Coles Corner

by Richard Hawley

Coles Corner cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 September 2005
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:52:48
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 11 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Richard Hawley croons about his hometown of Sheffield on this elegant, retro-pop album. 'Coles Corner' evokes 50s ballads and Roy Orbison with sweeping strings and warm guitar tones. It is a romantic, nostalgic love letter to a city and a time.

Genres

Descriptors: crooning, orchestral, ballad, retro, british, vintage, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Coles Corner (04:52)
  2. Just Like the Rain (03:17)
  3. Hotel Room (03:42)
  4. Darlin' Wait for Me (03:53)
  5. The Ocean (05:36)
  6. Born Under A Bad Sign (03:41)
  7. I Sleep Alone (03:45)
  8. Tonight (04:32)
  9. (Wading Through) The Waters of My Time (03:48)
  10. Who's Going to Shoe Your Pretty Feet (04:08)
  11. Last Orders (04:58)
  12. The Ocean - Single Version (04:29)
  13. Just Like the Rain - Single Version (03:09)
  14. Born Under a Bad Sign - Single Version (03:33)
  15. Hotel Room - Radio Edit with Strings (03:18)
  16. Long Black Veil (03:14)
  17. Room with a View (03:50)
  18. I'm Absolutely Hank Marvin (feat. Hank Marvin) (04:38)
  19. Dark Road (03:58)
  20. Kelham Island (03:41)
  21. Some Candy Talking (03:42)
  22. Young and Beautiful - Live Acoustic (02:59)
  23. I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail (04:16)
  24. Can You Hear the Rain, Love? - Live Acoustic (03:35)
  25. Coles Corner - Acoustic (04:06)
  26. Hotel Room - Acoustic (03:32)
  27. Darlin' Wait for Me - Acoustic (04:05)
  28. I Sleep Alone - Live at Sheffield City Hall (03:56)
  29. A Bird Never Flew on One Wing (02:35)

Credits

  • Colin Elliot - bass, double bass [upright bass], baritone guitar, percussion, backing vocals, arranged by [strings]
  • Liz Hanks - cello
  • Andy Cook - drums
  • Shez Sheridan - guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, guitar [reverb trem], backing vocals
  • Jon Trier - keyboards, piano
  • Duncan Cowell - mastered by
  • Richard Hawley - producer, mixed by, guitar, keyboards, piano, percussion, vocals
  • Naomi Koop - viola
  • Simon Graham - viola
  • Gaynor Sutcliffe - violin
  • Lizz Lipscombe - violin
  • Lizzie Ball - violin
  • Susannah Simmons - violin

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