Simple Soul

Simple Soul

Infobox Album | Name = Simple Soul
Type = Album
Artist = Eddi Reader


Released = Flagicon|United Kingdom January 29 2001
Flagicon|United States January 9 2001
Recorded = By Roy Dodds and Dave Dix at Driftwood Studios, London
Genre = Folk
Length = 44:42
Label = Rough Trade Records
Producer = Eddi Reader
Roy Dodds
Reviews =
*Q Rating|4|5 April 2001 page 109
Last album = Angels & Electricity (1998)
This album = Simple Soul (2001)
Next album = Driftwood (2001)

Simple Soul is the fifth studio album by Eddi Reader released in the UK on January 29, 2001.

The album is a lot more stripped down than its predecessor, Angels and Electricity being predominantly folk and acoustic based. Many of the songs were co-written with longtime collaborator Boo Hewerdine.

The album came about when Reader wanted to try her new recording equipment mixed with friend and former Fairground Attraction drummer Roy Dodds' new equipment. Twenty-seven songs were recorded in Dodds' studio and whilst the recordings were originally only intended to be demos, Reader was so pleased with the results she decided to keep the intimate and personal sound.

The track "I felt a soul move through me" was written about the recent loss of Reader's father.

Track listing

#"Wolves" (Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader/Teddy Borowiecki) - 4:30
#"The Wanting Kind" (Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader) - 3:55
#"Lucky Penny" (Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader) - 3:30
#"Simple Soul" (Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader) - 4:17
#"Adam" (Roy Dodds/Adam Kirk/Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader)- 4:33
#"Footsteps Fall" (Boo Hewerdine/Annette Bjergfeldt) - 2:45
#"Blues Run the Game" (Jackson C. Frank) - 5:02
#"I Felt a Soul Move Through Me" (Graham Henderson/Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader/Roy Dodds) - 3:50
#"Prodigal Daughter" (Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader) - 3:39
#"Eden" (Eddi Reader) - 5:03
#"The Girl Who Fell in Love with the Moon" (Boo Hewerdine/Jacob Eriksen) - 3:19

Personnel

*Eddi Reader: Vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
*Boo Hewerdine: Acoustic guitar, backing vocals, glockenspiel, tambura, toy keyboard, harmonium
*Teddy Borowiecki: Keyboards, accordion, indian harmonium, tambura, whirly tube
*Tim Harries: Bass guitar
*Roy Dodds: Drums, percussion
*Dylan Bates: Violin
*Simon Edwards: Guitaron
*Adam Kirk: Dobro, acoustic and electric guitars
*Dawson Salah Miller: Frame drum, udu
*Johnny Scott: Pedal steel, acoustic guitar


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Simple Minds — performing in Oslo, Norway in February 2006 Background information Origin Glasgow, Scotland …   Wikipedia

  • Simple Minds — est un groupe écossais de New Wave et de Rock, fondé en 1975 et baptisé ainsi en 1978. Sa popularité internationale a culminé du milieu des années 1980 jusqu au début des années 1990. Il est connu du grand public pour sa participation à la bande… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Soul — • The question of the reality of the soul and its distinction from the body is among the most important problems of philosophy, for with it is bound up the doctrine of a future life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Soul     Soul …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Simple Minds — Datos generales Origen Glasgow, Escocia …   Wikipedia Español

  • Soul Eater — ソウルイーター (Soul Eater) Type Shōnen Genre action, aventure, comédie …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Soul food — is an American cuisine, a selection of foods, and is the traditional cuisine of African Americans of the Southern United States and of black communities beyond. In the mid 1960s, soul was a common adjective used to describe black culture, and… …   Wikipedia

  • soul — [ sul ] adj. inv. et n. m. • 1962; mot angl. amér., proprt « âme » ♦ Anglic. Musique soul : musique des Noirs américains caractérisée par la pureté d inspiration et la sincérité d expression. Jazz soul. N. m. Jouer du soul. ⊗ HOM. Soûle (soûl). ● …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • soûl — soul [ sul ] adj. inv. et n. m. • 1962; mot angl. amér., proprt « âme » ♦ Anglic. Musique soul : musique des Noirs américains caractérisée par la pureté d inspiration et la sincérité d expression. Jazz soul. N. m. Jouer du soul. ⊗ HOM. Soûle… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • soul — W3S3 [səul US soul] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(somebody s spirit)¦ 2¦(person)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4¦(sense of beauty)¦ 5¦(special quality)¦ 6 be the soul of discretion 7 be good for the soul 8 God rest his/her soul 9¦(people in a place)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Soul — Soul, n. [OE. soule, saule, AS. s[=a]wel, s[=a]wl; akin to OFries. s?le, OS. s?ola, D. ziel, G. seele, OHG. s?la, s?ula, Icel. s[=a]la, Sw. sj[ a]l, Dan. si[ae]l, Goth. saiwala; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to L. saeculum a lifetime, age (cf …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”