June Babies
| June Babies | ||||
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| Released | 9 October 2001 | |||
| Genre | singer-songwriter | |||
| Length | 41:46 | |||
| Label | Emu Records | |||
| Producer | Andy Hamill | |||
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June Babies, the first album by English singer-songwriter Rebecca Hollweg, was released on 9 October 2001 on Emu Records.[1] Consisting of melodic pop songs, it featured string arrangements by Chris Bowden and a guest appearance by Jeb Loy Nichols. It was critically acclaimed in the British national and music press and was played on Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 show. The title track was used in a BBC television programme about women runners.[2][3]
Production and launch[edit]
The album was produced and recorded by Andy Hamill in London.
Reception[edit]
Dan Cairns, writing in the Culture section of The Sunday Times, praised "the title track’s ode to friendship and late developers, the bare-bones upcloseness of Where Are You Going? and the wryly observational Is It Me You’re Looking For?" and said: "there is something of [Joni] Mitchell in her soaring vocal lines and [Suzanne] Vega in her confessional ones, though there are unexpected echoes, too, of Marianne Faithfull at her throatiest".[4]
Rob Beattie in Q magazine described her as a "gifted tunesmith, happy to wrangle words into memorable phrases ('You cannot see these bruises/They are inside my head')" and praised "Weather Song, with its infectious chorus, and the beautiful, bouncing Warhol and Williams".[5]
Songs from the album were played on Jeremy Vine's BBC Radio 2 show. The title track was used in a BBC television programme about women runners.[2][3]
Track listing[edit]
- "June Babies" (3:14)
- "Getting On" (3:35)
- "Sorry" (2:44)
- "Warhol & Williams/Playout" (4:27)
- "Is It Me You're Looking For?" (3:48)
- "Long Lie" (3:14)
- "Dancing in the Kitchen" (3:04)
- "Weather Song" (2:19)
- "Have You Heard the Birds Sing in the Night?" (3:30)
- "Take Me Away" (3:38)
- "Where Are You Going?" (3:31)
- "Existential" (3:39)
Running time: 41:46
Personnel[edit]
- Rebecca Hollweg – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Andy Hamill – double bass, bass guitars, backing vocals
- Jeb Loy Nichols – backing vocals on "Warhol & Williams/Playout"
- Phil Peskett – piano, electric piano
- Mike Outram – guitar, backing vocals
- Mark Johns – guitar
- Tom Gordon – drums, percussion
- Chris Bowden – saxophone
- Chris Worsley – cello
- Alex Hollweg – sousaphone on "Warhol & Williams/Playout"
- Reiad Chibah – viola
- Everton Nelson – violin
- Jacqueline Norrie – violin
References[edit]
- ^ "Rebecca Hollweg". Discogs. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Garforth Arts Festival 2008: Rebecca Hollweg to provide dash of musical class". Yorkshire Evening Post. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Rebecca Hollweg & Edwina Hayes live at THE HALO" (Press release). www.kentfolk.com. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Cairns, Dan (6 January 2002). "On record – The week's essential new releases – Pop". The Sunday Times. London.
- ^ Beattie, Rob (April 2002). "Otherworldly debut from West Country songwriter". Q.