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Out of Season 
Studio album by Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man Released 28 October 2002 Genre Folk, alternative Length 44:06 Language English Label Go! Beat Records/Sanctuary Producer Beth Gibbons and Paul Webb Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]The A.V. Club (Favourable)[2] Robert Christgau (B-)[3] Pitchfork Media (5.7/10)[4] PopMatters (Favourable)[5] Slant Magazine 
[6]Spin (Favourable)[7] Out of Season is a studio album by Portishead frontwoman Beth Gibbons and former Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb (under the pseudonym Rustin Man). It was released on 28 October 2002 in the United Kingdom and on 7 October 2003 in the United States. Out of Season is largely a folk album with jazz leanings, with Gibbons and Webb drawing more directly on the influences of Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, and Nick Drake, at which Portishead's work in trip-hop only hinted. Out of Season also features contributions from Gibbon's fellow Portishead bandmate Adrian Utley. The first track of the album, "Mysteries", appears on the original soundtrack of the French movie Les Poupées Russes (The Russian Dolls) and in Wim Wenders Palermo Shooting from 2008.
Contents
Track listing
All songs written by Beth Gibbons and Paul Webb, except where noted otherwise.
- "Mysteries" – 4:39
- "Tom the Model" – 3:41
- "Show" (Gibbons) – 4:26
- "Romance" – 5:09
- "Sand River" (Webb) – 3:48
- "Spider Monkey" – 4:10
- "Resolve" – 2:51
- "Drake" – 3:54
- "Funny Time of Year" – 6:48
- "Rustin Man" – 4:20
- American edition bonus track
- "Candy Says" (live) (Lou Reed) – 5:20
Singles
The second song of the album "Tom the Model" was released as a single on March 3, 2003 and it reached #70 in UK. Its video was directed by Chris Bran and it features Beth performing in front of a theatre crowd.
Personnel
- John Baggot – Piano, Wurlitzer
- Gary Baldwin – Organ
- John Barclay – Flugelhorn
- Martyn Barker – Percussion, Conga
- Mark Berrow – Violin
- Rachael Brown – Background Vocals
- Lurine Cato – Background Vocals
- Ben Chappell – Cello
- Clive Deamer – Drums, Tympani
- Philip Dukes – Viola
- Simon Edwards – Guitar (Bass), Double Bass
- Mark Feltham – Harmonica
- Andrew Findon – Flute (Alto)
- Beth Gibbons – Guitar (Acoustic), Arrangements, Vocals, Vocoder
- Pete Glenister – Guitar (Acoustic)
- Leo Green – Horn Section
- Lee Harris – Drums
- Nick Ingman – Conductor, Orchestration
- Mitchell John – Background Vocals
- Patrick Kiernan – Violin
- Boguslaw Kostecki – Violin
- Peter Lale – Viola
- Martin Loveday – Cello
- Neill MacColl – Guitar (Acoustic), Ebow
- Perry Mason – Violin
- Lorraine McIntosh – Background Vocals
- Frank Ricotti – Vibraphone
- Eddie Roberts – Violin
- Nina Robertson – Flute (Alto)
- Joy Rose – Background Vocals
- Mary Scully – Double Bass
- Chris Tombling – Violin
- Jonathan Tunnell – Cello
- Adrian Utley – Organ, Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Moog synthesizer|Moog Synthesizer, Ebow, Guitar (Baritone)
- Paul Webb – Percussion, Piano, Accordion, Arrangements, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Background Vocals
- Bruce White – Viola
- Dave Woodcock – Violin
- Gavyn Wright – Violin
- Warren Zielinski – Violin
Production
- Frank Arkwright – Mastering
- Ryan Art – Design
- Mark Bishop – Mixing Assistant, Assistant
- Phill Brown – Engineer, Mixing
- Peter Dickinson – Photography
- Niven Garland – Engineer
- Beth Gibbons – Producer, Engineer
- Andy Montgomery – Engineer
- Neil Perry – Engineer
- Albert Pinheiro – Assistant
- Adrien Utley – Additional production, Engineer, Effects
- Eva Vermandel – Photography
- Paul Webb – Producer, Mixing, Effects
References
Categories:- 2002 albums
- Beth Gibbons albums
- English-language albums
- Paul Webb albums
- Sanctuary Records albums
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