God Save The Clientele

by The Clientele

God Save The Clientele cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 May 2007
  • Label: Merge
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 44:02
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Theresa Whipple, Eleanor Gilchrist, Mel Draisey, Geraldine Berreen, Pat Sansone, Lupe Nu帽ez-Fernandez, Mark Keen, Alasdair MacLean, Abigail Trundle

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The London band enlisted producer Mark Nevers to record in Nashville, resulting in a noticeably brighter, more country-tinged iteration of their hazy chamber pop. The album incorporates pedal steel and slightly more upbeat, 1960s-indebted melodies while retaining Alasdair MacLean's signature poetic, autumnal lyricism.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, dreamy, jangly, chamber, minimalistic

Tracklist

  1. Here Comes the Phantom (3:13)
  2. I Hope I Know You (3:19)
  3. Isn't Life Strange? (3:47)
  4. The Dance of the Hours (2:08)
  5. From Brighton Beach to Santa Monica (3:52)
  6. Winter on Victoria Street (2:47)
  7. The Queen of Seville (4:27)
  8. These Days Nothing but Sunshine (3:25)
  9. Somebody Changed (2:41)
  10. No Dreams Last Night (3:05)
  11. Carnival on 7th Street (2:09)
  12. Bookshop Casanova (3:53)
  13. The Garden at Night (1:44)
  14. Dreams of Leaving (3:26)

Credits

  • The Clientele - primary artist, written-by
  • Alasdair MacLean - acoustic guitar, artwork [drawing, collage], painting, backing vocals, band [the clientele are:], classical guitar [spanish guitar], electric guitar [gretsch], electric guitar [telecaster], voice [whispers], written-by
  • Pat Sansone - acoustic guitar, backing vocals, band [honorary member], piano, twelve-string guitar [12-string], written-by
  • Louis Philippe - arranged by [strings], conductor [strings], backing vocals
  • Lupe Nu帽ez-Fernandez - backing vocals
  • Mark Keen - backing vocals, band [the clientele are:], drums, percussion, piano, tambourine, voice [whispers]
  • Mel Draisey - backing vocals, band [the clientele are:], organ, percussion, piano, tambourine, violin
  • James Hornsey - band [the clientele are:], bass, electric organ [hammond], voice [whispers]

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