Cogs, Wheels and Lovers
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Cogs, Wheels & Lovers is the twenty-first studio album by the electric folk
band Steeleye Span
. It was released on the 26th October 2009. It is the band's fourth studio album to feature the line-up of Maddy Prior
, Peter Knight, Rick Kemp
, Ken Nicol and Liam Genockey
.
The songs on the album are entirely traditional pieces. As such, this album marks a return to the band's early pattern of recording modern arrangements of traditional songs, and marks a departure of its tendency, demonstrated since the early 1980s, of doing both traditional songs and song they wrote themselves.
2. Locks and Bolts
3. Creeping Jane
4. Just as the Tide
5. Ranzo
6. The Machiner’s Song
7. Our Captain Cried
8. Two Constant Lovers
9. Madam will you Walk
10. The Unquiet Grave
11. Thornaby Woods
Electric folk
Electric folk is the name given to the form of folk rock pioneered in England from the late 1960s, and most significant in the 1970s, which then was taken up and developed in the surrounding Celtic cultures of Brittany, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man, to produce Celtic rock and its...
band Steeleye Span
Steeleye Span
Steeleye Span are an English folk-rock band, formed in 1969 and remaining active today. Along with Fairport Convention they are amongst the best known acts of the British folk revival, and were among the most commercially successful, thanks to their hit singles "Gaudete" and "All Around My Hat"....
. It was released on the 26th October 2009. It is the band's fourth studio album to feature the line-up of Maddy Prior
Maddy Prior
Maddy Prior is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span.-Early life:...
, Peter Knight, Rick Kemp
Rick Kemp
Rick Kemp is an English bass player, songwriter, vocalist and record producer, best known for his work with the pioneering electric folk band, Steeleye Span.-Projects:...
, Ken Nicol and Liam Genockey
Liam Genockey
Liam Genockey is an Irish drummer.Liam Genockey was born in Dublin, Ireland. During the 1960s he lived in Plymouth, Devon, U.K, playing in local semi-pro groups, then in the early 70's playing with Torbay based rock band Adolphus Rebirth...
.
The songs on the album are entirely traditional pieces. As such, this album marks a return to the band's early pattern of recording modern arrangements of traditional songs, and marks a departure of its tendency, demonstrated since the early 1980s, of doing both traditional songs and song they wrote themselves.
Personnel
- Maddy PriorMaddy PriorMaddy Prior is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span.-Early life:...
- vocals - Peter Knight - violin, vocals
- Rick KempRick KempRick Kemp is an English bass player, songwriter, vocalist and record producer, best known for his work with the pioneering electric folk band, Steeleye Span.-Projects:...
- bass, vocals - Ken Nicol - guitar, vocals
- Liam GenockeyLiam GenockeyLiam Genockey is an Irish drummer.Liam Genockey was born in Dublin, Ireland. During the 1960s he lived in Plymouth, Devon, U.K, playing in local semi-pro groups, then in the early 70's playing with Torbay based rock band Adolphus Rebirth...
- drums, percussion
Tracks
1. Gallant Frigate Amphitrite2. Locks and Bolts
3. Creeping Jane
4. Just as the Tide
5. Ranzo
6. The Machiner’s Song
7. Our Captain Cried
8. Two Constant Lovers
9. Madam will you Walk
10. The Unquiet Grave
The Unquiet Grave
"The Unquiet Grave" is an English folk song in which a young man mourns his dead love too hard and prevents her from obtaining peace. It is thought to date from 1400 and was collected in 1868 by Francis James Child, as Child Ballad number 78....
11. Thornaby Woods