Captain (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Captain
Type = EP
Artist = Idlewild


Released = January, 1998
Recorded = October, 1997
Genre = Rock
Length = 19:47
Label = Deceptive Records
Producer = Paul Tipler
Last album =
This album = "Captain"
(1998)
Next album = "Hope Is Important"
(1998)
Misc = Singles
Name = Captain
Type = album
Single 1 = Satan Polaroid
Single 1 date = February, 1998

"Captain" is the debut release by Scottish rock band Idlewild. Although the number of tracks would normally class the release as an EP, "Captain" is commonly known as a mini-album. [ [http://www.idlewild.co.uk/html/discography_detail.php?id=4 'Captain' at Idlewild's official website discography] ]

The album was produced by Paul Tipler in the first week of October, 1997 at River Studios, London, and released through Deceptive Records.

In an interview in 2007, Roddy Woomble spoke about the album, mentionthing that he:

"was singing in an American accent, y’know! Of course it’s how we found our feet – I was deeply into Tom Barman, and even though he’s Belgian he sang in an American accent, and I thought if he could do it so could I. But after the first album, I found another voice, my own voice." [ [http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/1660381 Drowned in Sound - Features - ReDiScover: Idlewild ] ]

The album will be played in full, alongside "Make Another World", on December 21, 2008.

Track listing

# "Self Healer"
# "Annihilate Now!"
# "Captain"
# "Last Night I Missed All The Fireworks"
# "Satan Polaroid"
# "You Just Have To Be Who You Are"

Personnel

* Bob Fairfoull - bass
* Rod Jones - guitar
* Colin Newton - drums
* Roddy Woomble - vocals
* Paul "The Captain" Tipler - producer
* Ian Ritterskamp - photography

References