Mutineers

by David Gray

Overview

Bouncing back from the hushed austerity of 2010's Foundling -- a tasteful affair, to be sure, but perhaps a shade too tasteful -- David Gray joins forces with Andy Barlow, a producer/songwriter/remixer who has worked with Elbow and Damien Rice but is best known as one of the founding members of Lamb, the British electronica band of the '90s. This hardly signals an excursion into electronic music for the folkie, but Barlow does paint Mutineers with many appealingly muted colors, an approach that seems surprisingly bright after the off-white Foundling. At its best, the production is so quietly textured it never draws attention to itself; instead, it enhances the songs themselves, letting them breathe and settle. It's not simply that the production of Mutineers is well-drawn, so are the melodies of the songs. Grey remains a subtle songwriter, but these songs are direct and often slyly hooky, which means Mutineers makes a striking initial impact then seeps in deeply. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/17/2014
Label:	Iht Records
UPC:	5060186923024
Rank:	10782

Tracks

1. Back in the World
2. As the Crow Flies
3. Mutineers
4. Beautiful Agony
5. Last Summer
6. Snow in Vegas
7. Cake and Eat It
8. Birds of the High Arctic
9. The Incredible
10. Girl Like You
11. Gulls

Album Credits

Performance Credits

David Gray   Primary Artist,Harp,Juno,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica,Keyboards
Caroline Dale   Cello
Keith Prior   Drums,Percussion
John Smith   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Acoustic)
Robbie Malone   Bass,E-Bow,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Guitar (Nylon String)

Technical Credits

Andy Barlow   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Programming
Greg Calbi   Mastering
David Gray   Composer,Photography
Neill MacColl   Composer
Darren Simpson   Engineer,Drum Engineering
Bradshaw   Composer
Robert Malone   Composer
Simon Changer   Mixing
Keith Prior   Composer
David Nolte   Composer
Robbie Malone   Composer
Craig McClune   Composer
James Hallawell   Composer
Phil Brown   Engineer,Piano Engineer,Engineer,Piano Engineer
Matt Tait   Drum Engineering
Jake Walters   Photography
Peter Owen   Translation
Alex Bailey   Assistant
Elizabeth Rokkan   Translation
Kurt Brown   Translation
Laure-Ann Bosselaar   Translation
Stephen Petch   Artwork