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Name = Love is the Way |
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Type = [[Album]] |
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Artist = [[Eddi Reader]] |
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Cover = LoveIsTheWayAlbumCover.jpg |
Released = {{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} Apr 13, 2009 |
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Recorded = By Mark Freegard at 3kyoti Studio, Glasgow |
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Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Folk music|Folk]] |
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Length = 56:00 |
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Label = [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]] |
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Producer = [[Eddi Reader]] |
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Last album = ''[[The Songs of Robert Burns Deluxe Edition]]''<br /> (2009) |
This album = '''''Love is the Way'''''<br /> (2009) |
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'''''Love is the Way''''' is the ninth studio album by [[Eddi Reader]]. It will be released in the UK on Apr 14, 2009.
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'''''Love Is the Way''''' is the ninth studio album by [[Eddi Reader]]. It was released in the UK on 13 April 2009.


In a special arrangement with record label [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]] she sold an exclusive, pre-released and minimally-packaged version of the disc on her autumn 2008 UK tour.
In a special arrangement with record label [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]] she sold an exclusive, pre-released and minimally-packaged version of the disc on her autumn 2008 UK tour.


Produced by Eddi herself and recorded in a matter of days with her band in Glasgow, the record includes songs written with her longtime writing partner [[Boo Hewerdine]], her life partner John Douglas ([[The Trashcan Sinatras]]), songs from Irish songwriters [[Declan O'Rourke]] and Jack Maher, Edinburgh-based Sandy Wright, an Eddi/[[Fleetwood Mac]] [[Mashup_(music)|mashup]] and a rare [[Brian Wilson]] composition.
Produced by Reader herself and recorded in a matter of days with her band in Glasgow, the record includes songs written with her longtime writing partner [[Boo Hewerdine]], her [[life partner]] John Douglas (of [[The Trashcan Sinatras]]), songs from Irish songwriters [[Declan O'Rourke]] and Jack Maher, Edinburgh-based Sandy Wright, an Eddi/[[Fleetwood Mac]] [[Mashup (music)|mashup]] and a rare [[Brian Wilson]] composition.

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The album will be promoted by a 25-date UK tour starting in April 2009.


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The album was promoted by a 25-date UK tour starting in April 2009.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Eddi Reader]]: vocals, acoustic guitar
*Eddi Reader – vocals
*[[Boo Hewerdine]]: acoustic guitar, backing vocals
*[[Boo Hewerdine]] – guitar, mellotron
*Alan Kelly: accordion
*Alan Kelly – accordion
*Roy Dodds: drums
*Roy Dodds – drums
*John Douglas: ukulele, acoustic guitar
*John Douglas – ukulele, acoustic guitar
*Kevin McGuire: acoustic bass and electric bass
*Kevin McGuire – bass
*Jack Maher – guitar
*Teddy Borowiecki: strings, keyboards
*Teddy Borowiecki – piano, Moog, Hammond organ, bass accordion
*Stephen Douglas: drums
*Stephen Douglas – drums, backing vocals
*Roddy Hart: keyboards
*Roddy Hart – piano
*[[John McCusker]] – cittern, whistles
*Heidi Talbot – harmony singing
*Sam Bessa Reader – guitar
*Charlie Bessa Reader – guitar
*Meg Reader-Thompson – chatter

{{Eddi Reader}}


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[[Category:2009 albums]]
[[Category:2009 albums]]

Latest revision as of 01:09, 27 September 2024

Love Is the Way
Studio album by
Eddi Reader
Released13 April 2009
Studio3kyoti Studio, Glasgow
GenrePop, Folk
Length56:00
LabelRough Trade
ProducerEddi Reader
Eddi Reader chronology
The Songs of Robert Burns Deluxe Edition
(2009) 		Love Is the Way
(2009) 		Vagabond
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Times link[dead link‍]
The Skinny link
Music OMH link
Daily Express link
Q April 2009
BBC Music(favourable) link

Love Is the Way is the ninth studio album by Eddi Reader. It was released in the UK on 13 April 2009.

In a special arrangement with record label Rough Trade she sold an exclusive, pre-released and minimally-packaged version of the disc on her autumn 2008 UK tour.

Produced by Reader herself and recorded in a matter of days with her band in Glasgow, the record includes songs written with her longtime writing partner Boo Hewerdine, her life partner John Douglas (of The Trashcan Sinatras), songs from Irish songwriters Declan O'Rourke and Jack Maher, Edinburgh-based Sandy Wright, an Eddi/Fleetwood Mac mashup and a rare Brian Wilson composition.

The album was promoted by a 25-date UK tour starting in April 2009.

Track listing

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# Title Composers Time
1. "Dragonflies" Boo Hewerdine 5:16
2. "Silent Bells" Boo Hewerdine 3:32
3. "New York City" John Douglas 5:11
4. "Dandelion" Boo Hewerdine 3:02
5. "Love Is the Way" Declan O’Rourke 4:46
6. "Sweet Mountain of Love" Brian Wilson, Dave Sandler 4:55
7. "Never Going Back Again (Queen of Scots)" Lindsey Buckingham, Eddi Reader 3:14
8. "Over it Now" Boo Hewerdine, Eddi Reader 3:55
9. "Fallen Twice" Jack Maher 4:09
10. "It's Magic" Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn 3:37
11. "Roses" Eddi Reader, John Douglas 4:14
12. "My Shining Star" Sandy Wright 4:02
13. "I Won't Stand in Your Way" John Douglas 6:28

Personnel

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  • Eddi Reader – vocals
  • Boo Hewerdine – guitar, mellotron
  • Alan Kelly – accordion
  • Roy Dodds – drums
  • John Douglas – ukulele, acoustic guitar
  • Kevin McGuire – bass
  • Jack Maher – guitar
  • Teddy Borowiecki – piano, Moog, Hammond organ, bass accordion
  • Stephen Douglas – drums, backing vocals
  • Roddy Hart – piano
  • John McCusker – cittern, whistles
  • Heidi Talbot – harmony singing
  • Sam Bessa Reader – guitar
  • Charlie Bessa Reader – guitar
  • Meg Reader-Thompson – chatter
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