Maplewood (EP) explained

Maplewood EP
Type:ep
Artist:Ed Harcourt
Cover:Maplewood (Ed Harcourt album).jpg
Released:13 November 2000
Recorded:Wootton Manor, Sussex, England
Genre:British rock
Length:21:50
Label:Heavenly
Producer:Ed Harcourt
Next Title:Here Be Monsters
Next Year:2001

Maplewood is an EP by Ed Harcourt.[1] It was released in 2000.[2] Harcourt recorded the album on a four-track in his grandma's Sussex house, and it was originally intended as a demo. Upon signing the artist to a record contract, Heavenly Records decided to make it his first solo release. The Guardian described it as "a bedroom-produced gem".[3] Some of the songs were later re-recorded during the sessions for Here Be Monsters. The track "He's Building a Swamp" features Hadrian Garrard on trumpet.[4] Harcourt would later describe the release as "the precocious youngest child record. The one everybody loved dearly and still thinks of very fondly, but it's still full of arrogance".[5]

Track listing

  1. "Hanging With the Wrong Crowd" – 3:32
  2. "I've Become Misguided" – 4:09
  3. "Apple of My Eye" – 3:08
  4. "Attaboy Go Spin a Yarn" – 4:03
  5. "He's Building a Swamp" – 3:17
  6. "Whistle of a Distant Train" – 3:41

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maplewood - Ed Harcourt Songs, Reviews, Credits. Joseph. Mark. AllMusic. 2016-11-18.
  2. Web site: Maplewood -. Beauvallet. JD. 31 October 2000. Les Inrocks. fr-FR. 2016-08-25.
  3. News: Harcourt and spark. Woodcraft. Molloy. 2004-09-11. The Guardian. en-GB. 0261-3077. 2016-08-25.
  4. Web site: ED HARCOURT [Maplewood]]. www.xsilence.net. 2016-08-25.
  5. Web site: Ed Harcourt - A biography. www.paradigmagency.com. 2016-08-25.