The Magical World of the Strands
by Michael Head & The Strands
- Type: Album
- Released: September 1997
- Label: Megaphone
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 51:15
- Community rating: 3.82/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded between the dissolution of Shack and his subsequent struggles with severe addiction, Michael Head's sole album under this moniker is a breathtakingly fragile, acoustic masterpiece. Lush with weeping string arrangements and delicate, finger-picked folk pop, the record stands as one of the most beautiful and deeply overlooked singer-songwriter albums of the 1990s.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, jangly, dreamy, acoustic, literary
Tracklist
- Queen Matilda (3:58)
- Something Like You (3:46)
- And Luna (5:01)
- X Hits the Spot (3:54)
- The Prize (4:41)
- Undecided (reprise) (4:10)
- Glynys and Jackie (4:48)
- It's Harvest Time (4:19)
- Loaded Man (7:32)
- Hocken's Hey (3:23)
- Fontilan (5:37)
Credits
- Michael Head & The Strands - primary artist
- John Head - backing vocals, bass, guitar, lead vocals, producer, written-by
- Michelle Brown - bass
- Rob Spriggs - cello
- Fr茅d茅ric Monvoisin - co-producer [associate]
- Iain Templeton - drums, percussion
- Ian Eastwood - engineer
- Steve Powell - engineer
- St茅phane Bismuth - executive-producer
- Leslie Roberts - flute
- Michael Head - lead vocals, producer, written-by
- Helen Caddick - orchestrated by
- Renaud Monfourny - photography by
- Mark Coyle - producer [with]
- Oliver Kraus - viola
- Becca Ware - violin
- Lucy Wilkins - violin