Terra Firma (Wolfstone album)

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Terra Firma
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Studio album by
Released9 February 2007
Recorded2006
StudioGravity Studios, Glasgow, Scotland
Genre Celtic rock, alternative rock
Length42:53
Label Once Bitten Records
Producer Ross Hamilton, Brian McNeill
Wolfstone chronology
Almost an Island
(2002)
Terra Firma
(2007)
Incumbent
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Scotsman (favourable)
The Irish World(mixed)
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Terra Firma is the eighth album by Scottish Celtic rock group Wolfstone. It was released in 2007. It saw Ross Hamilton take over lead vocals, only for him to leave the band a few months later.

Contents

Note "Back Home" seamlessly segues into "Break Yer Bass Drone Again" (with ..."Drone Again" actually being a reprise of "Back Home"), giving the impression that both tracks are different parts of the same recording.

The album saw a shift in the change of style, with a more alternative rock approach taken to it.

Track listing

  1. "Back Home" – 3:02
  2. "Break Yer Bass Drone Again" – 3:16
  3. "These Are the Days" – 4:52
    • Dod's Tartan Punk Rock Trews
    • These Are the Days
  4. "The Bloody Bouzouki" – 4:39
    • Ben-Y-Vrackie
    • The Bloody Bouzouki
  5. "Paella Grande" – 3:33
    • The Reel Mackay Wedding
    • Paella Grande
  6. "Put Me Together" – 4:08
  7. "Falun Fine" – 4:24
    • Asturian Way
    • Falun Fine
  8. "Waiting for the Rain" – 3:46
  9. "Broken Levee" – 2:09
  10. "By the Wayside" – 5:05
  11. "3 am in Edradour" – 2:20
  12. "The List" – 1:39

Personnel

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