A Victory for Common Sense
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A Victory For Common Sense is an album of songs by the British group Stackridge
. It was released in the U.K. by Helium Records.
Stackridge
Stackridge are a British folk, pop and progressive rock group who were at the height of their success during the early 1970s. The band's output is characterized by quirky humour and rhythmic catchy sing-along tunes....
. It was released in the U.K. by Helium Records.
Track listing
- "Boots And Shoes" (Andy Davis, James Warren) – 4:06
- "The Old Country" (Davis, Warren, Mutter Slater, Crun Walter) – 3:17
- "(Waiting For You And) England To Return" (Warren, Davis, Glenn Tommey, Slater) – 4:05
- "Red Squirrel" (Davis) – 5:44
- "North St Grande" (Slater, Davis) – 3:45
- "Long Dark River" (Walter) – 7:15
- "Lost And Found" (Davis, Warren, Tommey) – 4:39
- "Cheese And Ham" ((Davis, Warren, Tommey, Slater) – 5:55
- "The Day The World Stopped Turning" (Davis, Warren, Tommey) – 11:05
Personnel and production
- Produced by Chris Hughes
- Recorded and Mixed by Mark Frith and Chris Hughes
- Recorded and Mixed at Ashley Manor, Wiltshire
- Andy Davis : guitars, keyboards, vocals
- James Warren : guitars, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals - "Mutter" Slater : fluteWestern concert fluteThe Western concert flute is a transverse woodwind instrument made of metal or wood. It is the most common variant of the flute. A musician who plays the flute is called a flautist, flutist, or flute player....
, acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
, vocals - Jim "Crun" Walter : bass guitar, acoustic guitar
- Glenn Tommey : keyboards, tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
, backing vocals - Rachel Hall : violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
- Sarah Mitchell : violin, backing vocals
- Eddie John : drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Andy "Codge" Marsden : drums
- Mark Frith : programming
- Chris Hughes : percussion
- Davide Rossi : strings arrangements