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Between Me and the Wardrobe, the third album by British singer-songwriter Gwyneth Herbert, and her first album to consist entirely of self-penned songs,[1] was released in 2006 on Herbert's own Monkeywood Records label and reissued in 2007 by Blue Note Records.

After she left Universal Classics and Jazz to pursue a less commercial and more personal musical direction.[2][3][4] Herbert collaborated with Polar Bear's Seb Rochford in a production role for this album.[1] Self-financed by Herbert,[5] it was recorded in three days[5] and was never intended for general release.[6] It was initially released, in 2006, on Herbert's own Monkeywood label[7] before being picked up by Blue Note Records, making Herbert their first UK signing in 30 years.[5][8]

Reception

Stuart Nicholson of The Observer said that on this album Herbert "lets the lyrics do the work for her. They are well thought out, moving between artfully constructed soft-focus simplicities to poignant yearning".[9]

Colin Buttimer, writing for BBC Music, said: "stories are very much to the fore, in fact many of these songs are compacted narrative jewels... The music is oak-like, rich and weathered... Seb Rochford, best known as the strikingly hirsute drummer for Polar Bear, Fulborn Taversham and Acoustic Ladyland, is responsible for a production that’s stripped-down, but full of unexpected and highly rewarding details".[1]

Track listing

References

  1. ^ a b c Colin Buttimer (3 August 2007). "Gwyneth Herbert Between Me And The Wardrobe Review". BBC Music. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  2. ^ John Fordham (4 August 2009). "Gwyneth Herbert: the door-to-door diva". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Gwyneth Herbert Quartet". Oxford Jazz Festival. April 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  4. ^ Holly Williams (14 April 2013). "Second life: What happens when Next Big Things fail to hit the big time?". The Independent on Sunday. London. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "Gwyneth Herbert". Artists. Naim Label. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  6. ^ Andrew Perry (8 December 2007). "Gwyneth Herbert: The one that got away". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Gwyneth Herbert: Biography". Naim Label. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  8. ^ Rebecca Grundy (Spring 2008). "So what exactly lies between Gwyneth Herbert and her wardrobe?". Durham First (24). University of Durham. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
  9. ^ Stuart Nicholson (12 August 2007). "Gwyneth Herbert, Between Me and the Wardrobe". The Observer. London. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
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