I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge
| I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge | ||||
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| Studio album by I Am Kloot | ||||
| Released | 24 November 2007 / 14 April 2008 | |||
| Genre | indie rock | |||
| Length | 34:20 | |||
| Label | Skinny Dog Records | |||
| Producer | The McLeod Brothers (Colin & Norman McLeod) and I Am Kloot | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| The Independent |   [1] |
| London Evening Standard | [2] |
| Teraz Rock | [3] |
I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge is the fourth studio album by English rock band I Am Kloot. A limited edition version of 2000 copies was on sale to the public attending their show at Manchester Academy 3 on 24 November 2007, and the following dates on their mini-tour of England and Europe. The album was commercially released on 14 April 2008.
Track listing
CD
| 1. | "One Man Brawl" | 3:20 |
| 2. | "Chaperoned" | 5:08 |
| 3. | "Ferris Wheels" | 3:11 |
| 4. | "Hey Little Bird" | 2:47 |
| 5. | "The Runaways" | 3:09 |
| 6. | "Down at the Front" | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Someone Like You" | 3:08 |
| 8. | "Suddenly Strange" | 2:59 |
| 9. | "Only Role in Town" | 4:39 |
| 10. | "At the Sea" | 2:02 |
All songs written by John Bramwell.
DVD
Includes an interview with John Bramwell (the conversation is illustrated with fragments of I Am Kloot concerts) and fragments of a special live performance, recorded in Moolah Rouge Studios:
| 1. | "Ferris Wheels" | 3:04 |
| 2. | "One Man Brawl" | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Hey Little Bird" | 2:48 |
| 4. | "Someone Like You" | 3:10 |
| 5. | "Suddenly Strange" | 3:00 |
| 6. | "Twist" | 3:35 |
| a song from Natural History | ||
| 7. | "Only Role in Town" | 4:44 |
| 8. | "Even the Stars" | 3:58 |
| previously unreleased track | ||
| 9. | "The Runaways" | 3:15 |
| 10. | "Because" | 5:00 |
| a song from Natural History | ||
| 11. | "At the Sea" | 2:19 |
Personnel
Instruments
I Am Kloot:
- John Bramwell
- Andy Hargreaves
- Peter Jobson
featuring:
- Norman McLeod – guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Colin McLeod – piano, Hammond organ, Rhodes
Production and mixing
CD:
- The McLeod Brothers (Colin & Norman McLeod) & I Am Kloot – production
- Seadna McPhail – engineering (all tracks except "Only Role in Town")
- Dan Broad – engineering ("Only Role in Town")
- Richard Knowles – live engineering
- Danny McTauge – assistant
- Colin McLeod & I Am Kloot – mixing
- Keir Stewart – mastering (at Inch Studios)
DVD:
- John Robb – interview
- Mike Buttery, Ben Gordon, Nick Gillespie – camera
- Richard Goodaire – lighting/camera
- Alex Meadows – additional photography and stills
- Seadna McPhail – sound recording
- Danny McTague – recording assistant
- Phil Bulleyment – sound mixing
- Rachael Kichenside – production assistant
- Leif Johnson – editor
- Mike Buttery – assistant producer
- Daniel Parrott – producer/director
- Channel M Television – production
Artwork
- Alex Meadows – photography
Singles
| title | label | format, catalog number |
release date | track listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Hey Little Bird" | [PIAS] Recordings[4] | CDS, 556.4773.322[4] | 2008, United Kingdom[4] | [4][5][6] 1. "Hey Little Bird" – 2:49 2. "Hey Little Bird (Demo)" – 3:15 |
| [PIAS] Germany[5][6] | Download[5][6] | 22 August 2008[5][6] |
References
- ↑ Andy Gill (11 April 2008). "Album: I Am Kloot, I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge (Skinny Dog)". The Independent. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Pete Clark (11 April 2008). "Cds of the week. I AM KLOOT: I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Osyra, Mariusz. "I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge" (in pol.). Teraz Rock. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Hey Little Bird (CD single) at Discogs. [retrieved 9 March 2010].
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "I Am Kloot - Hey Little Bird - 'PIAS' Download GERMANY" (in German). 7digital / [PIAS] Entertainment Group. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Hey Little Bird: I Am Kloot: Amazon.de: MP3-Downloads" (in German). Amazon.de. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
External links
- Moolah Rouge Studios official web site
- Moolah Rouge Studios on Myspace
- Alex Meadows photography
- I Am Kloot feature shoot @ Moolah Rouge Studios for Sandman magazine (18 Jan 2007, author: David Logan)