Beetroot is the fourth album

Album

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 by the English

England

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 band Cast

Cast (band)

Cast are an English rock band from Liverpool, formed in 1992 by John Power and Peter Wilkinson after Power left The La's and Wilkinson's former band Shack had split...

, released in 2001. From the album, only one single was released, "Desert Drought", which reached #45 in the UK Singles chart.

Background

In the run up to the album's release, the band ran a competition via their then-official website, appealing to fans to submit their own ideas for possible album titles, as the band proposed that they would choose a title from all of the entries received. However, despite the many suggestions, John ultimately decided to stick with his own working title for the project, 'Beetroot'.

Although the band chose not to use any of the names suggested, they did make a Top 10 list of alternate album titles:

• '4Cast'
• 'All Of Us Are'
• 'Out From Within'
• 'Pyramid'
• 'Recreativity'
• 'Reflector'
• 'Sense & Sensemilia'
• 'So It Goes'
• 'Spirit Level'
• 'What Remains To Be Discovered?'

Track listing

All songs written by John Power.

1. "Desert Drought
   Desert Drought
   "Desert Drought" is the eleventh single by the Liverpool britpop band Cast, fronted by ex La's bassist John Power.-Formats and track listings:CD single # "Desert Drought"# "Cobwebs"# "Desert Drought"...
   
   " – 2:47
2. "Heal Me" – 1:36
3. "Curtains" – 3:25
4. "Kingdoms and Crowns" – 3:41
5. "Giving It All Away" – 4:17
6. "Lose Myself" – 4:09
7. "I Never Can Say" – 4:31
8. "High Wire" – 3:56
9. "Meditations" – 3:49
10. "JetSteam" – 4:32
11. "U-Turn" – 3:12
12. "Universal Grinding Wheel" – 3:59

Personnel

Cast

• John Power – vocals, guitar, backing vocals, producer, mixing, arrangements
• Peter Wilkinson
  Peter Wilkinson (musician)
  Peter Wilkinson in an English musician.-Biography:He is best known as the bass player with Cast, whom he co-founded with frontman John Power in 1992 and was a member of until the band disbanded in 2002, and Shack...
  
   – bass, backing vocals
• Liam "Skin" Tyson
  Liam Tyson
  Liam "Skin" Tyson is an English guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for Liverpool band Cast.Prior to joining Cast, Tyson played in the band 'Pyramid Dream' who played around Liverpool in the late 80's and early 90's...
  
   – guitar, backing vocals
• Keith O'Neill – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

• Tristin Norwell – producer, engineer, mixing, arrangements
• Simon B. Sheridan – engineer
• Claire Lewis – assistant engineer
• Damon Iddins – assistant engineer
• Adrian Hall – assistant engineer
• The Weathermen – ProTools operator
• Lawrence Johnson – additional vocal arrangements
• Kevin Metcalfe – mastering

Additional musicians

• Lurine Cato – backing vocals
• Michelle John – backing vocals
• Rachel McFarlane
  Rachel McFarlane
  Rachel McFarlane is a British singer who was born in Manchester in 1971. She began singing at the age of twelve years old as a gospel singer....
  
   – backing vocals
• David Farmer – brass
• David Vines – brass
• David Williamson – brass
• James Watson – brass
• Richard Brown – brass
• Tom Edwards – brass
• Tom Watson – brass
• William Watson – brass
• Paul Ellison – piano, flute

Additional personnel

• Matthew Sankey – design
• Barry Dawson – photography
• Martyn Goodacre – photography
• Brian Cannon
  Brian Cannon
  Brian Cannon is a British graphic designer, art director, photographer, band manager and music video director. He is best known for his Microdot graphic design company and its work in the 1990s, which created the album cover for Oasis' record breaking debut album, Definitely Maybe, in 1994.Two of...
  
   – photography

Chart performance

Charts (2001)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	78

External links

• Beetroot at Billboard
• [ Beetroot at Allmusic]