There Is Nothing Else

There Is Nothing Else
Studio album by Uncle John & Whitelock
Released 2006
Recorded 2003-2005
Redchurch Recordings
(London, England) (tracks 1-8, 13, 16, 18-21)
2005
CaVa Studios
(Glasgow, Scotland) (tracks 9-12, 14, 15, 17)
Genre Blues, Rockabilly, Surf
Length 61:59
Label God Forgot Man
Producer Frederick Baggs (tracks 1-8, 13, 16, 18-21);
Geoff Allan (tracks 9-12, 14, 15, 17)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Sunday Herald [1]
The Skinny [2]
Boomkat (favourable)[3]

There Is Nothing Else is the debut studio album by Uncle John & Whitelock. It was released in 2006 on CD and gatefold double LP and incorporates material recorded at Redchurch Recordings in London between 2003 and 2005 and material recorded at CaVa Studios in Glasgow in 2005. Included on the album are the singles The Train and 2 - Fiddy.

Critical reception for the album was favourable, it receiving a number of positive reviews, including a five star review in the Sunday Herald.[4] In 2009, the album placed at number 18 in The Skinny's Scottish Albums of the Decade, described as a 'strange and singular work in the canon of Scottish rock'.[5] The album cover, designed by Raydale Dower, is inspired by the cover of Konx om Pax by Aleister Crowley, who also gives track 7 on the album its title.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Uncle John & Whitelock, except where noted. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "The Fold"   3:51
2. "Black Hat"   2:45
3. "2 - Fiddy"   2:54
4. "Hospital"   3:34
5. "Whalin'"   4:25
Side two
No. Title Length
6. "Hard Rain"   2:45
7. "Aleister Crowley"   2:46
8. "Bless"   2:37
9. "Tony"   3:40
10. "40°"   2:20
Side three
No. Title Length
11. "Baghdadi"   3:28
12. "Dead Cheerful"   4:54
13. "Black Milk"   2:24
14. "Palmer" (Robert Palmer; Henry Mancini) 1:56
15. "(reprise)"   1:51
Side four
No. Title Length
16. "The Train"   5:07
17. "Maryhill Vibe"   2:08
18. "Backyard"   2:14
19. "1000 Knives"   4:01
20. "Don't Let Me Die"   2:19

Personnel

External links

References

  1. ^ Sunday Herald review
  2. ^ The Skinny review
  3. ^ Boomkat review
  4. ^ "Uncle John and Whitelock, There is Nothing Else (GFM) 5/5", Sunday Herald, December 4, 2005, http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/uncle-john-amp-whitelock-there-is-nothing-else-gfm-5-5-1.35579, retrieved January 14, 2010 
  5. ^ "Scottish Albums of the Decade #18: Uncle John and Whitelock - There Is Nothing Else...", The Skinny, November 25, 2009, http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/97923-scottish-albums-of-the-decade-18-uncle-john-and-whitelock---there-is-nothing-else, retrieved January 18, 2010 
Uncle John & Whitelock
Jacob Lovatt · Raydale Dower · Matthew Black · David Philp · Jamie Bolland
Andrew Hobson · Nick Denholm
Studio albums
There Is Nothing Else
Singles
Of dis dem a know nuttin · The Train · 2 Fiddy · Riverside/1879
DVDs
The Absurd Uncle John & Whitelock in Black and White
Compilation albums