A Victory for Common Sense

A Victory For Common Sense
Studio album by
Stackridge
ReleasedJuly 2009
Length49:49
LabelHelium Records
ProducerChris Hughes
Stackridge studio album chronology
The Original Mr. Mick
(2001) 		A Victory For Common Sense
(2009)

A Victory For Common Sense is the eighth and final studio album by the British rock group Stackridge. It was released in the UK by Helium Records in 2009.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Times[1]

Andy Gill of The Independent said, "The reformed group's new album finds their strengths and weaknesses in full supply, notably their air of whimsical Englishness. Several tracks reflect a wistful sense of lost heritage comparable to The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society." He noted that the album had more of a 1980s sounds to it, but that the latter half of the album featured "the kind of unfocused meanderings that rendered prog-rock old".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Boots And Shoes" (Andy Davis, James Warren) – 4:06
  2. "The Old Country" (Davis, Warren, Mutter Slater, Crun Walter) – 3:17
  3. "(Waiting For You And) England To Return" (Warren, Davis, Glenn Tommey, Slater) – 4:05
  4. "Red Squirrel" (Davis) – 5:44
  5. "North St Grande" (Slater, Davis) – 3:45
  6. "Long Dark River" (Walter) – 7:15
  7. "Lost And Found" (Davis, Warren, Tommey) – 4:39
  8. "Cheese And Ham" (Davis, Warren, Tommey, Slater) – 5:55
  9. "The Day The World Stopped Turning" (Davis, Warren, Tommey) – 11:05

Personnel

Band
  • Andy Davis : guitars, vocals, keyboards
  • James Warren : guitars, vocals, bass
  • Mike "Mutter" Slater : flute, vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jim "Crun" Walter : bass, acoustic guitar
Additional personnel
  • Glenn Tommey : keyboards, trombone, backing vocals
  • Rachel Hall : violin
  • Sarah Mitchell : violin, backing vocals
  • Eddie John : drums
  • Andy "Codge" Marsden : drums
  • Mark Frith : programming
  • Chris Hughes : percussion
  • Davide Rossi : strings arrangements
Production
  • Produced by Chris Hughes
  • Recorded and Mixed by Mark Frith and Chris Hughes
  • Recorded and Mixed at Ashley Manor, Wiltshire

References

  1. ^ Paphides, Pete (11 July 2009). "Stackridge: A Victory for Common Sense". The Times. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. ^ Gill, Andy (10 July 2009). "Album: Stackridge, A Victory for Common Sense (Helium)". The Independent. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2019.