My Maudlin Career
by Camera Obscura
- Type: Album
- Released: 20 April 2009
- Label: 4AD
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 46:24
- Community rating: 3.53/5 from 6 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The Scottish band refines their romantic, retro-pop sound on this lushly orchestrated album. Tracyanne Campbell's vocals are heartbroken yet witty, floating over sweeping strings and horns. It is a timeless collection of songs about love and loss.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, orchestral, twee, female-vocals, jangly
Tracklist
- French Navy (03:18)
- The Sweetest Thing (04:22)
- You Told a Lie (03:44)
- Away with Murder (04:08)
- Swans (04:08)
- James (03:49)
- Careless Love (04:35)
- My Maudlin Career (04:19)
- Forests & Sands (04:16)
- Other Towns & Cities (03:59)
- Honey in the Sun (05:46)
Credits
- Bj枚rn Yttling - arranged by [string & horn]
- Britta Persson - backing vocals
- Gavin Dunbar - bass
- Anna Dager - cello
- Lee Thomson - drums
- Pontus Olsson - engineer [atlantis]
- Johan Rude - engineer [cosmos]
- Henrik Jonsson - engineer [masters of audio]
- Kenny McKeeve - guitar, backing vocals
- Per "Rusktr盲sk" Johansson - horn
- Julie Annis - layout, artwork by
- Tracyanne Campbell - lead vocals, guitar
- Jari Haapalainen - percussion
- Donald Milne - photography by
- Carey Lander - piano, organ
- Stefan Persson - trumpet
- Christopher 脰hman - viola
- Andreas Forsman - violin
- Erik Arvinder - violin
- Jessica Hugosson - violin
- Santiago Jimenez - violin