One Man Army (Kassidy album)

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One Man Army
Kassidy - One Man Army.jpg
Studio album by
Released30 April 2012 (2012-04-30)
Genre Alternative rock, folk rock
Length43:29
Label Mercury [1]
Producer Jim Abbiss
Kassidy chronology
Hope St.
(2011)
One Man Army
(2012)
People Like Me
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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One Man Army is the second album by Scottish alternative folk rock band Kassidy. [6] [7] The album was released on 27 September 2012 through Mercury Records.

Contents

Production

The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios in a week. [8]

Critical reception

The Guardian wrote that the band "certainly fall back on derivative harmonic techniques – any resemblance to Crosby, Stills & Nash is, presumably, intentional – and aim for a sweetly emollient guitar sound rather than originality." [3] The Skinny wrote that "Kassidy seem to have taken every single step to be as inoffensive as possible." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Kallisti (ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΙ)"0:35
2."Get By"3:47
3."Maybe I'll Find"3:51
4."One Man Army"4:45
5."The Hunted"3:56
6."Home"3:46
7."Flowers At the Edge of the Rain"2:50
8."I Can't Fly"3:47
9."Driven by Fools"4:17
10."There Is a War Coming"3:23
11."This Life Is an Ocean"5:10
12."Afterburn" (Hidden track)3:22
Total length:43:29
Deluxe version
No.TitleLength
13."Anybody Else"3:53
14."The Four Walls"3:35
Total length:50:57

Personnel

Kassidy
Additional personnel

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