The Last Bright Light

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The Last Bright Light
Mostly Autumn The Last Bright Light.jpg
Studio album by
Released2001
Recorded2000/2001
Genre Rock
Length71:41
Label Cyclops Records
Producer Bryan Josh
Mostly Autumn chronology
The Spirit of Autumn Past
(1999)
The Last Bright Light
(2001)
The Story So Far...
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
DPRP(8.5/10) [1]

The Last Bright Light is the third studio album by rock band Mostly Autumn . It is the first album to feature drummer Jonathon Blackmore and bassist Andy Smith. It is the only Mostly Autumn album on which Angela Gordon receives a writing credit.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "...Just Moving On" (Josh) – 1:30
  2. "We Come and We Go" (Josh) – 4:36
  3. "Half the Mountain" (Josh) – 5:22
  4. "The Eyes of the Forest" (Findlay/Josh) – 2:53
  5. "The Dark Before the Dawn" (Josh/Jennings/Faulds) – 5:10
  6. "Hollow" (Jennings) – 6:08
  7. "Prints in the Stone" (Josh/Davison) – 3:27
  8. "The Last Bright Light" (Josh) – 8:34
  9. "Never the Rainbow" (Findlay/Jennings) – 3:48
  10. "Shrinking Violet" (Findlay/Josh) – 8:34
  11. "Helms Deep" (Josh) – 6:45
  12. "Which Wood?" (Gordon) – 2:45
  13. "Mother Nature" (Josh) – 12:09

Personnel

Additional personnel

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References

  1. "DPRP CD Reviews - New Year's Special 2002". www.dprp.net. Retrieved 2009-11-22.