ARTiST: David Ford
ALBUM: Let The Hard Times Roll
BiTRATE: 183kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Original Signal Recordings
GENRE: Indie
SiZE: 61.10 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 44min 37sec total
RiP DATE: 2010-04-01
STORE DATE: 2010-04-20
Track List:
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01. Panic 3:45
02. Making Up For Lost Time 3:00
03. Waiting For The Storm 4:45
04. Surfin' Guantanamo Bay 2:21
05. To Hell With The World 4:09
06. Stephen 3:19
07. Nothing At All 2:14
08. Sylvia 2:58
09. Meet Me In The Middle 3:50
10. Missouri 1:30
11. She's Not The One 3:38
12. Hurricane 4:18
13. Call To Arms 4:50
Release Notes:
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British troubadour David Ford is set to release his third album Let The Hard
Times Roll on April 20, 2010 via Original Signal Recordings.
Let The Hard Times Roll is Ford's third and boldest album, containing some of
the most upbeat, rocking songs he's ever written, like the genuinely boisterous
"She's Not The One." The album represents the era in which it was created, so
there's an underlying tension that runs throughout, as on opener "Panic," all
strained nerves in its urgent bass groove, blistering electric guitar, and piano
that keeps time like a wound clock; the pensive lament "Waiting For The Storm;"
and dissatisfied barroom choral "Nothing At All." Already known for his searing
political anthems ("State Of The Union" off 2006's I Sincerely Apologise For Any
Trouble I've Caused; "Requiem" off 2008's Songs For The Road), the sultry,
swaying backroom stomp "Surfin' Guantanamo Bay" and the solemn accordion and
banjo-based elegy "Stephen" are among his most scathing and pointed indictments.
Yet relief and hope also weave through the album - in songs like the melodic,
rolling ease of "Making Up For Lost Time" and the stately and inspiriting "Call
To Arms" - which underline the fulfillment found in fundamental pursuits like
love, friendship, honesty, music, and community. And there are a few love songs,
too - the haunting, desolate beauty of fan favorite, piano and strings ballad
"To Hell With The World" and the blithe swing of "Sylvia" - with charming, dark
edges only Ford could pen.
In keeping with his reputation as a remarkable one-man band, Ford plays nearly
every instrument on, produced, and engineered (with the help of James Brown,
who's worked with Foo Fighters, Brendan Benson, Placebo) Let The Hard Times
Roll, in addition to writing all the string arrangements and designing the
artwork. The album was recorded throughout all of 2009 in a variety of settings,
although not one of them a studio. All but one track were laid to tape in an
industrial estate empty unit in Eastbourne, England; the concise, homesick
"Missouri" was recorded in a room at the Rodeway Inn motel in Warrensburg, MO,
while on a solo tour in 2008. Bits and pieces of piano parts and chorus vocals
were also captured in a former convalescent hospital's family quarters in
Southern England.