The Stand (Richard Skinner Session)

Day Thirty Nine: Tuesday 12th July 2005 The idea is that we start around 10/11 in the morning and then work to around the same time in the evening, allowing time for last orders at the pub. As always when you are recording an album, the best laid plans go out the window almost immediately. We end up working until about three in the morning as we get so into [read more]

Day Twelve: Tuesday 7 June 2005 There is still something missing from the guitar part on ‘Raindown’ so we get back to working it all out once more. We get something close by mid afternoon and again decide to leave it for another day and have another rethink. The best thing to do once an impasse has been reached is to move on to something fresh. We decide to get [read more]

Strength album is released. Reaches #18 in the UK, #39 in the USA.