Artist.......: Tom McRae
Album........: King of cards
Label........: V2
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Apr-19-2007
str.date.....: Apr-30-2007
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Set the Story Straight 05:19
02. Bright Lights 03:34
03. Got A Suitcase Got Regrets 03:42
04. Keep Your Pictures Clear 03:58
05. Houdini and the Girl 03:04
06. Sound of the City 04:16
07. On and on 04:07
08. Deliver Me 04:02
09. One Mississippi 04:12
10. The Ballad of Amelia Earhart 03:24
11. Lord How Long 03:57
Runtime 43:35 min
Size 62,6 MB
Release Notes:
Singer/songwriter Tom McRae credits his upbringing
for leading him to a career in music. While growing
up in Chelmsford, near Suffolk, his parents were
vicars in the Church of England and McRae sang in
the choir. His mother played guitar and as a teen,
he'd borrow it. When his sisters were listening to
Kate Bush and U2, McRae followed and began buying
records. He also started to become serious about
music. At age 18, he went off to Guild Hall
University to study music politics, soon forming
bands and writing songs. A chance meeting with
sound engineer Roger Bechirian (Elvis Costello,
Squeeze, Carlene Carter) led him to a working
relationship. He and Bechirian shaped McRae's
soft-spoken sound, which later yanked him a deal
with Mercury's db records. Tom McRae's confessional
self-titled debut appeared in fall 2001 and earned
him comparisons to Nick Drake and Bob Dylan.
Critics raved and McRae also a gained Mercury Music
Prize nomination the same year.