Rain, Steam and Speed

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Rain, Steam and Speed
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1999
RecordedJuly–August 1998
Studio Blackwing Studios, London, Metropolis Studios, London
Genre Rock
Length50:47
Label shhh! Records
Producer The Mutton Birds
The Mutton Birds chronology
Too Hard Basket
(1998)
Rain, Steam and Speed
(1999)
Live in Manchester
(2000)
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Rain, Steam and Speed is the fourth and final studio album by the New Zealand band, The Mutton Birds. It was released in 1999.

Contents

The album coincided with the departure of the bass guitarist, vocalist and sometime song contributor Alan Gregg, and also the guitarist David Long. It was released as the Mutton Birds remained based in London seeking a breakthrough on the UK market. [6]

Track listing

(All songs by Don McGlashan)

  1. "As Close as This" — 4:21
  2. "Winning Numbers" — 3:46
  3. "Small Mercies" — 4:37
  4. "Green Lantern" — 4:02
  5. "The Falls" — 5:05
  6. "Last Year's Shoes" — 4:27
  7. "Jackie's Song" — 3:43
  8. "Pulled Along by Love" — 4:30
  9. "Goodbye Drug" — 6:19
  10. "Hands Full" — 3:28
  11. "Ray" — 6:24

Personnel

Additional personnel

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Jo Roberts, The Age, 17 September 1999.
  3. Graeme Hammond, Sunday Herald Sun, 3 October 1999.
  4. Iain Shedden, The Australian, 6 November 1999.
  5. Kate Parsons, Sunday Telegraph, 19 September 1999.
  6. Margot Denny, "Mutton music", The Sunday Telegraph, 5 September 1999, page 181.