Length 30:09 Artist Brothers Reid Label Fat Hippy Records | Producer Paul Emerson Release date 15 August 2011 Genre Country music | |
Released 15 August 2011 (2011-08-15) Recorded 2010 - 2011 at Captain Toms, Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
Top of the Old Road is the début album by Scottish country and folk band Brothers Reid. Produced by Paul Emerson, it was released on 15 August 2011 through Fat Hippy Records. The album was released to positive reviews, having been highly anticipated after the band released their critically acclaimed first single "Do It Yourself".
Contents
Release and promotion
To promote the album the band performed at the Lemon Tree, Aberdeen three days before the album's release date. The album was released on 15 August 2011 on CD and digital download formats.
Track listing
All tracks written by Brothers Reid.
Critical reception
Top of the Old Road received positive reviews. Allan Wilkinson of Northern Sky described each song as having a "distinctively memorable hook". At Get Ready to ROCK!, Pete Feenstra called the album a "work of real beauty" and summarised it by saying: "sparkle, drive, energy, feel and three part harmonies that bring an unexpected touch of class to 9 tracks of real substance". Folking.com stated the songs have a "youthful energy ... but also show great maturity in both the playing and the song writing." Paul Kerr had a generally positive review, summarising the album as a "promising" one and selecting highlights from it.
Songs
1Done and Dusted3:41
2Flea Circus3:03
3Farmboy Blues4:27