The Devil's Debt

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The Devil's Debt
Love and Money The Devil's Debt 2012 album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released2012
Length44:35
Label Vertical
Producer Love and Money
Love and Money chronology
Cheap Pearls and Whisky Dreams – The Best Of
(1999)
The Devil's Debt
(2012)

The Devil's Debt is the fifth studio album by Scottish band Love and Money, released by Vertical in 2012.

Contents

Background

In 2011, Love and Money reunited to perform at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall as part of the Celtic Connections festival, which was followed later in the year with a concert at the SEC Centre. The band's reunion led to the decision to record both new material and some of the songs originally intended for the shelved album The Mother's Boy, which was recorded between 1988's Strange Kind of Love and 1991's Dogs in the Traffic . [1]

The Devil's Debt was released in 2012 and reached No. 60 on the Scottish Albums Chart. [2] The title track was released as a single, with a music video produced by the thirteensquared production company. The video was shot at Govanhill Baths and Òran Mór in Glasgow. [3]

Critical reception

On its release, Alan Morrison of The Herald felt the album contained "some of the best songs James Grant and co have ever written" and praised Grant's "deep crooner of a voice". He added: "Personally, I'd rather listen to this than Strange Kind of Love". [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Devil's Debt" James Grant 4:29
2."Goodbye Phoebus"Grant3:42
3."This Is the Last Time"Grant3:41
4."I Never Touched Her"Grant, Douglas MacIntyre4:28
5."Piglet"Grant4:57
6."Sin of Pity"Grant, MacIntyre4:45
7."Modigliani Baby"Grant, MacIntyre5:11
8."I'm Just Too Good for Her"Grant5:09
9."The Desired"Grant, McGeechan3:54
10."Amaranth"Grant4:19

Personnel

Love and Money

Additional musicians

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [5] 60

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References

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  2. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. "The Devil's Debt by Love and Money". YouTube. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. "Love & Money: The Devil's Debt (Vertical)". The Herald. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 June 2020.