Ocean Drive (album)

Ocean Drive is the debut album by British musical duo Lighthouse Family, released in 1995 on Wildcard / Polydor Records. The album produced the UK top 10 hit "Lifted" (the most-played single on radio nationally during the first quarter of 1996 ) and UK top 20 hits "Ocean Drive", "Goodbye Heartbreak" and "Loving Every Minute". The album spent 175 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and achieved 6 times Platinum sales of 1.8 million copies. As of 2022, it was the highest-selling debut album in North East England since records began in 1956.

Musicians

 * Tunde Baiyewu – lead and backing vocals
 * Dave Brewis – guitar
 * Rupert Brown – drums
 * Danny Cummings – percussion
 * Steven Dante – backing vocals
 * Simon Eyre – guitar
 * David Grant – backing vocals
 * Lain Gray – backing vocals
 * Tee Green –  backing vocals
 * Clive Griffin – backing vocals
 * Heard But Not Seen – backing vocals
 * Lawrence Johnson – backing vocals
 * Tim Kellett – flugelhorn, trumpet
 * The London Session Orchestra – strings
 * Frank Ricotti – vibraphone
 * Philip Todd – bass, brass, flute
 * Paul Tucker – keyboards
 * Pete Wingfield – piano
 * Gavyn Wright – violin

Technical

 * Paul Max Bloom –	assistant engineer
 * Phil Bodger – mixing
 * Bernie Grundman – mastering
 * Martin Hayles – engineer
 * Nick Ingman – string arrangements
 * Lighthouse Family  – arranger
 * Mike Peden – arranger, mixing, producer
 * Paul Tucker – keyboards
 * Norman Watson – photography
 * Mel Wesson – programming