Through the Windowpane
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Through the Windowpane is the debut full-length album
from the British indie rock
band Guillemots
. It was released on July 10, 2006 in the United Kingdom
and reached number 17 in the UK Album Chart. The album was highly anticipated following the strength of the singles "Trains to Brazil
" and "Made-Up Lovesong #43
". It was nominated for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize. The band released the final single from the album, a re-recording of "Annie, Let's Not Wait
", on January 15, 2007.
with Chris Shaw ("Redwings", "Come Away With Me", "Through the Windowpane", "If the World Ends", "We're Here", "Annie Let's Not Wait" and "São Paulo"), Nick Ingman ("Little Bear"), Bryan Mills (old tracks on "Made-Up Lovesong #43") and Joum "Turbo" Lucas ("Blue Would Still Be Blue"). "Made-up Lovesong #43" is an alternative cut to the one featured on I Saw Such Things in My Sleep and From the Cliffs
.
"Little Bear"
"Made-Up Lovesong #43"
"Trains to Brazil"
"Redwings"
"Come Away With Me"
"Through the Windowpane"
"If the World Ends"
"We're Here"
"Blue Would Still Be Blue"
"Annie, Let's Not Wait"
"And If All..."
"São Paulo"
Orchestra players were contracted by Isobel Griffiths.
Orchestra leader - Gavyn Wright.
Orchestra conducted by Nick Ingman.
Although the back album cover names track 5 as "Come Away With Me"http://img.tesco.com/pi/entertainment/CD/LB/706981_CD_L_B.jpg, the track is incorrectly tagged as "A Samba In The Snowy Rain" by iTunes
.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
from the British indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
band Guillemots
Guillemots (band)
Guillemots are a BRIT Award nominated indie rock band formed in November 2004 by Fyfe Dangerfield. The band consists of 4 members: Fyfe Dangerfield, MC Lord Magrão, Aristazabal Hawkes & Greig Stewart. Although formed in Birmingham and now based in London, the band's members have been compiled from...
. It was released on July 10, 2006 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and reached number 17 in the UK Album Chart. The album was highly anticipated following the strength of the singles "Trains to Brazil
Trains to Brazil
"Trains to Brazil" is a song by Guillemots from their 2006 releases Through the Windowpane and From the Cliffs. It was also released as a single. The 2005 single contains three tracks and was released on CD and in limited vinyl 10" formats...
" and "Made-Up Lovesong #43
Made-Up Lovesong 43
"Made-Up Lovesong #43" is a song by Guillemots, from their album, Through the Windowpane. It was released as a single; their first to be chart-eligible, reaching number 23 in the UK Singles Chart...
". It was nominated for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize. The band released the final single from the album, a re-recording of "Annie, Let's Not Wait
Annie, Let's Not Wait
"Annie, Let's Not Wait" is a song by Guillemots, which appears on the band's debut album, Through the Windowpane. A re-recording was released as a single on January 15, 2007, featuring the Guillemettes, a trio of female vocalists who first appeared with the band in their appearance on Top of the...
", on January 15, 2007.
Track listing
Production
This album was produced by Fyfe DangerfieldFyfe Dangerfield
Fyfe Antony Dangerfield Hutchins is an English musician and songwriter, best known as the founding member of the indie rock band Guillemots.-Early life:...
with Chris Shaw ("Redwings", "Come Away With Me", "Through the Windowpane", "If the World Ends", "We're Here", "Annie Let's Not Wait" and "São Paulo"), Nick Ingman ("Little Bear"), Bryan Mills (old tracks on "Made-Up Lovesong #43") and Joum "Turbo" Lucas ("Blue Would Still Be Blue"). "Made-up Lovesong #43" is an alternative cut to the one featured on I Saw Such Things in My Sleep and From the Cliffs
From the Cliffs
From the Cliffs is an EP by British indie rock band Guillemots, released on March 14, 2006. It compiles their previous releases, the I Saw Such Things in My Sleep EP and the first "Trains to Brazil" single, to form a mini-album in itself .-Track listing:# "Sake" –...
.
Song information
The following is a list of musicians (excluding the four band members) who feature on the album (taken from the album booklet):"Little Bear"
- An orchestra of strings
"Made-Up Lovesong #43"
- Shingai ShoniwaShingai ShoniwaShingai Elizabeth Maria Shoniwa is an English singer of Zimbabwean descent and best known as the vocalist and bassist for the UK indie rock band Noisettes...
("care"s + voice clicking) - Bryan Mills (tambourine + memoryman)
"Trains to Brazil"
- Christopher CundyChristopher CundyChristopher Cundy is a British free jazz musician, both solo and with Guillemots.He mainly plays the Bass clarinet and Contrabass clarinet.He is from Cheltenham, UK....
(soprano sax + bass clarinet) - Alex J Ward (alto sax)
- John Martin (tenor sax)
- Gavin Broom (trumpet)
- Mr Trombone (trombone)
- Ed Millett (breaths)
"Redwings"
- Joan WasserJoan WasserJoan Wasser is a violinist and singer/songwriter in the indie rock world. She began her career playing violin with the Dambuilders. She has released three albums as a singer songwriter, the 2006 Real Life the 2008 To Survive and the 2011 The Deep Field...
(singing and violin) - The Aveley & Newham Brass Band (self-explanatory)
"Come Away With Me"
- Fulvio Sigurta (trumpet)
"Through the Windowpane"
- Fulvio Sigurta (trumpet)
- Adam Noble (the randomises)
"If the World Ends"
- Mara Carlyle ("ooh"s + a sung line)
- Another orchestra of strings
"We're Here"
- El Matthews B.P.S.C (spoken intro) ("Mas o mundo não acabou. Ainda. De qualquer forma." - "But the world has not ended. Yet. Anyway.")
- Mara Carlyle ("ooh"s + saw)
- Yet more strings
"Blue Would Still Be Blue"
- Absolutely no-one but a bottle of wine
"Annie, Let's Not Wait"
- The insatiable charity shop samba band (percussion)
- The children of mots school, guilleford ("annie annie"s)
"And If All..."
- Mabel the ghost (guidance)
"São Paulo"
- Fulvio Sigurta (flugelhorn)
- Mara Carlyle (singing at the beginning)
- Steve Noble (rain rolls on the snare)
- Alex J Ward (alto sax)
- Christopher Cundy (soprano sax)
- A very big orchestra of string, wind, brass and percussion
Orchestra players were contracted by Isobel Griffiths.
Orchestra leader - Gavyn Wright.
Orchestra conducted by Nick Ingman.
Although the back album cover names track 5 as "Come Away With Me"http://img.tesco.com/pi/entertainment/CD/LB/706981_CD_L_B.jpg, the track is incorrectly tagged as "A Samba In The Snowy Rain" by iTunes
ITunes
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