Marvellous Year
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Marvellous Year is an album by New Zealand
songwriter Don McGlashan
and The Seven Sisters. The Seven Sisters are: Chris O'Connor, Maree Thom, John Segovia and Dominic Blaazer. All the songs were written by Don McGlashan.
Label: Arch Hill Recordings
. Release date: 2 March, 2009.
It was recorded at Neil Finn
's Roundhead Studios
in Auckland
, produced by Don McGlashan and Sean Donnelly aka SJD
and mixed by Jordan Stone, except for "Bad Blood", which was mixed by Luke Tomes. Neil Finn sang backing vocals on "18th Day" and "C2006P1 (Make Yourself at Home)". The string arrangements on "Not Ready" were by Don McGlashan and Victoria Kelly, who wrote the music for the film Out of the Blue
in 2006.
"Marvellous Year" is from the Allen Curnow
poem "The Skeleton of the Great Moa in the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch" :
The album has been well-received by critics.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
songwriter Don McGlashan
Don McGlashan
Don McGlashan is a New Zealand musician and songwriter who has been a member of bands such as The Plague, From Scratch, The Whizz Kids, Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, The Mutton Birds and, from 2009, The Bellbirds. He composed several pieces for the Limbs Dance Company...
and The Seven Sisters. The Seven Sisters are: Chris O'Connor, Maree Thom, John Segovia and Dominic Blaazer. All the songs were written by Don McGlashan.
Label: Arch Hill Recordings
Arch Hill Recordings
Arch Hill Recordings, formerly Arch Hill Studios, is a New Zealand recording studio and record label in Auckland. It was founded in 1998.Artists include David Kilgour The Clean, The Bats, Don McGlashan, Bachelorette, The Boxcar Guitars, Luke Buda, Dappled Cities Fly, Fang, Ghostplane, Grand Prix,...
. Release date: 2 March, 2009.
It was recorded at Neil Finn
Neil Finn
Neil Mullane Finn, OBE is a New Zealand Pop recording artist. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz and is now frontman for Crowded House...
's Roundhead Studios
Roundhead Studios
Roundhead Studios is an Auckland-based sound recording studio owned by singer-songwriter Neil Finn. It was officially opened in June 2007, however by the time of its opening, several international artists had already used it whilst the studio was either in construction or receiving finishing...
in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, produced by Don McGlashan and Sean Donnelly aka SJD
SJD (musician)
SJD, or Sean James Donnelly, is a musician from Auckland, New Zealand. His music is a mix of electronica, pop-rock, and soul. The name SJD also refers to Donnelly's touring band when not performing solo....
and mixed by Jordan Stone, except for "Bad Blood", which was mixed by Luke Tomes. Neil Finn sang backing vocals on "18th Day" and "C2006P1 (Make Yourself at Home)". The string arrangements on "Not Ready" were by Don McGlashan and Victoria Kelly, who wrote the music for the film Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue (2006 film)
Out of the Blue is a 2006 New Zealand film directed by Robert Sarkies and starring Karl Urban. The film premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival in Canada and was released in New Zealand on 12 October 2006 to minor controversy...
in 2006.
"Marvellous Year" is from the Allen Curnow
Allen Curnow
Thomas Allen Munro Curnow ONZ CBE was a New Zealand poet and journalist. Curnow was born in Timaru and educated at Christchurch Boys' High School, Canterbury University, and Auckland University...
poem "The Skeleton of the Great Moa in the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch" :
"Not I, some child, born in a marvellous year,
Will learn the trick of standing upright here."
The album has been well-received by critics.
Track listing
- "The Switch"
- "Bad Blood"
- "Not Ready"
- "You're the Song"
- "Everything's Broken; Life's So Sweet"
- "18th Day"
- "Marvellous Year"
- "Radio Programmer"
- "C2006P1 (Make Yourself at Home)"
- "Bathe in the River"
- "Theme From 'The Colossus of Roadies'"
Songs
- "Bad Blood" is on Kiwi Hit Disc 114, NZ On Air, April 2009.
- "Bathe in the RiverBathe in the River"Bathe in the River" is a single released by New Zealand group Mt Raskil Preservation Society, featuring singer Hollie Smith. It appeared on the soundtrack for the New Zealand movie, No. 2....
", sung by Don McGlashan on Marvellous Year, was originally sung by Hollie SmithHollie SmithHollie Smith is a New Zealand soul singer-songwriter. Her debut album Long Player reached number one on the RIANZ albums chart in 2007, and certified double platinum.-Early years:...
on the soundtrack to the film No. 2. The song won the APRA Silver Scroll in 2006. - "The Colossus of Roadies" is from a stage show Don worked on with Toa FraserToa FraserToa Fraser, born in Britain in 1975, of a Fijian father and a British mother, is a playwright and film director. His second feature film, Dean Spanley, starring Sam Neill, Jeremy Northam and Peter O'Toole, premiered in September 2008.-Life:...
, director of No. 2.