Son of Evil Reindeer

Son of Evil Reindeer
Studio album by The Reindeer Section
Released August 13, 2002
Recorded February 2002, at Cava Studios, Glasgow
Genre Indie rock
Length 40:48
Label Bright Star Recordings
Producer Tony Doogan and Gary Lightbody
The Reindeer Section chronology
Y'All Get Scared Now, Ya Hear!
(2001)		 Son of Evil Reindeer
(2002)
Singles from Son of Evil Reindeer
  1. "You Are My Joy"
    Released: 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment.ie [2]
japan Times (favorable)[3]
Kevchino (8/10)[4]
Pitchfork Media (6.6/10)[5]
PlayLouder [6]
Rolling Stone [7]
RTÉ Entertainment [8]

Son of Evil Reindeer is the second studio album by Scottish indie rock supergroup The Reindeer Section, released on August 13, 2002. It was recorded in February earlier that year.[9] An alternate version was released in Japan. It contained 3 bonus tracks.[10]

Gary Lightbody had finished writing the songs of the album by January 2002.[11] In 2004, Snow Patrol, recorded a live version of "You Are My Joy" at Somerset House on August 8, 2004 for their live DVD, Live at Somerset House. This live rendition also appeared as a b-side on their How to Be Dead single and is used on their 2009 compilation album Up To Now.

Contents

Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Time
1 "Grand Parade" Iain Archer, Norman Blake, William Campbell, Charles Clark, Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, Ben Dumville, Gary Lightbody, Colin Macpherson, Mark McClelland, Malcolm Middleton, Neil Payne, Jonny Quinn, Jenny Reeve, Sarah Robertson, Gareth Russell, Stacey Sievwright 3:16
2 "Budapest" William Campbell, Charles Clark, Ben Dumville, Bob Kildea, Gary Lightbody, Colin Macpherson, Sam Morris, Neil Payne, Jonny Quinn, Jenny Reeve, Gareth Russell, Stacey Sievwright 3:25
3 "Strike Me Down" Norman Blake, William Campbell, Charles Clark, Eugene Kelly, Gary Lightbody, Neil Payne, Jenny Reeve, Gareth Russell 2:52
4 "Your Sweet Voice" Iain Archer, William Campbell, Charles Clark, Gary Lightbody, Colin Macpherson, Malcolm Middleton, Jonny Quinn, Jenny Reeve, Gareth Russell, Stacey Sievwright 4:46
5 "I'll Be Here When You Wake" Iain Archer, Paul Fox, Bob Kildea, Gary Lightbody, Colin Macpherson, Jonny Quinn, Jenny Reeve, Gareth Russell 3:10
6 "Where I Fall" Gary Lightbody 3:05
7 "Cartwheels" Iain Archer, William Campbell, Charles Clark, Bob Kildea, Gary Lightbody, Colin Macpherson, Neil Payne, Jonny Quinn, Jenny Reeve, Gareth Russell 4:07
8 "Last Song on Blue Tape" William Campbell, Charles Clark, Richard Colburn, Mick Cooke, John Cummings, Ben Dumville, Lee Gorton, Gary Lightbody, Neil Payne, Jonny Quinn, Jenny Reeve, Sarah Robertson, Gareth Russell 2:35
9 "Cold Water" William Campbell, Charles Clark, Ben Dumville, Gary Lightbody, Sam Morris, Jonny Quinn, Jenny Reeve, Gareth Russell, Stacey Sievwright 3:08
10 "You Are My Joy" Iain Archer, William Campbell, Charles Clark, Mick Cooke, Ben Dumville, Bob Kildea, Gary Lightbody, Colin Macpherson, Neil Payne, Jonny Quinn, Jenny Reeve, Gareth Russell, Stacey Sievwright 3:45
11 "Who Told You" Iain Archer, Gary Lightbody, Marcus Mackay, Colin Macpherson, Mark McClelland, Roddy Woomble 3:10
12 "Whodunnit?" William Campbell, Charles Clark, Gary Lightbody, Colin Macpherson, Aidan Moffat, Neil Payne, Gareth Russell 3:25

Bonus tracks on Japanese edition

# Title Writer(s) Time
12 "Your Small Beauty (Demo)" The Reindeer Section 4:19
13 "Guidance Missile (Demo)" The Reindeer Section 2:04
14 "The Last Line of Defence" The Reindeer Section 10:43

Personnel

  • Gary Lightbody - vocals, acoustic guitar, korg synthesizer
  • Aidan Moffat - vocals
  • Lee Gorton - vocals
  • Eugene Kelly - vocals
  • Charlie Clarke - acoustic guitar, background vocals
  • Willie Campbell - electric guitar, background vocals
  • John Cummings - guitar
  • Bob Kildea - guitar
  • Malcolm Middleton - guitar
  • Iain Archer - lap steel guitar
  • Jenny Reeve - violin, background vocals
  • Stacy Sievewright - cello
  • Colin Macpherson - piano, fender rhodes piano, hammond b-3 organ
  • Gareth Russell - bass
  • Mark McClelland - moog[12]
  • Jonny Quinn - drums
  • Marcus Mackay - programming
  • Gill Mills - background vocals[13]

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Entertainment.ie review
  3. ^ japan Times review
  4. ^ Kevchino review
  5. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  6. ^ PlayLouder review
  7. ^ Rolling Stone review
  8. ^ RTÉ Entertainment review
  9. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r593975
  10. ^ http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=749465
  11. ^ Sweeney, Eamon (17 January 2002). "Belle fest". Hot Press. http://www.hotpress.com/archive/1638726.html. Retrieved 4 December 2009.  Appears as: "Gary Lightbody has already written the follow-up to last year's Y'All Get Scared Ya Hear!; recording should commence early this year."
  12. ^ http://www.snowpatrol.com/discography/default.aspx?pid=13
  13. ^ http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=5362464
The Reindeer Section
Gary Lightbody • Jonny Quinn • Mark McClelland • Ben Dumville • Lee Gorton • Sam Morris • Colin Macpherson • Malcolm Middleton • Aidan Moffat • William Campbell • Charles Clark • Neil Payne • Gareth Russell • Richard Colburn • Mick Cooke • Bob Kildea • Iain Archer • Jenny Reeve • Sarah Roberts • Roddy Woomble • John Cummings • Colin MacIntyre • Norman Blake • Eugene Kelly • Michael Bannister • Roy Kerr • Paul Fox • Marcus Mackay • Gill Mills • Stacie Sievewright
Studio albums
Y'All Get Scared Now, Ya Hear! • Son of Evil Reindeer
Singles
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