Songs from the Novel 'Greatest Hits'
Songs from the Novel 'Greatest Hits' is the 14th studio album by British singer-songwriter, Kathryn Williams and a collaboration with the novelist Laura Barnett based on her second novel Greatest Hits.[1]
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Released | 16 June 2017 | |||
Label | One Little Indian | |||
Producer | Romeo Stodart | |||
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The project was conceived from Barnett's interest in Williams' Hypoxia album centred on Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar' novel and her concept of her own novel having a soundtrack of the protagonist, Cass Wheeler's music.[2] Williams wrote the music to the 16 sets of lyrics in the novel Barnett uses to illustrate the events in Cass' life that bookend each chapter [3] along with producer Romeo Stodart .
The album and book were released simultaneously with The Irish Times suggesting the album ran 'gamut of emotions and musical styles from pastoral playfulness to jagged edged brittleness' [4]
Track listing
- "Common Ground"
- "Architect"
- "Living Free"
- "I Wrote You a Love Song"
- "Just Us Two"
- "Road of Shadows" s
- "Don't Step on the Cracks"
- "She Wears a Dress"
- "Lilies"
- "Brightest Star"
- "In This Garden"
- "Queen of the Snow"
- "Home"
- "Edge of the World"
- "Gethsemane"
- "When Morning Comes"
Notes
- All songs written by Kathryn Williams and Laura Barnett
- Except tracks 3 and 4 written by Kathryn Williams, Laura Barnett, and Romeo Stodart
- Track 6 written by Kathryn Williams, Laura Barnett, Michele Stodart, and Polly Paulusma
- Track 13 written by Kathryn Williams, Laura Barnett, and Michele Stodart
Personnel
- Kathryn Williams – vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, drum machine, bell, the twanger, toy piano
- Neill MacColl – e-bow, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, autoharp, marxophone
- Romeo Stodart – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, string machine, Hammond organ, marimba, backing vocals
- Michelle Stodart – bass guitar, percussion, bell, whistle, backing vocals
- CJ Jones – drums, congas, timpani
- Kate St John – oboe, saxophone, accordion, cor anglais
- Andy Bruce – piano, Hammond organ, wurlitzer
- Laura Barnett – backing vocals
- Recorded at Echo Zoo Studios, Eastbourne
- Produced by Romeo Stodart
- Engineered and mixed by Dave Lynch
- Additional engineering by Trevor Michael
- Horn arrangements on "I Wrote You a Love Song" by Romeo Stodart
- Horn arrangements on "She Wears a Dress" by Romeo Stodart and Kate St John
References
- www.girafficthemes.com, Giraffic Themes |. "Greatest Hits Collaborative Project with Laura Barnett | Kathryn Williams". kathrynwilliams.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- "Greatest Hits: how a novel by Laura Barnett was brought to life by an accompanying soundtrack | The National". Retrieved 2017-06-22.
- Editor, Richard Brooks, Arts. "Book comes with its own soundtrack". Retrieved 2017-06-22.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- "Kathryn Williams: Songs from the Novel 'Greatest Hits' – fruitful collaboration with author Laura Barnett". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2017-06-22.