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Written during the same sessions that spawned 2009's Draw the Line, Foundling is another pleasant, pastoral effort from David Gray, who seems to have settled into a contemporary folk mold after flirting with electronics during the '90s. "Only the Wine," which kicks off this two-disc set with acoustic guitar and brushed percussion, takes its cues from Van Morrison and Nick Drake, both of whom serve as stylistic touchstones throughout the album. Gray plays to his strengths fairly well, keeping the tempos leisurely and the mood relaxed, and he looks to his arrangements for diversity, either paring a song down to its piano-and-vocals skeleton or dressing it up in light layers of strings, organ, and electric guitar. When he does throw a curve ball into the mix, it's a nice change -- the slow-building title track stretches a Celtic soul groove over five and a half minutes, and "Morning Theme" (one of the eight tracks that make up the bonus disc) sets itself up as a piano lullaby, with fingerplucked guitar arpeggios and gauzy, cooing harmonies rounding out the song. Those moments are few and far between, but David Gray doesn't really purport to be anything other than a contemporary folk-pop singer, and Foundling finds him doing what he does best. [Foundling was re-released on CD in 2015.]
Product Details
Release Date: | 04/21/2015 |
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Label: | Iht Records |
UPC: | 5060186926421 |
catalogNumber: | 1414 |
Rank: | 39932 |
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Album Credits
Performance Credits
David Gray Primary Artist,Organ,Guitar,Piano,Harmonium,Vocals,WurlitzerTony Lewis Strings
Mark Berrow Strings
Nick Cooper Strings
Caroline Dale Strings,Cello
Liz Edwards Strings
Roger Garland Strings
Felim Gormley Saxophone
James Hallawell Piano
Kick Horns Horn
Roddy Lorimer Trumpet
Martin Loveday Strings
Neill MacColl Acoustic Guitar,Electric Guitar,Background Vocals
Jim McCleod Strings
David Nolte Keyboards
Maciej Rakowski Strings
Paul Spong Trumpet
Cathy Thompson Strings
Annie Whitehead Trombone
Dermot Crehan Strings
Peter Lale Strings
Patrick Kiernan Strings
Boguslaw Kostecki Strings
Jackie Shave Strings
Bruce White Strings
Andrew Parker Strings
David Daniels [cello] Strings
Tim Bradshaw Guitar
Everton Nelson Strings
Alison Kelly Strings
Andy Warrington Hurdy-Gurdy
Nigel Black French Horn
Rachel Bolt Strings
Deborah Widdup Strings
Dai Emanuel Strings
Iestyn Polson Piano
Emlyn Singleton Strings
Nick Barr Strings
Keith Prior Percussion,Drums
Dave Lee French Horn
David Stewart Bass Trombone
Perry Montague-Mason Strings
Emil Chakalov Strings
Mike McMenemy Strings
Chris Clad Strings
Tom Pigott-Smith Strings
Christopher Tombling Strings
Gabrielle Lester Strings
Caroline Dearnley Strings
Jonathan Williams Strings
Michael Thompson French Horn
Robbie Malone Acoustic Guitar,Bass,Bouzouki,Electric Guitar,Harmonium,Background Vocals
Neil Sidwell Trombone
Andy Brown Strings
Dave Woodlock Strings
John Mills Strings
Jon Thorne Strings
Don McVay Strings
Kate Wilkinson Strings
Technical Credits
David Gray Arranger,Composer,ProducerIestyn Polson Programming,Producer,Engineer
Robbie Malone Producer
Devin Becker Illustrations
Melisa Constandse Artwork
Kevin Landwehr Artwork
Vries Arranger,Producer
Dale Arranger
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