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| The Pioneer Sessions | ||||
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| Released | January 22, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 41:06 | |||
| Label | YIKE Records | |||
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The Pioneer Sessions is a compilation album by William Beckett containing acoustic versions of songs from his previous three EPs. It was released on January 22, 2013, under YIKE Records.
All tracks are written by William Beckett.
| No. | Title | Original release | Length |
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| 1. | "Compromising Me" | Walk the Talk | 3:27 |
| 2. | "Girl, You Shoulda Been a Drummer" | Walk the Talk | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Oh, Love!" | Walk the Talk | 3:42 |
| 4. | "You Never Give Up" | Walk the Talk | 3:22 |
| 5. | "Great Night" | Winds Will Change | 3:02 |
| 6. | "Warriors" | Winds Will Change | 3:04 |
| 7. | "Scarlet (Tokyo)" | Winds Will Change | 3:20 |
| 8. | "Dig a Hole" | Winds Will Change | 4:07 |
| 9. | "Stuck in Love" | What Will Be | 2:52 |
| 10. | "Slip Away" | What Will Be | 3:25 |
| 11. | "Dear Life" | What Will Be | 3:43 |
| 12. | "Our Story's Already Been Told" | What Will Be | 3:37 |
| Total length: | 41:06 | ||
Arthur William à Beckett was an English journalist and intellectual.
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish novelist, dramatist, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. His literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal and tragicomic experiences of life, often coupled with black comedy and nonsense. His work became increasingly minimalist as his career progressed, involving more aesthetic and linguistic experimentation, with techniques of repetition and self-reference. He is considered one of the last modernist writers, and one of the key figures in what Martin Esslin called the Theatre of the Absurd.
Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting the titular Godot, who never arrives. Waiting for Godot is Beckett's translation of his own original French-language play, En attendant Godot, and is subtitled "a tragicomedy in two acts".
Dame Margaret Mary Beckett is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby South since 1983. A member of the Labour Party, she became Britain's first female Foreign Secretary in 2006 and served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Tony Blair throughout his tenure. Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1992 to 1994, Beckett briefly served as Leader of the Opposition and Acting Leader of the Labour Party following John Smith's death in 1994.
The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project which began in 1899 with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of England, and was dedicated to Queen Victoria. In 2012 the project was rededicated to Queen Elizabeth II in celebration of her Diamond Jubilee year. Since 1933 the project has been coordinated by the Institute of Historical Research in the University of London.
Baron Grimthorpe, of Grimthorpe in the East Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 February 1886 for the lawyer and architect Edmund Beckett, 5th Baronet, with remainder to the heirs male of his father. He was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew, the second Baron. He had earlier represented Grimsby in Parliament. As of 2014 the titles are held by the latter's great-grandson, the fifth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2003.
The National Socialist League (NSL) was a short-lived Nazi political movement in the United Kingdom immediately prior to the Second World War.
John Warburton Beckett was a British politician who was a Labour Party MP from 1924 to 1931. During the 1930s, he joined the fascist movement, first in the British Union of Fascists and later as a founder of the National Socialist League. During World War II, he was interned in Britain.
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett was an English humorist.
Dr. Carson Beckett is a fictional Scottish character in the 2004 Canadian-American science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis, a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1. He is portrayed by Scottish-born Canadian actor Paul McGillion, who previously played Dr. Ernest Littlefield in the first season of SG-1. The character's Scottish nationality was only decided after McGillion's audition.
The Academy Is... is an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2003. Before temporarily disbanding, they were signed by the Decaydance imprint of the Fueled by Ramen label. They were originally known as "The Academy", but added the "Is..." in 2004 to avoid legal complications with other established bands already under that name. The band has released three studio albums: Almost Here (2005), Santi (2007) and Fast Times at Barrington High (2008), along with four EPs. The band announced their disbandment on October 8, 2011. In May 2015, lead singer William Beckett announced that the band would reunite at Riot Fest 2015 in Chicago. In addition, the core members of the band, being Beckett, Mike Carden, Adam Siska, and Andy Mrotek, as well as Jamie Reed Schefman and Ian Crawford, reunited for a farewell tour that took place during December 2015. They announced that they would be reuniting again on May 11, 2022, alongside the announcement of their participation in the 2022 Riot Fest.
Hastings William Sackville Russell, 12th Duke of Bedford was a British peer. He was born at Cairnsmore House, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, the son of Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford, and his wife Mary Du Caurroy Tribe, the aviator and ornithologist. He was known for both his career as a naturalist and for his involvement in far-right politics.
Sir William à Beckett was a British barrister and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria.
The British People's Party (BPP) was a British far-right political party founded in 1939 and led by ex-British Union of Fascists (BUF) member and Labour Party Member of Parliament John Beckett.
Beckett Park is a residential area and a large public park in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is in the Weetwood ward of Leeds City Council. It borders onto Headingley, West Park and Kirkstall. It is named after Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe.
Pegging is a sexual practice in which a woman performs anal sex on a man by penetrating his anus with a strap-on dildo.
William Beckett is an American musician who is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the Chicago-based rock band The Academy Is..., who signed to Atlantic Records/Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance Records. While still in high school in 2002, Beckett and guitarist Mike Carden came together from rival bands in Chicago to form The Academy Is... In addition to founding the band, Beckett and Carden are credited as the primary songwriters. A third core member of the band was Adam T. Siska, Beckett's classmate and friend from Barrington High School.
William Beckett may refer to:
"The Capital of the Ruins" is a short piece of reportage by Samuel Beckett written in 1946.
Frances "Cissie" Beckett (1880-1951) was an Irish artist. She was a contemporary of Estella Solomons and Beatrice Elvery, with whom she studied at Académie Colarossi. She was part of the Young Irish Artists exhibition and exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy. She was also the paternal aunt of Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett.
