- Before the Ruin
Infobox Album
Name = Before the Ruin
Type =Album
Artist =Kris Drever /Roddy Woomble /John McCusker
Released =Sep 15 ,2008
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Folk
Label = Navigator Records
Producer =John McCusker
Andy Seward
Reviews =
* "The Music Magazine" (8/10) [http://www.themusicmagazine.co.uk/featured/drever-mccusker-woomble-%e2%80%93-before-the-ruin link]
*Playlouder Rating|4|5 [http://playlouder.com/link/162841/kris-drever-john-mccusker-roddy-woomble-before-the-ruin-album link]
* "The Skinny " Rating|4|5 [http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/43543-kris-drever-john-mccusker-roddy-woomble-before-the-ruin link]
*"God Is In The TV Zine "Rating|4|5 [http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/content/content_detail.php?id=2740&type=Albums link]
Chronology =Roddy Woomble
Background = Infobox Album/color|album
Last album = "My Secret is My Silence " (2006)
This album = "Before the Ruin"
(2008)
Next album =
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist =Kris Drever
Type = studio
Last album = "Black Water"
(2006)
This album = "Before the Ruin"
(2008)
Next album ="Before the Ruin" is a studio album by
Kris Drever ,John McCusker andRoddy Woomble , released15 September 2008 through Navigator Records. It entered theUK Albums Chart at position 156cite journal
title = Official Album Chart for the week ending 27 September 2008
journal =ChartsPlus
issue = 370
pages= 5-8
accessdate = 2008-09-24
publisher = IQ Ware Ltd
location = Milton Keynes] and the Scottish Albums chart at position 45.cite journal
title = The Official Scottish Album Chart for the week ending 27 September 2008
journal =ChartsPlus
issue = 370
pages= 5-8
accessdate = 2008-09-24
publisher = IQ Ware Ltd
location = Milton Keynes] The album was originally scheduled for a May release, but was delayed due to McCusker touring withMark Knopfler .The album features appearances from
Radiohead drummerPhil Selway , andTeenage Fanclub 's Norman Blake. [http://www.navigatorrecords.co.uk/]"Silver and Gold" was released as a single on
1 September 2008 . [http://www.drevermccuskerwoomble.com/album.html] .Speaking of the album, McCusker notes that their: "paths had all crossed in various ways over the past few years - working with
Kate Rusby , and on Kris and Roddy's solo albums - and our starting-point was basically just that we all really liked each other's stuff." [http://www.drevermccuskerwoomble.com/press.html] Roddy Woomble notes that: "Kris and John each have such a different take on things like melody and lyrics, but we’re all working equally on the songs together, so the whole thing feels totally new. And it’s great getting to make another ‘first’ album at our age." [http://www.navigatorrecords.co.uk/]Artwork
The album cover is by Orcadian painter Charles Shearer, and is said to "describe the physical, and metaphorical pull of the ocean, which is also a main theme of the record." [http://www.roddywoomble.com/news]
Track Listing
"All songs written by Kris Drever, John McCusker and Roddy Woomble"
#"Silver and Gold"
#"Into the Blue
#"Along the Way"
#"Before the Ruin"
#"Hope to See"
#"Rest on the Rock"
#"Out of Light"
#"The Poorest Company"
#"Moments Last Forever"
#"Stuck in Time"Personnel
*
Kris Drever - electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
*John McCusker - fiddle,cittern , tenor guitar, wurlitzer ("Stuck in Time"), producer
*Roddy Woomble - vocals
*Andy Seward - bass (1, 3, 4 & 10), producer, engineer, mixing
*Francis MacDonald - drums (1, 2, 3, 4, 9 & 10)
*Ewen Vernal - bass (2, 5, 6, 7 & 9)
*Michael McGoldrick - whistle ("Silver and Gold", "Out of Light"), pipes ("Before the Ruin"), flute ("Hope to See")
*Donald Shaw - harmonium and wurlitzer (2, 6, 7, 9 & 10)
*Heidi Talbot - vocals (2, 3, 4, 6, 8 & 9)
*Norman Blake - vocals (2, 5 & 8)
*Phil Selway - drums ("Rest on the Rock", "Out of Light")
*Ian Carr -dobro (5, 10), electric guitar (2, 9) tenor ukulele (10)
*Andy Cutting - diatonic accordian ("Hope to See", "The Poorest Company")
*Phil Cunningham - accordian ("Hope to See", "The Poorest Company")
*Keith Angel - percussion (1, 2, 4, 6 & 7)
*Raymond McGinley - additional engineering
*Iain Hutchison - additional engineering
*Calum Malcolm - mastering
*Charles Shearer - artwork
*David Gillanders - photographsReferences
External links
* [http://www.drevermccuskerwoomble.com Drever McCusker Woomble Official Website]
* [http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/4002036 Small article about the album's release at Drowned in Sound]
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