Down the Hillside is the debut solo album by Nine Black Alps

Nine Black Alps

Nine Black Alps are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester, named after a line in The Couriers by Sylvia Plath and fronted by Sam Forrest.-Career:...

 front-man Sam Forrest

Sam Forrest

Sam Forrest is the lead singer and guitarist for Nine Black Alps, a member of The Sorry Kisses and a solo singer-songwriter. Forrest previously played bass in The Halcyon Band....

, released September 29, 2008 on Desert Mine Music. Only 1000 copies of the album were produced, each of them individually numbered.

In January 2010, Forrest noted that "Down the Hillside was a collection of songs I had that didn’t really fit the Nine Black Alps mould."

Track listing

1. "Down the Hillside"
2. "Heart of the Winter"
3. "River Bed"
4. "In the Garden"
5. "You're Gonna Be Lonely"
6. "In My Picture"
7. "Now That I Found You"
8. "Ivory Tower"
9. "Lost and Left Behind"
10. "Can't Take You Anywhere"
11. "On the Way Down"

Personnel

• Sam Forrest - vocals, guitar, bass, production, mixing
• Hayley Hutchinson - backing vocals
• Alan Leach - drums
• Iain Archer
  Iain Archer
  Iain Denis Archer is a singer–songwriter from Bangor, Northern Ireland, who was once a secondary lyricist for the indie band Snow Patrol. Archer comes from a musical background and released several solo albums in the mid 90s on the small Scottish independent label Sticky Music...
  
  - mixing
• Dave Lynch - mastering