Tom McRae (album)
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Tom McRae is the self-titled debut album from British
singer-songwriter
Tom McRae
. The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in the same year.
United Kingdom
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singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Tom McRae
Tom McRae
Tom McRae is an English singer-songwriter.-Career:The son of two Church of England vicars, McRae sang in the church choir and as a teen experimented with his mother's guitar...
. The album was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in the same year.
Track listing
All tracks by Tom McRae- "You Cut Her Hair" - 2:46
- "End of the World News (Dose Me Up)" - 3:48
- "2nd Law" - 2:50
- "Bloodless" - 3:38
- "Draw Down the Stars" - 2:14
- "One More Mile" - 4:16
- "Boy With the Bubblegun" - 3:01
- "Hidden Camera Show" - 4:17
- "A and B Song" - 4:15
- "Language of Fools" - 3:57
- "Untitled" - 3:51
- "Sao Paulo Rain" - 4:51
- "I Ain't Scared of Lightning" - 1:25
Musicians
- Tom McRae - vocals (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13), electric guitar (1,12), fx (1,4), string arrangement (1,7), guitar (2,4,6,7,8,10,13), percussion (2,6,9,10), piano (3,10), harmonium (4), acoustic guitar (5,9,12), 12 string (7), harmonica (9), keyboards (13)
- Jo Archard - strings (4)
- Sarah Button - strings (4)
- Anthony Clarke - string arrangement (2,10), piano (8,12)
- Mark Frith - electric guitar (2,6,9), piano (2,10), keyboards (2), bass (2,6,9), hammond (9,10)
- Fiona Griffith - strings (4)
- Tom Havelock - cello (1,7,8)
- Chris Hughes - percussion (2,9,10), drums (9)
- Clive Jenner - drums (2,8,10,12), percussion (8)
- Howard Jones - piano (11)
- Tony Marrison - programming (1,2,3,6,9), piano (1,5), string arrangement (1,7), hammond (3), keyboards (5,12), percussion (5,8), guitar (6), bass (8,12)
- Helen Thomas - strings (4)