Harperspace Explained

Harperspace
Type:	studio
Artist:	Nick Harper
Cover:	Harperspace.jpg
Released:	2000
Genre:	Indie folk
Label:	Quixotic
Producer:	Glenn Tilbrook
Prev Title:	Smithereens
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Blood Songs
Next Year:	2004

Harperspace is a 2000 album from UK singer-songwriter Nick Harper.^{[1] [2]} It was produced by Glenn Tilbrook and released on Tilbrook's own Quixotic label.

Critical reception

The Herald wrote that "with added instrumentation on disc, the rockier songs kick along and the more reflective material glows."^[3] The Guardian called the album Harper's "strongest yet, from the quirky lyricism of 'The Verse That Time Forgot' to the witty acoustic psychedelia of 'Aeroplane'."^[4]

Track listing

1. "The Verse Time Forgot"
2. "Happy Man"
3. "Aeroplane"
4. "Karmageddon"
5. "Roomspin"
6. "There is Magic in this World"
7. "Nothing But Love"
8. "Watching The Stars"
9. "Kettledrum Heart"
10. "She Rules My World"
11. "Song of Madness"
12. "Before They Put Me in the Ground"

Personnel

• Nick Harper - acoustic guitar, vocals
• Glenn Tilbrook - guitar, bass, keyboards, executive producer
• Andy Metcalfe, - bass, keyboards, engineering and mixing
• Ben Jones - bass, keyboards
• Ash Soan - drums
• Lawrence Davies - French horn
• Liquid Grooves, Shawn Lee - loops
• Paul Weston, Steve Cripps - "commotional approbatative spectrographics"
• Lily Harper - "supreme being"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Artist Biography by Joslyn Layne . AllMusic . 25 March 2021.
2. Book: Bennett . Joe . Guitar Facts . 2002 . Hal Leonard Corporation . 71.
3. Adams . Rob . Music Nick Harper, Pleasance Cabaret Bar, Edinburgh . The Herald . 19 June 2000 . 12.
4. Denselow . Robin . Miscellany: Pop: Remarkable guitar work: Nick Harper: Cecil Sharp House, London . The Guardian . 14 June 2000 . 1.20.