silver of Adam’s Rib At a House Party
9. Sunday by the Long John Tower
10. Chain of Command
11. Because Nature Hates a Vacuum
12. The Riddle of the River
13. The Downwind of You
14. Said Wisdom
15. House of Skulls
16. I Dream of the Dead
17. Up the Garden Way
18. Dante’s Garden
19. Small Mercies by a Roadside in a Blizzard
20. Book of Love
21. The Relatively Absolute Truth
22. Woman Posing in the Cheval Glass
23. The Falconer