Cinder is the seventh major album by Australian trio, Dirty Three

Dirty Three

Dirty Three are an instrumental trio consisting of Warren Ellis , Mick Turner and Jim White , originating from Melbourne, Australia. Since the Dirty Three formed in 1992, they have spent a lot of time overseas...

. Conceived in the summer of 2005 on Phillip Island, in South Eastern Australia, the songs are shorter, more trimmed down and classic in composition than usual Dirty Three output.

Recorded in just 10 days, Cinder's 19 tracks includes violin, drums, mandolin, bouzouki, organ, piano, acoustic guitar, bagpipes, and, rarely for a Dirty Three album, vocals.

Chan Marshall also lends her talents to the album with some vocals, as well as co-writing one of the songs.

Cover art by guitarist Mick Turner

Mick Turner

Mick Turner is an Australian musician and painter best known as the guitarist for Dirty Three.Prior to his work with Dirty Three, Turner was a member of several Melbourne-based rock bands: Sick Things , The Moodists , Fungus Brains , and Venom P...

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Track listing

All tracks by Dirty Three

Dirty Three

Dirty Three are an instrumental trio consisting of Warren Ellis , Mick Turner and Jim White , originating from Melbourne, Australia. Since the Dirty Three formed in 1992, they have spent a lot of time overseas...

 except were noted

1. "Ever Since" – 4:48
2. "She Passed Through" – 3:26
3. "Amy" – 2:48
4. "Sad Jexy" – 3:23
5. "Cinders" – 3:02
6. "Doris" – 3:26
7. "Flutter" – 6:36
8. "The Zither Player" (Félix Lajkó
   Félix Lajkó
   Félix Lajkó is a Hungarian violinist, zither player and composer. He plays a variation of musical styles: traditional string music of the Pannonian plain, Romani music, folk music, classical music, rock, blues, jazz and improvised melodies...
   
   )– 5:01
9. "It Happened" – 2:14
10. "Great Waves" – 3:28 (vocals by Chan Marshall
    Cat Power
    Charlyn Marie Marshall , also known as Chan Marshall or by her stage name Cat Power, is an American singer/songwriter and occasional actress and model. Cat Power was originally the name of Marshall's first band, but has come to refer to her musical projects with various backing bands...
    
    )
11. "Dream Evie" – 2:43
12. "Too Soon, Too Late" – 3:29
13. "This Night" – 3:56
14. "Rain On" – 3:39
15. "Ember" – 2:38
16. "Michèle" – 3:23
17. "Feral" – 4:10 (vocals by Sally Timms
    Sally Timms
    Sally Timms is an English singer and songwriter. Timms is best known for her long involvement with the Mekons whom she joined in 1985....
    
     of The Mekons)
18. "Last Dance" – 4:16
19. "In Fall" – 3:54

Bonus tracks on Japanese release

20. "June's A Calling" - 1:50
    
21. "Lisa's Mountain" - 2:57

Personnel

• Warren Ellis
  Warren Ellis
  Warren Girard Ellis is an English author of comics, novels, and television, who is well-known for sociocultural commentary, both through his online presence and through his writing, which covers transhumanist themes...
  
   – Mandolin, Piano, Violin, Viola, Bazouki
• Chan Marshall – Vocals
• Casey Rice – Engineer, Mixing
• Mark Saul – Bagpipes
• Sally Timms
  Sally Timms
  Sally Timms is an English singer and songwriter. Timms is best known for her long involvement with the Mekons whom she joined in 1985....
  
   – Vocals
• Mick Turner
  Mick Turner
  Mick Turner is an Australian musician and painter best known as the guitarist for Dirty Three.Prior to his work with Dirty Three, Turner was a member of several Melbourne-based rock bands: Sick Things , The Moodists , Fungus Brains , and Venom P...
  
   – Organ, Bass, Guitar, Cover Art
• Jim White
  Jim White (drummer)
  Jim White is an Australian drummer . He is the drummer for the Dirty Three, a band formed in Melbourne, but he has also played with a number of other groups, including:*Tren Brothers, consisting of Jim White and Mick Turner, guitarist of the Dirty Three....
  
  – Drums