A Victory For Common Sense is the eighth and final studio album by the British rock group Stackridge. It was released in the UK by Helium Records in 2009.
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| Released | July 2009 | |||
| Length | 49:49 | |||
| Label | Helium Records | |||
| Producer | Chris Hughes | |||
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Critical reception
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| The Times |   [1] |
Andy Gill of The Independent said, "The reformed group's new album finds their strengths and weaknesses in full supply, notably their air of whimsical Englishness. Several tracks reflect a wistful sense of lost heritage comparable to The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society." He noted that the album had more of a 1980s sounds to it, but that the latter half of the album featured "the kind of unfocused meanderings that rendered prog-rock old".[2]
Track listing
edit- "Boots And Shoes" (Andy Davis, James Warren) – 4:06
- "The Old Country" (Davis, Warren, Mutter Slater, Crun Walter) – 3:17
- "(Waiting For You And) England To Return" (Warren, Davis, Glenn Tommey, Slater) – 4:05
- "Red Squirrel" (Davis) – 5:44
- "North St Grande" (Slater, Davis) – 3:45
- "Long Dark River" (Walter) – 7:15
- "Lost And Found" (Davis, Warren, Tommey) – 4:39
- "Cheese And Ham" (Davis, Warren, Tommey, Slater) – 5:55
- "The Day The World Stopped Turning" (Davis, Warren, Tommey) – 11:05
Personnel
edit- Band
- Andy Davis : guitars, vocals, keyboards
- James Warren : guitars, vocals, bass
- Mike "Mutter" Slater : flute, vocals, acoustic guitar
- Jim "Crun" Walter : bass, acoustic guitar
- Additional personnel
- Glenn Tommey : keyboards, trombone, backing vocals
- Rachel Hall : violin
- Sarah Mitchell : violin, backing vocals
- Eddie John : drums
- Andy "Codge" Marsden : drums
- Mark Frith : programming
- Chris Hughes : percussion
- Davide Rossi : strings arrangements
- Production
- Produced by Chris Hughes
- Recorded and Mixed by Mark Frith and Chris Hughes
- Recorded and Mixed at Ashley Manor, Wiltshire
References
edit- ^ Paphides, Pete (11 July 2009). "Stackridge: A Victory for Common Sense". The Times. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ Gill, Andy (10 July 2009). "Album: Stackridge, A Victory for Common Sense (Helium)". The Independent. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2019.