Two (Kathryn Williams and Neill MacColl album)

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Two
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Studio album by
Kathryn Williams & Neill MacColl
Released3 March 2008
Label CAW Records
Kathryn Williams chronology
Leave to Remain
(2006)		Two
(2008)		 The Quickening
(2010)

Two is Kathryn Williams 7th studio album, released by CAW Records on 3 March 2008. [1]

Contents

The album is a collaboration with Neill MacColl. The pair met at the Daughters of Albion concert at the Barbican in 2005 where she performed "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", which was written by Neill MacColl's father, Ewan MacColl. They met up in May 2007 to write and record 21 songs for the album in six days. [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
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The album garnered positive reviews with The Independent calling the album "a magical meeting of intuitive musical minds". [6] The BBC's Michael Quinn claimed it is "a disc to be cherished from the first note to the last". [7] Drowned in Sound said "There is such an ease to each composition, as if they have been played for years". [3] The Guardian decided "it would be a major triumph if there was just a little variety in the mood & pace". [4]

Track listing

  1. 6am Corner—3:22
  2. Innocent When You Dream—3:15 (Tom Waits)
  3. Come With Me—3:27
  4. Before It Goes—3:06
  5. Blue Fields—3:15
  6. Frame—3:20
  7. Grey Goes—3:01
  8. Weather Forever—3:40
  9. Shoulders—3:46
  10. Armchair—2:42
  11. Rolling Down—2:31
  12. All—1:07
  13. Holes In Your Life—3:02

Personnel

Recording details

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References

  1. ↑ "Kathryn Williams & Neill Maccoll - Two". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  2. ↑ Rogers, Jude (2008-02-28). "Intimate strangers". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  3. 1 2 "Album Review: Kathryn Williams & Neill MacColl - Two". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  4. 1 2 Denselow, Robin (2008-02-28). "Kathryn Williams/Neill MacColl, Two". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  5. ↑ Two review – Pop Matters
  6. ↑ "Album: Kathryn Williams & Neill MacColl, Two (Caw Records)". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  7. ↑ Quinn, Michael. "BBC - Music - Review of Kathryn Williams and Neill Maccoll - Two" . Retrieved 2016-03-27.
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