Paper Crown

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Paper Crown
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 28, 2009
RecordedThe Factory of Unprofessional Sound, York, England
Genre singer-songwriter
Label Desert Mine Music
Producer Sam Forrest (with assistance from David Jones)
Sam Forrest chronology
Down the Hillside
(2008)
Paper Crown
(2009)

Paper Crown is the second solo album by Nine Black Alps front-man Sam Forrest, released December 28, 2009 on Desert Mine Music. [1]

Nine Black Alps band

Nine Black Alps are an English alternative rock band, formed in 2003 in Manchester. The band consists of vocalist-guitarist Sam Forrest, guitarist David Jones, drummer James Galley and bassist Karl Astbury.

Sam Forrest English rock musician

Samuel Forrest is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the frontman of Nine Black Alps. He also co-fronts The Sorry Kisses with Hayley Hutchinson and previously played bass in York group The Halcyon Band.

Contents

Prior to release, Forrest had been uploading song previews to his website, where "Say Your Prayers" appeared to be lead single.

Track listing

  1. "Eyes Like A River"
  2. "May Queen"
  3. "Never Seen The Sea"
  4. "Pine Needle Floor"
  5. "Mother Of Corn"
  6. "Say Your Prayers"
  7. "Beverley"
  8. "The Great Migration"
  9. "Not Enough"
  10. "Salvation Army"
  11. "Falling Down Again"
  12. "Streetlight"
  13. "Tender Loving Care"
  14. "Send The Rain"
  15. "Wooden Horse"
  16. "King Of Flesh"
  17. "Wintersong"

Personnel

Hayley Hutchinson is an English folk/acoustic rock singer & Freelance Illustrator from the Yorkshire Wolds. She has released four solo albums and also co-fronts The Sorry Kisses with Nine Black Alps frontman Sam Forrest.

Iain Archer is a singer–songwriter/producer from Bangor, Northern Ireland. Archer comes from a musical background and released several solo albums in the mid-1990s on the small Scottish independent label Sticky Music. After a stint with Snow Patrol and a side project with the band's frontman Gary Lightbody in The Reindeer Section, he returned to his solo career. In 2004, he released the album Flood the Tanks, and in 2006 Magnetic North, co-produced with David Kosten, both to critical acclaim. His most recent album, To the Pine Roots, was released in 2009.

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References

  1. "Sam Forrest". Sam Forrest. Retrieved 2012-03-04.