Friday Night Lights is the debut studio album by the Scottish indie rock band Attic Lights, released on 13 October 2008 on Island Records.
Friday Night Lights | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 13 October 2008 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Length | 34:34 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Francis MacDonald, John McLaughlin, Stuart McCredie | |||
Attic Lights chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 72/100[1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Mojo | [2] |
musicOMH | [3] |
Q | [4] |
Uncut | [5] |
Francis MacDonald, of Teenage Fanclub and BMX Bandits fame, assisted with production.
Track listing
editAll songs written by Attic Lights
- "Never Get Sick Of The Sea" – 3:24
- "Bring You Down" – 3:40
- "Wendy" – 3:27
- "Send Those Dark Eyes This Way" – 2:43
- "Nothing But Love" – 3:47
- "God" – 3:09
- "The Dirty Thirst" – 3:33
- "Walkie Talkie" – 2:32
- "Late Night Sunshine" – 3:59
- "Winter On" – 4:20
Bonus Tracks
edit- "I Could Be So Good for You" (Minder Theme Cover) - 2:42 (iTunes Bonus Track)
The album cover features an illustration of a MK 5 Ford Cortina.
Personnel
edit- Kev Sherry - vocals, guitar
- Colin McArdle - vocals, bass
- Jamie Houston - vocals, guitar, piano ("Send Those Dark Eyes This Way", "Nothing But Love"), keyboards ("Winter On")
- Tim Davidson - guitar, pedal steel guitar ("Wendy", "The Dirty Thirst"), baritone guitar ("Send Those Dark Eyes This Way", "Winter On"), vocals ("Winter On")
- Noel O'Donnell - vocals, drums, glockenspiel ("Bring You Down")
- Francis MacDonald - producer, additional percussion ("The Dirty Thirst")
- John McLaughlin - producer
- Stuart McCreadie - producer, mixing (tracks: 3, 4, 8)
- Chris Northcote - Engineer / Assistant Engineer
- Gordy Goudie - additional piano ("Never Get Sick of the Sea")
- Cenzo Townsend - mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10)
- Rich Costey - mixing ("God")
- Cairn String Quartet - strings (tracks: 2, 3, 9)
References
edit- ^ "Friday Night Lights by Attic Lights". Metacritic.
- ^ Mojo, Oct 2008, p.108
- ^ http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/attic-lights_1008.htm [dead link ]
- ^ Q, Oct 2008, p.139
- ^ Uncut, Oct 2008, p.81