Awkward Annie is the seventh studio album by English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 contemporary folk musician Kate Rusby

Kate Rusby

Kate Anna Rusby is an English folk singer and songwriter from Penistone, South Yorkshire. Sometimes known as The Barnsley Nightingale, she has headlined various British national folk festivals, and is regarded as one of the most famous English folk singers of contemporary times...

, released on 3 September 2007 on Pure Records. The album is the first to be produced by Rusby herself, following her split with husband and producer John McCusker

John McCusker

John McCusker is a Scottish folk musician, record producer and composer. An accomplished fiddle player, he had a long association as a member of the Battlefield Band beginning in the 1990s and was later a band member and producer for folk singer Kate Rusby...

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Regarding her role as producer Rusby states that:

Song information

Rusby states that the track "Bitter Boy" is her favourite composition that she herself has written.

"John Barbury" is set to a traditional melody, Child Ballad

Child Ballads

The Child Ballads are a collection of 305 ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, collected by Francis James Child in the late nineteenth century...

 89 ("Fause Foodrage

Fause Foodrage

-Synopsis:Nobles rebelled against the king, and Fa’se Footrage, among them, sneaks into the royal castle to kill the king—or, in other variants, the Eastmure king kills King Honour because his suit for King Honor's queen was rejected. The queen pleads for her life until her child is born. Fa’se...

"). This tune became well known in the late 1960s after Richard Thompson used it as the basis for the Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...

 song "Farewell, Farewell".

The bonus track, a cover

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of The Kinks

The Kinks

The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...

' song "The Village Green Preservation Society", was recorded as the theme for BBC TV

BBC Television

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 sitcom Jam and Jerusalem

Jam and Jerusalem

Jam & Jerusalem is a British comedy-drama that aired on BBC One from 2006 to 2009. Written by Jennifer Saunders and Abigail Wilson, it starred Sue Johnston, Jennifer Saunders, Pauline McLynn, Dawn French, Maggie Steed, David Mitchell, and Sally Phillips. Earlier episodes also starred Joanna Lumley...

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Track listing

1. "Awkward Annie"
2. "Bitter Boy"
3. "John Barbury"
4. "High On a Hill"
5. "Farewell"
6. "Planets"
7. "The Old Man"
8. "Andrew Lammie
   Andrew Lammie
   Andrew Lammie is Child ballad 233. It is said to record a historical event, with the grave of the heroine in the at Fyvie.-Synopsis:Tifty’s Annie falls in love with Andrew Lammie, a lord's trumpeter. Her parents refuse permission because he is poor. He has to leave, and although he has promised...
   
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9. "Streams of Nancy"
10. "Daughter of Heaven"
11. "Blooming Heather
    Wild Mountain Thyme
    "Wild Mountain Thyme", also known as "Purple Heather" and "Will You Go Lassie, Go", is a folk song, rewritten by Francis McPeake, a native of Belfast, Northern Ireland...
    
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12. "The Village Green Preservation Society" (bonus track)