''Crown Electric'' is
Kathryn Williams
Kathryn Williams (born 15 February 1974, Liverpool, England) is an English singer-songwriter who to date has released 14 studio albums, written and arranged for a multitude of artists, and was nominated for the 2000 Mercury Prize, Mercury Mus ...
ninth album, released by
One Little Indian
One Little Independent Records (formerly One Little Indian Records) is an English independent record label. It was set up in 1985 by members of various anarcho-punk bands, and managed by former Flux of Pink Indians bassist Derek Birkett. In t ...
on 30 September 2013. Its title refers to the
Memphis
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power company that
Elvis Presley
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was employed by during his pre fame years and features in that album track "Gave It Away" "Elvis drove trucks for Crown Electric before he was The King". The Metro newspaper dubbed the album 'Magnificent and melancholic with Clash magazine suggesting the album added "a new dimension to her sound"
Track listing
# Underground 3:42
# Gave It Away 3:22
# Heart Shaped Stone 3:38
# Count 3:32
# Out Of Time 3:34
# Monday Morning 3:37
# Darkness Light 3:40
# Picture Book 4:52
# Morning Twilight 3:18
# Arwen 3:37
# Tequila 4:46
# Sequins 3:43
# The Known 2:58
Personnel
*
Kathryn Williams
Kathryn Williams (born 15 February 1974, Liverpool, England) is an English singer-songwriter who to date has released 14 studio albums, written and arranged for a multitude of artists, and was nominated for the 2000 Mercury Prize, Mercury Mus ...
- guitar / vocals
*Neill MacColl - guitars / keyboards / backing vocals
*Jon Thorne - Double bass
*Luke Flowers - Drums
*Ben Trigg - Cello
*Jonny Enright - Trombone
*
Ed Harcourt
Edward Henry Richard Harcourt-Smith (born 14 August 1977) is an English singer-songwriter. To date, he has released ten studio albums, two EPs, and thirteen singles. His debut album, '' Here Be Monsters'', was nominated for the 2001 Mercury Pr ...
- piano on 'Darkness Light', 'Morning Twilight' & 'Sequins' & vocals on 'Morning Twilight'
*
James Yorkston
James Yorkston (born James Patrick Yorkston Wright; 21 December 1971) is a Scottish folk musician, singer-songwriter and author from the village of Kingsbarns, Fife. He has been releasing music since 2001. As well as recording as a solo artist ...
- backing vocals on 'Arwen'
*Chris Sheehan - backing vocals and guitar on 'Arwen'
*Andy Bruce - backing vocals and guitar on 'Tequila' & 'backing vocals on 'Arwen'
*Andy Nunn - electric piano and Hammond organ on 'The Known'
Recording
Produced By Neill MacColl
Recorded at Bryn Derwen Studios,
Konk Studios
Konk is the name of a recording studio
, 50:50 Studios, The Cave & Ed's living room
Engineered & mixed by David Wrench
References
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2013 albums
Kathryn Williams albums
Music in Newcastle upon Tyne
One Little Independent Records albums