Silver Town (album)
Silver Town is the fourth studio album by The Men They Couldn't Hang. It was released in 1989 under the Silvertone label and recorded at Woodcray Manor Studios in Berkshire. There were three singles released from the album, "A Place in the Sun", "Rain, Steam and Speed" and "A Map of Morocco". "Rosettes" was originally earmarked as a single but was cancelled due to the Hillsborough disaster as the song's lyrical content centred on the football hooligan culture at the time.[1] Only one single released from the album had a promotional video, "Rain, Steam and Speed". It was shot in black and white and featured the band members and some of their family members dressed in Victorian clothing. Lead singer Swill portrays engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel who is mentioned during the song's bridge.
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| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | January-February 1989 | |||
| Studio | Woodcray Manor Studios, Wokingham, Berkshire | |||
| Genre | Roots rock, Folk-rock, Folk-punk | |||
| Length | 55:00 | |||
| Label | Silvertone | |||
| Producer | Mick Glossop | |||
| The Men They Couldn't Hang chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Waiting for Bonaparte | ||||
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Track listing
- "Rosettes"
- "A Place in the Sun"
- "Homefires"
- "Diamonds, Gold and Fur"
- "Company Town"
- "Lobotomy, Gets 'Em Home"
- "Blackfriars Bridge"
- "Rain, Steam and Speed"
- "Down All the Days"
- "Hellfire and Damnation"
- "El Vaquero"
Personnel
- Swill - vocals, acoustic guitar, penny whistle
- Stefan Cush - vocals, electric guitar, guttural sounds
- Paul Simmonds - lead guitar, 12-string guitar, electric mandolin, electric bouzouki
- Ricky McGuire - bass
- Nick Muir - piano, organ, accordion, backing vocals
- Jon Odgers - drums, percussion
- Lindsay Lowe - trumpet
- Bobby Valentino - fiddle
- Technical
- Phil Smee - design
- Keith Morris - photography
