Arc Light (album)
Arc Light | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 30, 2009 | |||
Recorded | Castle Sound, Pencaitland, Scotland, December 2008, Heriot Toun Studio | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Label | Navigator Records | |||
Producer | Calum Malcolm | |||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
BBC | positive [2] |
The Guardian | [3] |
The Line of Best Fit | (85%) [4] |
Arc Light is the second studio album by contemporary folk three-piece Lau, released on March 30, 2009 on Navigator Records.
The album's bonus track is a cover of The Beatles' song, "Dear Prudence". The track originally appeared on a compilation issued free with Mojo magazine.
Reception[]
Like its predecessor, Lightweights and Gentlemen, Arc Light garnered strong critical acclaim upon release. Chris Nickson of Allmusic described the album as "stirring and utterly wonderful,"[5] while Michael Quinn, of BBC Music remarked that "what astonishes most about Lau is the orchestral quality of the sound."[6] Music webzine The Line of Best Fit stated that: "Arc Light is testament to their constant need to push themselves as musicians, and as innovators of the folk movement."[7]
Track listing[]
All tracks arranged by Kris Drever, Martin Green and Aidan O'Rourke
- "The Burrian" (Drever/Green/O'Rourke)
- "Winter Moon" (Drever/Green/O'Rourke)
- "Horizontigo"
- "Horizontigo" (Drever)
- "Alright in the Heid" (Green)
- "Salty Boys"
- "Operation Knoydart (O'Rourke)
- "Salty Boys" (Drever)
- "Banks of Marble" (Les Rice/Drever/Green/O'Rourke)
- "Stephen's"
- "Stephen's Leaving" (Green)
- "Plot No.12" (O'Rourke)
- "The Master" (Drever/Green/O'Rourke)
- "Frank and Flo's"
- "Frank and Flo's" (Green)
- "An Tobar" (O'Rourke)
- "Temple of Fiddes" (Drever/O'Rourke)
Bonus track[]
- "Dear Prudence" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
Personnel[]
The following people contributed to Arc Light[8]
Band[]
- Kris Drever - guitar, vocals
- Martin Green - accordion
- Aidan O'Rourke - fiddle
Additional musicians[]
- Stuart Nisbet - pedal steel guitar
- Corrina Hewat - backing vocals
- Karine Polwart - backing vocals
- Inge Thomson - backing vocals
Recording personnel[]
- Calum Malcolm - producer, mixing, mastering
- Lau (band) - mixing
- Stuart Hamilton - engineering
Artwork[]
- David Angel - photography
References[]
- ^ Nickson, Chris. Arc Light at AllMusic
- ^ Quinn, Michael. "BBC - Music - Review of Lau - Arc Light". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Folk review: Lau, Arc Light". the Guardian. March 15, 2009.
- ^ "The Line of Best Fit review". Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1586737
- ^ "Music - Review of Lau - Arc Light". BBC. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ "Lau - Arc Light". The Line Of Best Fit. 2009-04-02. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
- ^ Arc Light liner notes
- 2009 albums
- Lau (band) albums