| Product Summary | | Label: MERCERT STREET/FONTANA | | UPC: 00878037011029 | | Release Date: 9/22/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 211969977 | | Item#: M4R7NL | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25530 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Fugitive ~ David Gray (Rock) |  | | 2. Draw the Line ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 3. Nemesis ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 4. Jackdaw ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 5. Kathleen ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 6. First Chance ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 7. Harder ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 8. Transformation ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 9. Stella the Artist ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 10. Breathe ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 11. Full Steam ~ David Gray (Rock) | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. World To Me - (live, featuring Keith Prior/James Hallawell/Robbie Malone/David Gray/Neill MacColl) ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 2. Sail Away - (live, featuring Keith Prior/James Hallawell/Robbie Malone/David Gray/Neill MacColl) ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 3. Ain't No Love - (live, featuring Keith Prior/James Hallawell/Robbie Malone/David Gray/Neill MacColl) ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 4. Babylon - (live, featuring Keith Prior/James Hallawell/Robbie Malone/David Gray/Neill MacColl) ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 5. Slow Motion - (live, featuring Keith Prior/James Hallawell/Robbie Malone/David Gray/Neill MacColl) ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 6. One I Love, The - (live, featuring Keith Prior/James Hallawell/Robbie Malone/David Gray/Neill MacColl) ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 7. Other Side - (live, featuring Keith Prior/James Hallawell/Robbie Malone/David Gray/Neill MacColl) ~ David Gray (Rock) | | | 8. Nightblindness - (live, featuring Keith Prior/James Hallawell/Robbie Malone/David Gray/Neill MacColl) ~ David Gray (Rock) | |
| Draw The Line is the warm, fresh, organic sound of David Gray in a new, revitalised light. His eighth studio album and the follow up to the amazingly successful White Ladder, Draw The Line features 11 new recordings, including the lead single, "Fugitive". Track Listing Disc 1
1. Fugitive
2. Draw The Line
3. Nemesis
4. Jackdraw
5. Kathleen
6. First Chance
7. Harder
8. Transformation
9. Stella The Artist
10. Breathe
11. Full Steam Track Listing Disc 2
1. World To Me (Live at The Roundhouse)
2. Sail Away (Live at The Roundhouse)
3. Ain't No Love (Live at The Roundhouse)
4. Babylon (Live at The Roundhouse)
5. Slow Motion (Live at The Roundhouse)
6. The One I Love (Live at The Roundhouse)
7. The Other Side (Live at The Roundhouse)
8. Nightblindness (Live at The Roundhouse)
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: David Gray (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, harmonium, Wurlitzer organ, vibraphone); Jolie Holland, Annie Lennox (vocals); Neill MacColl (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Robbie Malone (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmonium, background vocals); John H.R. Mills, Jackie Shave (violin); Bruce White (viola); Caroline Dale (cello); Andy Greenwood, Jim Rattigan, Owen Slade, Andy Wood (horns); Keith Prior (drums, percussion, background vocals); Iestyn Polson (programming). | | Audio Mixers: Simon Changer; George Holt. | | Recording information: The Roundhouse. | | Photographer: Jake Walters. | | After taking a four-year break from the studio, David Gray announced his return with a new backing band, new label representation, and a new album. 2009's DRAW THE LINE is consistent with the rest of Gray's catalog, proof that the songwriter's appeal rests not in those around him but in his nuanced piano ballads and warm, calloused voice. There are two duets here, one with folk artist Jolie Holland and the other with a rather militant-sounding Annie Lennox, but the best material is reserved for Gray alone. He does what he does best on songs like "Transformation," whose homespun melody is at once warm and utterly heartbreaking, but he also makes room for faster material, from the rhythmic drive of "Stella the Artist" to the casual strut of leadoff track "Fugitive." Regardless of the tempo, Gray's voice remains the centerpiece of this album, as his lived-in vocals continue to amass more convincing grit with age. Those looking for another "Babylon" may not find such commercial strains here, but David Gray hasn't concerned himself with the mainstream for years, and DRAW THE LINE is essentially another cog in the folksy wheel he's been spinning since NEW DAY AT MIDNIGHT. | | After taking a four-year break from the studio, David Gray announced his return with a new backing band, new label representation, and a new album. 