Here Be Monsters

by Ed Harcourt

Here Be Monsters cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 June 2001
  • Label: Heavenly
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 52:08
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize, 'Here Be Monsters' is an incredibly ambitious, sweeping debut of cinematic indie-pop. The British songwriter utilizes vast orchestral instrumentation, intricate piano work, and an eccentric, storytelling approach to craft a sophisticated, deeply melodic pop-rock record.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, chamber, piano, literary, orchestral, male-vocals, confessional, strings

Tracklist

  1. Something In My Eye (3:41)
  2. God Protect Your Soul (5:27)
  3. She Fell Into My Arms (3:49)
  4. Those Crimson Tears (5:09)
  5. Hanging With The Wrong Crowd (3:41)
  6. Apple Of My Eye (4:04)
  7. Beneath The Heart Of Darkness (7:19)
  8. Wind Through The Trees (6:45)
  9. Birds Fly Backwards (3:30)
  10. Shanghai (3:49)
  11. Like Only Lovers Can (4:54)

Credits

  • Howard Gott - arranged by [strings], violin
  • Leo Abrahams - arranged by [strings], electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, fretless guitar, baritone guitar, omnichord, glockenspiel, mandolin, noises [mobile phone], backing vocals, other [egg-robbing]
  • Sophie Sirota - arranged by [strings], viola
  • Sarah Wilson - cello
  • Arnulf Lindner - double bass, electric bass, fretless bass, bass [bowed], backing vocals, other [cape-wearing]
  • Nick Yeatman - drums, percussion, backing vocals, handclaps [clapmeister], loops, other [simian bewilderment]
  • Danton Supple - programmed by [pro tools]
  • John Dunne - programmed by [pro tools]

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