Gods and Monsters (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Gods and Monsters
Type = Album
Artist = I Am Kloot


Released = April 11 2005
Genre = Indie Rock
Length =
Label = The Echo Label
Producer = Joe Robinson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wm11.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dxfuxqysldje link]
*BBC Collective Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A3789147 link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.0/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/18778-gods-and-monsters?artist_title=18778-gods-and-monsters link] | Last album = "I Am Kloot"
(2003)
This album = "Gods and Monsters"
(2005)
Next album = "BBC Radio 1 John Peel Sessions"
(2006)

"Gods and Monsters" is I Am Kloot's third album which was released on April 11 2005. It reached #74 in the UK. The semi-autobiographical lead single from this album "Over My Shoulder", about relationships ending, was featured occasionally on MTV. Lead singer Bramwell refers to the "Night and Day" club in Manchester where he used to work and where I Am Kloot got their first break. The track "Avenue of Hope" featured in the closing credits of the Danny Boyle film Sunshine in 2007.

Track listing

#"No Direction Home" – 2:34
#"Gods and Monsters" – 2:04
#"Over My Shoulder" – 2:57
#"Ordinary Girl" – 3:06
#"The Stars Look Familiar" – 3:47
#"Strange Without You" – 2:27
#"Astray" – 1:41
#"Hong Kong Lullaby" – 2:10
#"Sand and Glue" – 4:06
#"Avenue of Hope" – 4:41
#"Dead Men's Cigarettes" – 2:50
#"Coincidence" – 2:39
#"I Believe" – 4:54

Credits

*John Harold Arnold Bramwell – Songwriter, Vocals, Guitars
*Peter Jobson – Bass, Slide Guitar, Backing vocals, Piano, Organ
*Andy Hargreaves – Drums, Percussion, Glockenspiel
*Robert Marsh – Trumpet
*Dan Broad – Engineer
*Norman McLeod – Pedal Steel
*Joe Robinson – Producer, Mixing