Through the Windowpane

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Through the Windowpane
Studio album by Guillemots
Released	July 10, 2006
Genre	Indie rock
Length	60:01
Label	Polydor
Professional reviews
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Guillemots chronology
From The Cliffs (2006)	Through the Windowpane (2006)

Through the Windowpane is the debut full-length album from the British indie rock band Guillemots, released July 10, 2006 in the UK. The album was highly anticipated following the strength of the singles "Trains to Brazil" and "Made-Up Lovesong #43". It was nominated for the 2006 Mercury Music Prize.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Production 3 Song Information 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Little Bear" – 4:49
2. "Made-Up Lovesong #43" – 3:41
3. "Trains to Brazil" – 4:02
4. "Redwings" – 6:02
5. "Come Away With Me" – 3:10
6. "Through the Windowpane" – 3:39
7. "If the World Ends" – 6:20
8. "We're Here" – 5:14
9. "Blue Would Still Be Blue" – 5:14
10. "Annie, Let's Not Wait" – 4:44
11. "And If All..." – 1:19
12. "São Paulo" – 11:42

[edit] Production

This album was produced by Fyfe Dangerfield with Chris Shaw (Redwings, Come Away With Me, Through the Windowpane, If the World Ends, We're Here, Annie Let's Not Wait and São Paulo), Nick Ingman (Little Bear), Brian Mills (old tracks on Made-Up Lovesong #43) and Joum "Turbo" Lucas (Blue Would Still Be Blue).

[edit] Song Information

The following is a list of musicians (excluding the four band members) who feature on the album (taken directly from the album booklet):

Little Bear

1. An orchestra of strings

Made-Up Lovesong #43

1. Shingai Shoniwa ("care"s + voice clicking)
2. Brian Mills (tambourine + memoryman)

Trains to Brazil

1. Christopher Cundy (soprano sax + bass clarinet)
2. Alex J Ward (alto sax)
3. John Martin (tenor sax)
4. Gavin Broom (trumpet)
5. Mr Trombone (trombone)
6. Ed Millett (breaths)

Redwings

1. Jean Wasser (singing and violin)
2. The Aveley & Newham Brass Band (self-explanatory)

Come Away With Me

1. Fulvio Sigurta (trumpet)

Through the Windowpane

1. Fulvio Sigurta (trumpet)
2. Adam Noble (the randomises)

If the World Ends

1. Mara Carlyle ("ooh"s + a sung line)
2. Another orchestra of strings

We're Here

1. El Matthews B.P.S.C (spoken intro)
2. Mara Carlyle ("ooh"s + saw)
3. Yet more strings

Blue Would Still Be Blue

1. Absolutely no-one but a bottle of wine

Annie, Let's Not Wait

1. The insatiable charity shop samba band (percussion)
2. The children of mots school, guilleford ("annie annie"s)

And If All...

1. Mabel the ghost (guidance)

São Paulo

1. Fulvio Sigurta (flugelhorn)
2. Mara Carlyle (singing at the beginning)
3. Steve Noble (rain rolls on the snare)
4. Alex J Ward (alto sax)
5. Christopher Cundy (soprano sax)
6. A very big orchestra of string, wind, brass and percussion

Orchestra players were contracted by Isobel Griffiths. Orchestra leader - Gavyn Wright. Orchestra conducted beautifully by Nick Ingman.

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Myspace site
• Polydor Records

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Fyfe Dangerfield • MC Lord Magrão • Aristazabal Hawkes • Greig Stewart
Discography
Studio albums: Through the Windowpane
EPs: I Saw Such Things in My Sleep EP • From the Cliffs • Of the Night
Singles: "Trains to Brazil" • "We're Here" • "Made-Up Lovesong #43" • "Annie, Let's Not Wait"
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