''Loss'' is the debut album of Scottish indie pop band

Mull Historical Society Colin MacIntyre (born 8 April 1971) is a Scottish musician and novelist. A singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, he has released five albums under the name Mull Historical Society as well as two albums under his own name. His most succe ...

. It includes the singles "Barcode Bypass", "I Tried", "Animal Cannabus" and "Watching Xanadu". The album reached number 43 in the

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. It was inspired by the sudden death of his father in 1999 and his upbringing on the Isle of Mull. It contains samples from a

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ferry and the waves on Calgary Bay in Mull. "Barcode Bypass" is about a small shopkeeper threatened by the

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s, and "Watching Xanadu" is about watching the film '' Xanadu''.

Track listing

*"Loss" is a hidden unlisted track at the end of the album - "Paper Houses" ends at 5:18, and "Loss" begins after a 30-second gap. The CD version of the album was released as an enhanced CD-ROM containing footage of Colin MacIntyre performing live acoustic versions of the songs "Barcode Bypass" and "I Tried".

Personnel

Colin MacIntyre Colin MacIntyre (born 8 April 1971) is a Scottish musician and novelist. A singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, he has released five albums under the name Mull Historical Society as well as two albums under his own name. His most succe ...

- all vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, bass guitar, keyboards, programming, tapes, baritone guitar on "Instead", whistling on "Instead" *Emma Barlow - additional vocals on "Strangeways Inside" *Phil Cunningham - accordion on "Only I" *Michael Ghia - cello on "Instead" *Brian MacNeil - additional keyboards on "Watching Xanadu", "Only I", "Paper Houses" *Alan Malloy - bass guitar on "I Tried", "Barcode Bypass", "Paper Houses" *Debbie Martin - flute on "Instead", "Mull Historical Society" *Stewart Nisbet - pedal steel guitar on "Only I" *Euan Sinclair - drums on "Barcode Bypass", "Mull Historical Society" *Tony Soave - drums and percussion on all tracks except "Barcode Bypass" *Iain Stewart - additional keyboards on "I Tried", "Barcode Bypass", "Strangeways Inside", "Mull Historical Society" *Graham Weir - trombone on "Only I", "Mull Historical Society" *Neil Weir - trumpet on "Only I", "Mull Historical Society" *David Lee, Graham McCusker, Cameron Dick - choirboys on "Instead"

Reception

'' Q'' listed ''Loss'' as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.

References

Mull Historical Society albums 2001 debut albums {{2000s-indie-pop-album-stub