One Good Thing (Lou Rhodes album)
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One Good Thing it the third solo album released by English singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes
. It was released in early 2010, following a reunion tour of Rhodes with her previous band Lamb
.
. The album was the first recorded collaboration since 2004 between Rhodes and her former band co-member, Andy Barlow, who also co-produced the album. The album has been described as "incredibly intimate, introspective and emotional". Another reviewer describes the album as "Rhodes essentially pick(ing) up where her 2007 album, Bloom, left off, using guitar and strings elegantly but sparingly, to underscore excerpts from her diary of the past three years."
Lou Rhodes
Lou Rhodes is an English singer and songwriter from Manchester, now living in Wiltshire. In addition to providing vocals and lyrics for the band Lamb, Rhodes has released three solo albums: Beloved One, Bloom and One Good Thing...
. It was released in early 2010, following a reunion tour of Rhodes with her previous band Lamb
Lamb (band)
Lamb is an electronic music duo from Manchester, England, whose music is influenced by trip hop and drum and bass. The duo consists of producer Andy Barlow, who also produces under the pseudonym Hipoptimist, and singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes...
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History
The album was written and recorded during Lou Rhodes' 2009 reunion tour with her previous band LambLamb (band)
Lamb is an electronic music duo from Manchester, England, whose music is influenced by trip hop and drum and bass. The duo consists of producer Andy Barlow, who also produces under the pseudonym Hipoptimist, and singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes...
. The album was the first recorded collaboration since 2004 between Rhodes and her former band co-member, Andy Barlow, who also co-produced the album. The album has been described as "incredibly intimate, introspective and emotional". Another reviewer describes the album as "Rhodes essentially pick(ing) up where her 2007 album, Bloom, left off, using guitar and strings elegantly but sparingly, to underscore excerpts from her diary of the past three years."
Track listing
- One Sweet Thing Rhodes 3:37
- There For the Taking Rhodes 3:45
- The More I Run Rhodes 2:39
- It All Rhodes 4:09
- Janey Rhodes 3:35
- Circles Rhodes 3:28
- Magic Day Rhodes 3:27
- The Ocean Rhodes 5:34
- Melancholy Me Rhodes 3:25
- Baby Rhodes 2:31
- Why Wait For Heaven Rhodes 4:05
Musicians
- Andy BarlowAndy Barlow (producer)Andrew John Barlow is a British producer most famous for his work with trip-hop band Lamb which he co-founded with singer Lou Rhodes. He has also released work under the alias Hipoptimist. Barlow is a member of the band Hoof and has worked on a project called Luna Seeds...
Drums (Bass), Fender Rhodes - Stephen Junior Guitar, Slide Guitar
- Danny Keane Cello
- Stella Page Violin
- Antonia Pagulatos String Arrangements, Violin
- Michael Pagulatos String Arrangements, Viola
- Lou Rhodes Drums (Bass), Guitar, Tambourine, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
- Jon ThorneJon ThorneJon Thorne is an English double bassist.Born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire he lived in Zimbabwe from the age of 6 to 11 and is now based in Whalley Range, Manchester. He is self taught and started playing in his early twenties...
Double Bass
Other
- Andy Barlow Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Recording
- Craig Besant Photography
- Gordon Biggins Management
- John Davis MasteringMastering engineerA mastering engineer is one skilled in the practice of taking audio that has been previously mixed in either the analog or digital domain as mono, stereo, or multichannel formats and preparing it for use in distribution, whether by physical media such as a CD, vinyl record, or as some method of...
- Dilip Harris Production Input
- Desmond Lambert Recording
- Rebecca Millar Photography
- Lou Rhodes Composer, Photography, Producer