Plenty (album)
Plenty is the third album from Red Box, and was released on 11 October 2010.
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| Released | 11 October 2010 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 54:42 | |||
| Label | Cherry Red | |||
| Producer | Simon Toulson-Clarke | |||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Mojo | [2] |
| Rockfeedback | [3] |
The Plenty Sessions
The album was also released as a "Limited Edition" which included an exclusive six track bonus CD. Subsequently, these tracks were made available as digital downloads under the name The Plenty Sessions.[4]
Sales performance
Plenty was Cherry Red Records' best selling album for the months October to December 2010.[5]
Audio previews
Four tracks from the album can be previewed in their entirety on the SoundCloud: Red Box - Plenty samples page.[6]
Track listing
Cherry Red Records CD: CDBRED470
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Stay" | Simon Toulson-Clarke/Steve Carr | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Hurricane" | Toulson-Clarke/Derek Adams/Carr | 4:18 |
| 3. | "Without" | Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Simon Cole | 4:22 |
| 4. | "Plenty" | Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Cole | 3:31 |
| 5. | "The Sign" | Toulson-Clarke/Adams | 4:11 |
| 6. | "Brighter Blue" | Toulson-Clarke/Carr | 3:39 |
| 7. | "I've Been Thinking of You" | Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Cole | 3:28 |
| 8. | "Don't Let Go" | Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Cole | 3:53 |
| 9. | "Say What's in Your Head" | Toulson-Clarke/Adams/Paul Bond | 4:08 |
| 10. | "It's True" | Toulson-Clark/Carr/Adams | 2:57 |
| 11. | "Sacred Wall" | Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Cole | 3:48 |
| 12. | "Let It Rain" | Toulson-Clark/Adams | 5:07 |
| 13. | "Green" | Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Cole | 3:16 |
| 14. | "Never Let It Be Said" | Toulson-Clark/Adams | 4:14 |
| Total length: | 54:42 | ||
The Plenty Sessions digital album cover
Cherry Red Records Bonus CD: CDXRED471 - "The Plenty Sessions"
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Once I Dreamed" | Simon Toulson-Clarke/Steve Carr/Simon Cole | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Take My Hand for a While" | Buffy Sainte-Marie | 2:21 |
| 3. | "What Was I Supposed to Do?" | Toulson-Clarke/Derek Adams/Carr/Cole | 3:31 |
| 4. | "Sun and the Sea" | Toulson-Clarke/Adams | 3:03 |
| 5. | "Martha Jackson" | Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Cole | 3:06 |
| 6. | "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" | James Warren | 4:23 |
| Total length: | 19:36 | ||
Personnel
Musicians
"Stay"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
- Derek Adams - Acoustic guitar
- Steve Carr - Harmony vocal and harmonica
- Simon Cole - Piano
- Munch - Organ
- Alastair Gavin - String arrangement
"Hurricane"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
- Derek Adams - Electric guitar and drums
- Paul Bond - Electric guitar
- Ty Unwin - Keyboards
- Lloyd Green - Bass guitar
"Without"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitars
- Steve Carr - Harmony vocal and bass guitar
- Derek Adams - Drums and electric guitar
- Emily Maguire - Backwards viola and cello
- Simon Cole - Organ
- Alastair Gavin - Additional organ
"Plenty"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
- Steve Carr - Harmony vocal, bass guitar and melodica
- Alastair Gavin - Organ
- Simon Cole - Drums
- Derek Adams - Backing vocal and percussion
- Paul Bond - Backing vocal
"The Sign"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic, electric and bass guitars
- Derek Adams - Acoustic guitar, drums and backing vocal
- Paul Bond - Electric guitar and backing vocal
- Ty Unwin - Keyboards and strings
- Emily Maguire, Lorna Gallagher and Julia Hobsbawn - Box Vox
- Simon Toulson-Clarke and Alastair Gavin - String arrangement
"Brighter Blue"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
- Derek Adams - Mandolin, drums and percussion
- Emily Maguire - Viola and harmony vocal
- Jonathan Isley - Acoustic guitar
- Frey Smith - Double bass
- Steve Carr - Harmony vocal
"I've Been Thinking of You"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic and bass guitars
- Steve Carr - Harmony vocal, acoustic guitar and harmonica
- Simon Cole - Piano
- Derek Adams - Drums
- Emily Maguire - Cello
"Don't Let Go"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitars
- Steve Carr - Harmony vocal and bass guitar
- Derek Adams - Drums
- Simon Cole - Piano
- Paul Bond - Electric guitar
- Ty Unwin - Keyboards
- Alastair Gavin - Additional string arrangement
"Say What's in Your Head"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic guitar and orchestration
- Derek Adams - Banjo, electric piano and drums
- Paul Bond - Bass
- Sid Ek - Percussion
"It's True"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
- Derek Adams - Electric piano and percussion
- Steve Carr - Harmony vocal and electric guitar
- John Prestage - Trumpet
"Sacred Wall"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal
- Derek Adams - Electric guitar
- Simon Cole - Piano
- Emily Maguire - Viola
- Steve Carr - Harmonica
- Alastair Gavin - String arrangement
"Let It Rain"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitars
- Derek Adams - Electric guitar and drums
- Paul Bond - Bass and electric guitar
- Ty Unwin - Keyboards
- John Prestage - Trumpet
- Mick Hutchins - additional electric guitar
"Green"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
- Steve Carr - Harmony vocal and bass guitar
- Simon Cole - Piano
- Jonathan Isley - Acoustic guitar and drums
- Emily Maguire - Viola and cello
- Derek Adams - Percussion
"Never Let It Be Said"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic guitar and strings
- Derek Adams - Bass, banjo and strings
- Ty Unwin - Piano and strings
- Paul Bond - Electric guitar
- Buffy Sainte-Marie - Vocal sample
"Once I Dreamed"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
- Steve Carr - Harmony vocal and bass guitar
- Derek Adams - Acoustic guitar and drums
- Simon Cole - Piano
- Emily Maguire - Viola and cello
"Take My Hand for a While"
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
- Steve Carr - Harmony vocal
- Sid Ek - Piano
- Frey Smith - Acoustic bass
- Alastair Gavin - String arrangement
Production
- Simon Toulson-Clarke - Producer
- Matt Butler and Simon Toulson-Clarke - Mixing
- Simon Toulson-Clarke and Matt Butler - Engineering
- Phill Brown and Will Bartle - Additional engineering
- Dick Beetham - Mastering
- Alastair Gavin - String arrangement and conductor
- Alexander Balanesco - Orchestra leader
- Recorded at Olive Road, Yellow Shark and Chapel Studios
- Mixed at Yellow Shark
- Mastered at 360 Mastering
References
- Allen, James. "Review: Red Box - Plenty". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
- "Review: Plenty". Mojo. Bauer Media Group (206): 104. January 2011.
- "Red Box - Plenty". Rockfeedback. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- "The Plenty Sessions: Special Edition Tracks From The Album Plenty". Amazon.com. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- "Cherry Red Records: Top 51 Oct - Dec 2010". Cherry Red. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- "SoundCloud: Red Box - Plenty samples". SoundCloud Ltd. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
External links
Audio previews from Plenty
Music video from Plenty
Music video from The Plenty Sessions
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