Recorded July 2006 (2006-07) Leave to Remain(2006) Two(2008) Release date 1 October 2006 | Length 52:19 Label Cheap Lullaby Records | |
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Released October 1, 2006 (2006-10-01) Similar Over Fly Over, Old Low Light, Dog Leap Stairs, Little Black Numbers, Crown Electric | ||
When kathryn williams from leave to remain
Leave to Remain is the sixth studio album by Kathryn Williams released on CAW Records on 1 October 2006. It was her first to feature Kate St John who would produce her next solo album, The Quickening, in 2010.
Contents
The track 'Stevie' on the album refers to the poet and novelist Stevie Smith with its chorus echoing the title of her poem 'Not Waving But Drowning' . The song premiered at 'The Beat Goes On' at the Royal Albert Hall in 2005, an event to celebrate the40th anniversary of the 1965 International Poetry Incarnation at the same venue
Drowned In Sound suggested the album "is captivating, even if it's not all that it could be" with Popmatters review concluding that it's "an album that is extremely hard to get out of one's head indeed". and The Guardian chiming 'both beautiful and intense, her best album yet'
Track listing
- "Blue onto You" - 2:02
- "Let It Happen" - 3:35
- "Sustain Pedal" - 2:56
- "Stevie" - 3:03
- "Sandy L" - 3:53
- "When" - 3:52
- "Glass Bottom Boat" - 4:44
- "Hollow" - 3:31
- "Opened" - 2:27
- "Room in My Head" - 4:39
Personnel
Recording details
Songs
1Blue Onto You2:02
2Let It Happen3:36
3Sustain Pedal2:56