The Violet Hour

by The Clientele

The Violet Hour cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 July 2003
  • Label: Merge
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 49:47
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following years of scattered early singles, the London-based trio's official full-length debut perfectly crystallized their hazy, autumnal aesthetic. Heavy studio reverb and Alasdair MacLean's whispered vocals vividly channel the melodicism of 1960s psychedelic pop.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rain, dreamy, jangly, shimmering

Tracklist

  1. The Violet Hour (4:55)
  2. Voices In The Mall (2:09)
  3. When You And I Were Young (3:50)
  4. Missing (4:52)
  5. Jamaican Rum Rhumba (1:21)
  6. Lamplight (6:44)
  7. House On Fire (4:24)
  8. Everybody's Gone (3:02)
  9. Porcelain (3:34)
  10. Haunted Melody (2:14)
  11. Prelude (2:21)
  12. The House Always Wins (8:02)
  13. Policeman Getting Lost (2:19)
  14. House On Fire
  15. Reflections After Jane

Credits

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