Hourglass (Kate Rusby album)

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Hourglass
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Studio album by
Released1 March 1997
Genre English folk
Length46:20
Label Pure Records
Producer John McCusker
Kate Rusby chronology
Hourglass
(1997)
Sleepless
(1999)

Hourglass is the debut studio album by English contemporary folk musician Kate Rusby, released on 1 March 1997 on Pure Records. It was updated and remastered in 2022, to celebrate its 25th anniversary. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Sir Eglamore" (Traditional; Rusby) - 4:14
  2. "As I Roved Out" (Traditional) - 3:45
  3. "Jolly Ploughboys" (Traditional) - 4:05
  4. "Annan Waters" (Traditional) - 5:23
  5. "Stananivy" (McCusker, Rusby) - "Jack and Jill" (Rusby; Traditional) - 3:06
  6. "A Rose in April" (Rusby) - 5:38
  7. "Radio Sweethearts" (Miller, McCusker) - 3:32
  8. "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" (Frank O'Connor, Rusby) - 2:58
  9. "Old Man Time" (Rusby) - 3:48
  10. "Drowned Lovers" (Traditional) - 5:14
  11. "Bold Riley" (Traditional) - 4:37

Personnel

Produced by John McCusker
Engineered by Moray Munro
Recorded at Temple Record Studio, Midlothian, Scotland
Mastered by Andy Seward

All tracks arranged by Kate Rusby and John McCusker
(Additional arrangement by Ian Carr on tracks 1, 4, 7, 10)

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