2009's Draw the Line is consistent with the rest of Gray's catalog, proof that the songwriter's appeal rests not in those around him but in his nuanced piano ballads and warm, calloused voice. There are two duets here, one with folk artist Jolie Holland and the other with a rather militant-sounding Annie Lennox, but the best material is reserved for Gray alone. He does what he does best on songs like "Transformation," whose homespun melody is at once warm and utterly heartbreaking, but he also makes room for faster material, from the rhythmic drive of "Stella the Artist" to the casual strut of lead-off track "Fugitive." Regardless of the tempo, Gray's voice remains the centerpiece of this album, as his lived-in vocals continue to amass more convincing grit with age. Those looking for another "Babylon" may not find such commercial strains here, but David Gray hasn't concerned himself with the mainstream for years, and Draw the Line is essentially another cog in the folksy wheel he's been spinning since New Day at Midnight. [Die-hard fans may want to pick up the album's deluxe edition, which includes a 20-page booklet and a bonus CD of live performances.] ~ Andrew Leahey |
Producer: Robbie Malone; David Gray; Iestyn Polson |
Engineer: Graham Pattison; Graham Pattison; Iestyn Polson |
Musical Guests | | Keith Prior | | James Hallawell | | Robbie Malone | | Neill MacColl |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/22/2009 | | Original Release Date : 2009 | | Catalog ID : 70110 | | Label : Mercer Street Records | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00878037011029 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (p.59)
- "On his seventh studio album he gets his freak on, rolling in a gospel choir, Annie Lennox, and a more pronounced backbeat....Gray actually sounds like he's cutting loose." -- Grade: BQ (Magazine)
(p.108)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "Gray's grainy rasp distances him from the pack, lending a rueful authority to the customised likes of 'Draw The Line, 'First Chance' and quietly dynamic 'Breathe.'" |
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| | Bio | | | David Gray David Gray is not one to rest on his laurels; 12 million album sales, the best selling album in Ireland ever with White Ladder, a BAFTA nomination for his soundtrack work on Amma Assante's 2004 film A Way Of Life. Two Ivor Novellos, a Q award, two Brit nominations, and a Grammy nomination. Those laurels, in fact, might not be an actual pain in the arse, but they certainly make him fidget. "I didn't have a masterplan but I knew that I was gonna make some wholesale changes at the end of making Life In Slow Motion," the singer-songwriter says of his 2005, No.1 (seventh) studio album. "I'd had a really good run, I'd built a band with some great people. But the creative spark that had been there, that [1998's] White Ladder was born out of, was sort of gone. I just felt there was a need for some new energy and a new impetus to the whole thing. I was hungry." "I wrote 'Draw The Line' in June 2007," he recalls of the song that gives his new album its title and the song, which lit the touch paper for the rest of the album. Over the next two years Gray kept up that standard. New songs galore 'lurched' from his fingers, featuring guest vocal turns from Jolie Holland and Annie Lennox. Draw The Line is the sound of an artist turning his lens, his camera, his vision outwards, providing an extrospective take on the world. "Hunger is a very accurate appraisal for how I feel," he says. "I got to say things as a writer that I've obviously been dying to say for years. Songs like 'Nemesis', 'First Chance' and 'Draw The Line' were so liberating. Images and ideas just flowing out and a bit of humour as well, and a bit of caustic soda ground in there too. A bit of spice to the whole thing. The camera was suddenly panning everywhere. It was just a wonderful feeling. I just feel very, very alive. That's the feeling that's in Draw The Line."
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