Mutineers (album)
Mutineers is the 10th studio album by English singer-songwriter David Gray, released on 17 June 2014 on IHT Records. "Back in the World" was the first single for the album.
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| Released | 17 June 2014 | |||
| Recorded | The Church Studios | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Label | Good Soldier Songs | |||
| Producer | Andy Barlow | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 72/100[1] |
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Background
On 1 April 2014, the video for "Gulls" was premiered on both the Myles O'Reilly website arbutusyarns.net and David's official YouTube channel, with Myles being the director.[2][3]
On 10 April 2014, "Back in the World" from the new album Mutineers was uploaded onto David's official YouTube channel.[4] A day later, the track was played back by radio presenter Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2 for The Chris Evans Breakfast Show at exactly 7:45am. Gray reported that he would be visiting Chris 'down the road' during the starting of the tour for the album at the week of release for Radio 2.[5]
Track listing
All tracks are written by David Gray except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Back in the World" | Gray, Andy Barlow | 3:57 |
| 2. | "As the Crow Flies" | Gray, Barlow | 4:13 |
| 3. | "Mutineers" | 5:01 | |
| 4. | "Beautiful Agony" | Gray, Barlow | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Last Summer" | 4:13 | |
| 6. | "Snow in Vegas" | 4:21 | |
| 7. | "Cake and Eat It" | 2:33 | |
| 8. | "Birds of the High Arctic" | Gray, Barlow | 6:24 |
| 9. | "The Incredible" | Gray, Robbie Malone | 3:23 |
| 10. | "Girl Like You" | 5:18 | |
| 11. | "Gulls" | 4:55 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 12. | "Nearly Midnight" | 3:51 |
Personnel
- David Gray – vocals, pianos, guitars, keyboards, harp, harmonica, Juno synthesizer
- Robbie Malone – bass, acoustic, electric and nylon string guitars, e-bow, high strung guitar
- Keith Prior – drums, percussion
- Caroline Dale – cello
- Andy Barlow – programming
References
- "Reviews for Mutineers by David Gray". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
- David Gray (1 April 2014). "David Gray - Gulls (Official Video)" – via YouTube.
- "David Gray :: Gulls". 1 April 2014.
- David Gray (10 April 2014). "David Gray – Back In The World (Audio)" – via YouTube.
- "Instagram photo by David Gray • Apr 11, 2014 at 3:41pm UTC".