Here's the Tender Coming
by The Unthanks
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 2009
- Label: Rabble Rouser Music
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 54:26
- Community rating: 3.94/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Denis Blackham, Niopha Keegan, Lal Waterson, Becky Unthank, Anne Briggs, tap dance, Graeme Miles, Steven Wainwright, Alex Telfer, Oliver Knight, Helen Thomas, Frank Higgins, Ewan MacColl
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank sing over Adrian McNally's piano arrangements, with Niopha Keegan on fiddle and Chris Price completing the band McNally also produced. The program includes 'The Testimony of Patience Kershaw', 'Lucky Gilchrist' and the ballad 'Annachie Gordon', and Mojo named it Folk Album of the Year while The Guardian and Uncut both placed it in their year end top fifties.
Genres
Descriptors: folk, harmonies, female-vocals, storytelling, piano
Tracklist
- Because He Was A Bonny Lad (2:36)
- Sad February (4:35)
- Annachie Gordon (8:15)
- Lucky Gilchrist (4:51)
- The Testimony Of Patience Kershaw (4:05)
- Living By The Water (6:08)
- Where've Yer Bin Dick? (0:47)
- Nobody Knew She Was There (5:53)
- Flowers Of The Town (3:05)
- Not Much Luck In Our House (0:47)
- At First She Starts (3:38)
- Here's The Tender Coming (5:28)
- Betsy Bell (4:14)
Credits
- The Unthanks - primary artist, arranged by [all tracks arranged by], written-by
- Niopha Keegan - accordion, arranged by [strings arranged by], backing vocals [backing voice], lead vocals [lead voice], mandolin, violin
- Becky Unthank - autoharp, backing vocals [backing voice], lead vocals [lead voice], percussion [feet]
- Chris Price - backing vocals [backing voice], bass, dulcitone, guitar, marimba, ukulele
- Rachel Unthank - backing vocals [backing voice], cello, lead vocals [lead voice], tap dance [clogs], ukulele
- Jane Pollinger - guest [guest musician], backing vocals [backing voice]
- Shelley Thomson - guest [guest musician], backing vocals [backing voice]
- Rosie Biss - guest [guest musician], cello [quartet cello]
- Helen Thomas - design
- Steven Wainwright - design
- Darren Hall - engineer [city road studios]
- Denis Blackham - mastered by
- Alex Telfer - photography by
- Traditional - written-by
- Graeme Miles - written-by
- Frank Higgins - written-by
- Anne Briggs - written-by
- Ewan MacColl - written-by
- Anonymous - written-by
- Lal Waterson - written-by
- Oliver Knight - written-by