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Opening track from the album 'The Great Eastern' I absolutely love this song, Dave Fridmann's production completely changed my perceptions of the engineer as an artist. I had to dig through a box.

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1	The Past That Suits You Best	Loading	Get track Loading	6:21	11,458 listeners
2	Accused Of Stealing	Get track Loading	5:42	14,958 listeners
3	American Trilogy	Get track Loading	4:46	14,116 listeners
4	Reasons for Silence (Ed's Song)	Get track Loading	3:28	7,266 listeners
5	Thirteen Gliding Principles	Get track Loading	3:44	9,972 listeners
6	No Danger	Get track Loading	6:32	11,639 listeners
7	Aye Today	Get track Loading	4:55	10,216 listeners
8	Witness	Get track Loading	4:04	9,705 listeners
9	Knowing When to Run	Get track Loading	3:25	8,884 listeners
10	Make Your Move	Get track Loading	3:12	10,254 listeners

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The Delgados

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The Delgados were a Scottishindie rock band who formed in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire in 1994 after friends Alun Woodward (vocals/guitar), Stewart Henderson (bass) and Paul Savage (drums) were forcibly ejected from the band Bubblegum. Joined by Paul's then-girlfriend Emma Pollock (vocals/guitar), the band chose to name themselves after Tour de France winning cyclist Pedro Delgado. They split in April 2005, with Emma signing a solo deal with 4AD shortly afterwards. June 2006 saw the release of a mammoth 29 track album of all the band's Peel sessions. The band continue to t… read more

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The Great Eastern

Studio album by

Released

17 April 2000

Studio

Cava Sound Workshops (Glasgow, Scotland)
Chem19 (Glasgow, Scotland)
Jaya Pura
Tarbox Road Studios (Cassadaga, New York)

Genre

Indie rock

Length

46:10

Label

Chemikal Underground

Producer

The Delgados chronology

Peloton
(1998)

The Great Eastern
(2000)

Live at the Fruitmarket
(2001)

Singles from The Great Eastern

'American Trilogy'
Released: 2000
'No Danger'
Released: 2000

The Great Eastern is the third studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Delgados. It was released on 17 April 2000 in the United Kingdom on their own Chemikal Underground record label, and later on 9 May 2000 in the United States.

The Great Eastern was their first album not to be named after a cycling theme – the title refers to a textile mill in Glasgow, latterly a hostel for the homeless.^[1]

Reception[edit]

Titanic

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Alternative Press	4/5^[3]
Los Angeles Times	^[4]
Melody Maker	^[5]
NME	6/10^[6]
Pitchfork	5.7/10^[7]
Q	^[8]
Rolling Stone	^[9]

At the end of 2000, The Great Eastern was ranked on several publications' year-end album lists, including being named fifth best by Mojo.^[10] The album was nominated for the 2000 Mercury Music Prize.

In 2008, The Great Eastern was ranked at number 49 on Mojo's list of 'The 50 Greatest UK Indie Records of All Time'.^[11]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks written by The Delgados (Stewart Henderson, Emma Pollock, Paul Savage and Alun Woodward).

No.	Title	Length
1.	'The Past That Suits You Best'	6:21
2.	'Accused of Stealing'	5:42
3.	'American Trilogy'	4:46
4.	'Reasons for Silence (Ed's Song)'	3:28
5.	'Thirteen Gliding Principles'	3:44
6.	'No Danger'	6:32
7.	'Aye Today'	4:55
8.	'Witness'	4:04
9.	'Knowing When to Run'	3:26
10.	'Make Your Move'	3:12
Total length:		46:10

Personnel[edit]

Credits for The Great Eastern adapted from album liner notes.^[12]

The Delgados

Stewart Henderson – bass guitar, accordion, autoharp, guitar, handclaps, piano, Rhodes piano, sleigh bells, vocals
Emma Pollock – guitar, vocals, handclaps, vibraphone
Paul Savage – drums, dulcimer, guitar, Hammond organ, handclaps, keyboards, Korg synthesizer, piano, Rhodes piano, sampler, tubular bells
Alun Woodward – guitar, vocals, bowed guitar, dulcimer, e-bow, keyboards, slide guitar, vibraphone
The Delgados – writing, brass arrangement, string arrangement, woodwind arrangement

Additional musicians

Alan Barr – cello, string arrangement
Barry Burns – Hammond organ, Korg synthesizer, piano, Rhodes piano
Lorne Cowieson – trumpet, flugelhorn, brass arrangement
Charlie Cross – viola, violin, string arrangement
Graham Flett – double bass
Dave Fridmann – cello sampling, weights
David Laing – violin
Greg Lawson – violin, string arrangement
Camille Mason – clarinet, flute, piano, woodwind arrangement
Guy Milford – tenor horn
Jim Putnam – additional vocals
Paul Stone – euphonium, trombone
Graeme Wilson – saxophone

Production

The Delgados – production, recording
Tony Doogan – recording
Dave Fridmann – mixing, production
James Jarvie – 'black magic'
Chris Renwick – programming
Dougie Summers – programming

Artwork and design

Tony Doogan – camcorder
Adam Piggot – artwork, photography
Lindsay Savage – cover photography

Charts[edit]

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[13]	31
UK Albums (OCC)^[14]	72
UK Independent Albums (OCC)^[15]	12

References[edit]

^'The Delgados Press Releases' (Press release). Retrieved 2009-11-05.
^Anderson, Rick. 'The Great Eastern – The Delgados'. AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^'The Delgados: The Great Eastern'. Alternative Press (144): 90. July 2000.
^Weingarten, Marc (7 January 2001). 'The Delgados 'The Great Eastern' (Beggars Banquet)'. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^'The Delgados: The Great Eastern'. Melody Maker: 51. 25 April 2000.
^Empire, Kitty (11 April 2000). 'The Delgados – The Great Eastern'. NME. Archived from the original on 11 June 2000. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^Cooper, Paul (9 May 2000). 'The Delgados: The Great Eastern'. Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^'The Delgados: The Great Eastern'. Q (164): 107. May 2000.
^Sheffield, Rob (17 August 2000). 'The Delgados: The Great Eastern'. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 15 April 2002. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
^'The Great Eastern'. Acclaimed Music. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
^'The 50 Greatest UK Indie Records Of All Time'. Mojo. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
^The Great Eastern (liner notes). The Delgados. Chemikal Underground. 2000. Chem040CD.CS1 maint: others (link)
^'Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
^'Official Albums Chart Top 100'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
^'Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

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