Welcome to the Walk Alone

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Welcome to the Walk Alone
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Studio album by The Rumble Strips
Released 13 July 2009
Genre Rock
Length 31:26
Label Island
Producer Mark Ronson
The Rumble Strips chronology
Girls and Weather
(2007)Girls and Weather2007		 Welcome to the Walk Alone
(2009)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 69/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[2]
Clash 7/10 stars[3]
Daily Express 4/5 stars[4]
Drowned In Sound 7/10 stars[5]
Gigwise 2/5 stars[6]
Metro 3/5 stars[7]
Planet Sound 8/10 stars[8]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[9]
The Independent (Positive)[10]
The Telegraph 3/5 stars[11]

Welcome to the Walk Alone is the second album from the Devon-based band The Rumble Strips. It was released on 13 July 2009 by the Universal Music Group sub-label Island Records, and was preceded by a single release in June. The title and release date were confirmed by the band on their website on 11 May 2009,[12] whilst "London" was made available to download for free from the band's website on 23 March.[13] The album leaked onto the internet on 4 June 2009.[citation needed]

Background

Following The Rumble Strips reinterpretation of Amy Winehouse's Back to Black, Mark Ronson offered his services in producing the album in New York. On working with Ronson, the band commented: "He definitely had an idea about how he wanted it to sound. Certainly for the drums, he kind of built the sound around this particular technique of drums. And obviously coming in fresh, he sort of sat down and listened to the songs, and trimmed off bits. But he’s no megalomaniac, he doesn’t come in and insist it has to be ‘this way’, but he’s got ideas."[14]

As part of their First Listen series of features, The-Fly.co.uk put up a track-by-track synopsis of Welcome To The Walk Alone on 26 May. Whilst stating that "Ronson's kitchen sink production is evident after little more than a minute," they said that the sound of the record is "lush", highlighting "Dem Girls", "Sweet Heart Hooligan" and "Daniel" as the album's highlights.[15]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Welcome to the Walk Alone"   2:44
2. "London"   3:10
3. "Not the Only Person"   2:20
4. "Daniel"   2:57
5. "Douglas"   2:37
6. "Back Bone"   3:11
7. "Sweetheart Hooligan"   1:53
8. "Running On Empty"   2:27
9. "Dem Girls"   2:55
10. "Raindrops"   3:29
11. "Happy Hell"   3:23

Personnel

The Rumble Strips
  • Charles Waller – guitar, vocals
  • Henry Clark – trumpet, vocals, piano
  • Tom Gorbutt – saxophone, vocals, guitar
  • Matthew Wheeler – drums
  • Sam Mansbridge – bass guitar
Technical personnel

References

  1. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/welcome-to-the-walk-alone/the-rumble-strips
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Clash review
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  5. ↑ Drowned In Sound review
  6. ↑ Gigwise review
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