Cinder (album) explained

Cinder
Type:	Album
Artist:	Dirty Three
Cover:	D3-cinder.jpg
Released:	11 October 2005
Recorded:	February 2005
Genre:	Post-rock, folk rock
Length:	70:00
Label:	Touch and Go Records
Producer:	Dirty Three
Prev Title:	She Has No Strings Apollo
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Toward the Low Sun
Next Year:	2012

Cinder is the seventh major album by Australian trio, Dirty Three. Conceived in the summer of 2005 on Phillip Island, in South Eastern Australia, the songs are shorter, more trimmed down and classic in composition than usual Dirty Three output.

Recorded in just 10 days, Cinder's 19 tracks includes violin, drums, mandolin, bouzouki, organ, piano, acoustic guitar, bagpipes, and, rarely for a Dirty Three album, vocals.

Chan Marshall also lends her talents to the album with some vocals, as well as co-writing one of the songs.

Cover art by guitarist Mick Turner.

Track listing

All tracks by Dirty Three except where noted.

1. "Ever Since" – 4:48
2. "She Passed Through" – 3:26
3. "Amy" – 2:48
4. "Sad Jexy" – 3:23
5. "Cinders" – 3:02
6. "Doris" – 3:26
7. "Flutter" – 6:36
8. "The Zither Player" (Félix Lajkó)– 5:01
9. "It Happened" – 2:14
10. "Great Waves" – 3:28 (vocals by Chan Marshall)
11. "Dream Evie" – 2:43
12. "Too Soon, Too Late" – 3:29
13. "This Night" – 3:56
14. "Rain On" – 3:39
15. "Ember" – 2:38
16. "Michèle" – 3:23
17. "Feral" – 4:10 (vocals by Sally Timms of The Mekons)
18. "Last Dance" – 4:16
19. "In Fall" – 3:54

Japanese bonus tracks

20. "June's A Calling" – 1:50
21. "Lisa's Mountain" – 2:57

Personnel

• Warren Ellis – mandolin, piano, violin, viola, bouzouki
• Chan Marshall – vocals
• Casey Rice – engineer, mixing
• Mark Saul – bagpipes
• Sally Timms – vocals
• Mick Turner – organ, bass, guitar, cover art
• Jim White – drums