Herd Runners

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Herd Runners
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Studio album by
Released19 May 2014 (2014-05-19)
StudioYellow Arch Studios, Neepsend, Sheffield, England
Genre Indie rock, chamber pop
Length44:52
Label Heavenly Recordings
Producer Colin Elliot, Simon Aldred
Cherry Ghost chronology
Beneath This Burning Shoreline
(2010)
Herd Runners
(2014)
Singles from Herd Runners
  1. "Clear Skies Ever Closer"
    Released: 24 March 2014
  2. "The World Could Turn"
    Released: 8 December 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
NME 8/10 [3]

Herd Runners is the third and final studio album by English band Cherry Ghost. It was released in May 2014 on Heavenly Recordings.

Cherry Ghost British band

Cherry Ghost were an English music group which began in 2005, first as an alias for singer-songwriter Simon Aldred as a solo artist, before morphing into a full band. Aldred last performed with Cherry Ghost in 2016 on the Marc Riley Show on BBC Radio 6 Music.

Heavenly Recordings is a London-based independent record label founded by Jeff Barrett.

Track listing

All tracks written by Simon Aldred.

No.TitleLength
1."Clear Skies Ever Closer"3:54
2."Don't Leave Me Here Alone"4:15
3."Fragile Reign"5:06
4."Sacramento"5:20
5."The World Could Turn"4:51
6."Drinking for Two"5:01
7."Herd Runners"5:42
8."My Lover Lies Under"3:37
9."Love Will Follow You"3:54
10."Joanne"3:12

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