The Pineapple Thief - All The Wars (Reissue) (2012/2018)

The album is the latest step for the band who over the last few years have truly emerged onto a higher stage… bigger and better tours, triumphant festival slots, recording at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studios, artwork designed by Storm Thorgerson and new management all give the sense of act who are destined for greater things.

Much of this is down to the band’s 2010 album, Someone Here Is Missing, and the reaction it received. While this release, along with 2008’s Tightly Unwound, was many people’s introduction to the band they have actually spent the past ten years quietly building up a dedicated fan base across the globe, selling over 50,000 records and nurturing their ‘bittersweet’ progressive sound.

All The Wars marks another leap in the band’s progression, as frontman Bruce Soord continues to mature as a songwriter and the band’s ever growing confidence and status allows them to move in bold musical directions, including the use of a 22-piece string section and a choir. Soord explains, ‘no expense has been spared regarding the production of this record but at its heart it’s still a rock record. It’s very heavy in parts and very delicate and beautiful in others.’

Following Storm Thorgerson's cover for Someone Here Is Missing, the artwork for this album features images created by the award winning photographer Mark Mawson as part of his Aqueous series. Shots from the Aqueous project were recently projected onto Buckingham Palace as the background to Paul McCartney's performance of Magical Mystery Tour during the diamond jubilee celebrations.



Track List:
01 Burning Pieces
02 Warm Seas
03 Last Man Standing
04 All The Wars
05 Build A World
06 Give It Back
07 Someone Pull Me Out
08 One More Step Away
09 Reaching Out
10 You Don't Look So Innocent (Bonus Track)
11 What Are You Saying (Bonus Track)
12 Warm Seas (Acoustic)(Bonus Track)
13 All The Wars (Acoustic)(Bonus Track)
14 Last Man Standing (Acoustic)(Bonus Track)
15 Someone Pull Me Out (Acoustic)(Bonus Track)
16 Burning Pieces (Acoustic)(Bonus Track)
17 Reaching Out (Acoustic)(Bonus Track)

Alto Vocals [Choir] – Jenny Broom, Ruth Sharville, Sylv Arscott
Arranged By [Choral] – Guy Turner
Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Andrew Skeet
Bass [Orchestra] – Filip Schejbal
Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jon Sykes
Bass Vocals [Choir] – Guy Turner, John Bread (2)
Cello [Orchestra] – Ctibor Příhoda, Jan Klika, Marek Elznic, Radomir Šire
Concept By – Ryan Waring
Contractor [Orchestra] – James Fitzpatrick
Design, Layout – Scott Robinson (10)
Drums, Backing Vocals – Keith Harrison (4)
Guitar, Vocals – Bruce Soord
Keyboards – Steve Kitch
Performer – The City Of Prague Philharmonic
Photography By [Album] – Mark Mawson
Producer – Bruce Soord
Producer [Additional], Mixed By – Mark Bowyer, Steve Kitch
Recorded By – Mark Bowyer
Recorded By [Assisted] – Harry Lightfoot
Recorded By [Strings] – Jan Holzner
Remastered By – Steve Kitch
Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Caroline Turner, Judy Male, Kate Wolfe, Sarah Morriss
Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Nick Bowditch (2), Tim Donaldson
Viola [Orchestra] – Jana Šislerová, Milan Řehák, Mojmir Kačirek, Zdeněk Zindel
Violin [Orchestra] – Andřej Kvita, Boris Chomča, Jan Dudek, Jiří Škoda, Karel Vidimský, Kosina Miroslaw, Ludmila Mráčková, Ludvík Sklenář, Milan Lajčik, Petr Pavliček, Radana Vectomova*, Radim Šisler
Words By, Music By – Bruce Soord
Written-By [Song Production And Additional Songwriting] – Steve Coe



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