Sometime In Oldchurch

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Sometime In Oldchurch
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1978
Genre Pop rock, rock & roll, Country rock
Length40:33
Label Polydor
Producer The Rubettes, Alan Blakley
The Rubettes chronology
Baby I Know
(1977)
Sometime In Oldchurch
(1978)
Still Unwinding
(1978)

Sometime In Oldchurch is the sixth studio album by the English band The Rubettes. It was released on the Polydor Records label in March 1978. [1]

Contents

Two singles were released from the album, both in advance: "Come On Over" and "Sometime In Oldchurch". [1] [2]

In 1992, Dice Records (France) released the Rubettes' fifth and sixth albums ( Baby I Know and Sometime In Oldchurch) as a double CD set. [3]

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Great Be The Nation" (Alan Williams) - 5:20
  2. "Come On Over" (Alan Williams) - 4:00
  3. "Sometime In Oldchurch" (John Richardson, Alan Williams) - 4:35
  4. "Top Of The World" (Tony Thorpe) - 6:16
Side 2
  1. "Alimonia" (John Richardson) - 3:15
  2. "Say What You Mean" (John Richardson) - 4:24
  3. "Eva St. Clair" (Mike Gower, Alan Williams) - 5:40
  4. "You Make It Hard" (Tony Thorpe) - 2:48
  5. "Let Him Bleed" (John Richardson) - 4:15 [4]

Singles

1. "Come On Over"/"Let Him Bleed" - October 1977
2. "Sometime In Oldchurch"/"Top Of The World" - February 1978 [1] [2] [5]

Personnel

Publishers

Production and credits

Rick Westwood, Carey Hunt for help with interpretation
Chris Lewis of DJM London and Audio Design for their help with our technical traumas

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