Sawdust in My Veins

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Sawdust in My Veins
James Grant Sawdust in My Veins 1998 album cover.jpg
Studio album by
James Grant
Released27 April 1998
Length46:20
Label Survival (UK)
Valley Entertainment (US)
Producer Donald Shaw
James Grant chronology
Sawdust in My Veins
(1998)		 My Thrawn Glory
(2000)

Sawdust in My Veins is the debut solo studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter James Grant, released in the UK by Survival Records on 27 April 1998. [1] [2] The album reached number 42 in the Scottish Albums Chart. [3]

Contents

A single, "Pray the Dawn", was released in the UK on 6 April 1998. [2] The album was released in the US by Valley Entertainment on 26 September 2000. [4] [5]

Background

In a 1998 interview with Teletext, Grant said in response to the suggestion that the album is full of "melancholy ballads", "I don't mean to be miserable; it's just how the songs come out really. I didn't plan them that way. It's more a stream of consciousness, I suppose." [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

On its release, Stuart Maconie, writing for Q , stated that "lovers of craft will delight in this, with its elegant memories, and seductive chord changes". He praised the "excellent arrangements" of Grant's "splendid voice and guitar" in front of "subtle strings and unobtrusive backing". He concluded, "Grant's pop star chances may have evaporated, but it's a callous world if that blinds us to these fine songs." [9] James McNair of Mojo felt the album showed Grant's songwriting "at its zenith", adding that his "Scott Walker-deep voice [has] matured to perfection and his guitar playing as tasteful as ever". He felt the production was "a little dated in places", but added that fans of Grant's previous work will "love this record". [10]

Tom Ferguson of Music & Media felt Grant had "finally made the album his admirers always believed he was capable of" and praised it as an "impeccably played and sung set". He felt some of the album was reminiscent of "the silky Steely Dan-isms" of Love and Money, but added that "Grant's first solo outing is a more personal, mature work". He added that many of the tracks "wouldn't sound out of place on AC-leaning radio formats". [2] Colin Larkin, in his Encyclopedia of Popular Music , praised it as a "strong solo set". [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by James Grant except "Is Anybody Dreaming?" by Grant and Paul McGeechan.

No.TitleLength
1."Pray the Dawn"3:28
2."All Her Saturdays"4:25
3."I Can't Stop Bleeding"3:41
4."Cure for Life"4:21
5."I Don't Know You Anymore"4:55
6."Is Anybody Dreaming?"3:31
7."No Chicane"4:29
8."Hide"5:41
9."This Is the Last Time"3:46
10."Sawdust in My Veins"3:42
11."If You Love Me Leave Me Alone"4:09

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Sawdust in My Veins CD booklet. [1]

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] 42
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 166
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [13] 22

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References

  1. 1 2 Sawdust in My Veins (UK CD album). James Grant. Survival Records. 1998. SURCD022.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Ferguson, Tom (4 April 1998). "Album Spotlight" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 15, no. 14. p. 13. Retrieved 20 April 2022– via World Radio History.
  3. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100: 03 May 1998 - 09 May 1998". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  4. ↑ Sawdust in My Veins (US CD album). James Grant. Valley Entertainment. 2000. 2-VLT-15128.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ "Sawdust in My Veins - James Grant; Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "James Grant Interview". Teletext . 21 April 1998.
  7. ↑ "In My Veins - James Grant". AllMusic . Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  8. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (1998). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Muze. p. 3334. ISBN   9780333741344.
  9. 1 2 Maconie, Stuart (April 1998). "Albums". Q . No. 139.
  10. ↑ McNair, James (May 1998). "Albums". Mojo . No. 54.
  11. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Chart Log UK: Gina G - GZA". zobbel.de. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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