Cobblestone Runway

Cobblestone Runway
Studio album by Ron Sexsmith
Released	November 2, 2002
Genre	Rock
Length	44:08
Label	Nettwerk
Ron Sexsmith chronology
Blue Boy (2001) Cobblestone Runway (2002) Retriever (2004)

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Cobblestone Runway is a 2002 album from Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith. The album also features a second version of the song "Gold in Them Hills" as a bonus, featuring a duet vocal with Coldplay's Chris Martin. Some printings of the album came with a second disc, a re-release of "Grand Opera Lane."

In 2011, Katie Melua released a single with a version of "Gold in Them Hills". It also opens her album Secret Symphony.

Track listing

All songs written by Ronald Eldon Sexsmith.

1. "Former Glory" - 2:55
2. "These Days" - 3:23
3. "Least That I Can Do" - 4:26
4. "God Loves Everyone" - 3:09
5. "Disappearing Act" - 3:41
6. "For a Moment There" - 3:04
7. "Gold in Them Hills" - 3:34
8. "Heart's Desire" - 4:20
9. "Dragonfly on Bay Street" - 3:24
10. "The Less I Know" - 4:13
11. "Up the Road" - 2:54
12. "Best Friends" - 1:53
13. "You Cross My Mind" (Japanese Bonus Track)
14. "Gold in Them Hills (Remix)" (featuring Chris Martin) - 3:40

Personnel

• Ron Sexsmith – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano
• Martin Terefe – producer, bass, synthetizers, hi-hats, backing vocals, marimbas
• Glen Scott – Fender Rhodes, backing vocals
• Christer Jansson – drums, percussion, brushes
• Claes Bjorklund – noises, string machine, grooves, synth bass, vocoder, synthetizers, drums, piano, bass, Fender Rhodes, mirage operator, funk guitar
• Andreas Olsson – bells, electronic grooves, noises
• Kim Fleming – choir
• George Pendergrass – choir
• Chris Willis – choir
• Steve Crawford – choir
• Gale West – choir
• David Davidson – violin, string arranger
• David Angell – violin
• Kristin Wilkinson – viola
• John Catchings – cello
• Chris Martin – vocals

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