Paper Scissors Stone
by Catatonia
- Type: Album
- Released: 20 August 2001
- Label: Blanco y Negro
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 47:03
- Community rating: 3.46/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Pablo Cook, Martin Loveday, Gavyn Wright, Perry Montague-Mason, Luis Jardim, Osian Gwynedd, Julian Leaper, Vaughn Armon, Peter Lale, David Daniels, Jon Astley, Jackie Shave, Bruce White, Ian Stanley, Claudia Fontaine, Patrick Kiernan, Simon Hale
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The fourth and final studio album by Welsh band Catatonia, 'Paper Scissors Stone' is an indie pop record led by Cerys Matthews' distinctive vocals, written under the strain that led to the band's split shortly after its release. Its songwriting is more subdued than their Britpop-era hits.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, breakup, female-vocals, accessible, personal
Tracklist
- Godspeed (4:18)
- Immediate Circle (2:54)
- Fuel (3:27)
- What It Is (3:31)
- Stone by Stone (3:56)
- The Mother of Misogyny (3:35)
- Is Everybody Here on Drugs? (3:08)
- Imaginary Friend (3:20)
- Shore Leave (3:19)
- Apple Core (1:23)
- Beautiful Loser (3:43)
- Blues Song (3:27)
- Village Idiot (2:52)
- Arabian Derby (4:10)
Credits
- Catatonia - primary artist, written-by
- Simon Hale - keyboards, strings
- Jon Astley - mastered by
- Ian Stanley - mixed by
- Jeff McLaughlin - mixed by [assisted by]
- Eddie Monsoon - photography by [band photos]
- MAGMA Anglesey Design Intro - photography [tiger bay]
- Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley - producer
- Simon Dawson - recorded by [assisted by]