The Eleventh Hour is the debut studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Birthday Suit, released on 11 November 2011 on Sing it Alone Records.
| The Eleventh Hour | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 11 November 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Genre | indie rock, Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 40:17 | |||
| Label | Sing it Alone Records | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Drowned in Sound | 6/10[1] |
| PopMatters | 6/10[2] |
Background
editIn 2010 Idlewild entered an indefinite hiatus and so guitarist and backing vocalist Rod Jones subsequently formed The Birthday Suit in 2011[3] after writing material for his second album, Jones noted:
I started making a second solo record, then got sick of it. I began writing a set of completely new songs which turned out to have more of an indie rock sound, and it felt more like band material than solo stuff. Even though I wrote it by myself at home, it wouldn’t have been right to record it alone, so I got a small band together. The name of The Birthday Suit was sort of an in-joke that stuck.[4]
They signed to Sing it Alone and released their debut single "Do You Ever?" as a free download, and in November 2011 they released The Eleventh Hour and followed its release with multiple performances in Glasgow and Edinburgh during the next year. The band performed at T in the Park and Wickerman Festival, and began working on a follow-up album.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Do You Ever?" | 2:55 |
| 2. | "Hope Me Home" | 3:32 |
| 3. | "The Say I Love You" | 3:58 |
| 4. | "On My Own" | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Sell It All" | 3:57 |
| 6. | "World Gone By" | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Are You OK?" | 3:16 |
| 8. | "A Nation" | 3:26 |
| 9. | "Don't Look Down" | 3:39 |
| 10. | "The Eleventh Hour" | 3:44 |
| 11. | "Talking Over You (featuring Jill O'Sullivan)" |
Personnel
edit- Rod Jones
- Jacqueline Irvine
- David Jack
- Steve Morrison
- Séan McLaughlin
- Catrin Pryce-Jones
References
edit- ^ "Album Review: The Birthday Suit - the Eleventh Hour". Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
- ^ "The Birthday Suit: The Eleventh Hour | PopMatters". Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
- ^ Adams, Sean (2011-08-30). "Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones reveals his Birthday Suit / Music News // Drowned In Sound". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
- ^ "Interview: Rod Jones". Ten Tracks. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-09.