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Witchazel | ||||
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Released | 11 March 2009 (Download) 7 March 2011 (CD,Vinyl) | |||
Recorded | 2008 | |||
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Length | 49:57 | |||
Label | Acid Jazz | |||
Producer | Matt Berry | |||
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Witchazel is an album by English actor, comedian and musician Matt Berry.
Witchazel is Berry's third album [1] and was originally released as a free download from his website on 11 March 2009. It was commercially released through Acid Jazz Records on 7 March 2011. [2]
Most instruments are played by Berry with Peter Serafinowicz as "Paul Mcartney" providing backing vocals on "Rain Came Down". [3] According to Berry the album is about "the terrors of the countryside". [1] [4]
"Take My Hand" is used as the opening theme for the comedy series Toast of London , and an instrumental version is a recurring motif in the dark comedy series Snuff Box .
All tracks are written by Matt Berry, unless noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "An Awakening" | 0:46 | |
2. | "Take My Hand" | 3:11 | |
3. | "Accident at a Harvest Festival" | 3:25 | |
4. | "A Song for Rosie" | 2:50 | |
5. | "So Low" | 3:16 | |
6. | "Look in My Book" | 2:26 | |
7. | "The Pheasant" | 8:42 | |
8. | "Woman" | 3:31 | |
9. | "The Badger's Wake" | 3:49 | |
10. | "Rain Came Down (Featuring Paul Mcartney)" | 4:12 | |
11. | "From the Manger to the Mortuary / Recorder Dance" | Matt Berry, Cecilia Fage | 5:08 |
12. | "Into the Sky" | 3:08 | |
13. | "Roosting Time" | 5:25 |
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