Sing the Greys explained

Sing the Greys
Type:studio
Artist:Frightened Rabbit
Cover:Singthegreys.jpg
Released:5 June 2006
Recorded:The Diving Bell Lounge, Glasgow
Genre:Indie rock
Length:34:46
Label:Hits the Fan (2006)
FatCat (2007)
Producer:Marcus MacKay
Frightened Rabbit
Next Title:The Midnight Organ Fight
Next Year:2008

Sing the Greys is the debut studio album by Scottish indie rock band Frightened Rabbit, originally released in May 2006 on Hits the Fan Records, with a limited run of 1000 copies.[1] A remixed/remastered version was released in the United States by FatCat Records on 2 October 2007 and in the UK on 17 November 2007.[2]

In an interview concerning the record's re-release in 2007, vocalist, guitarist and cover artist Scott Hutchison stated: "Little bits and pieces [were] re-recorded. We've re-amped some of the drums in different rooms to get an ambience about it. It's louder and everything is fuller and bigger."[1] By the end of 2007, he said the band was "pretty sick of Sing the Greys. We were saying goodbye to that record and just really itching for people to hear the new one."[3]

In the first interview, drummer Grant Hutchison said: "Fat Cat were just going to release it on a low scale as a taster for the new album. But when we remixed and mastered it, it sounded like a proper album and we felt those songs were too good to just brush under carpet."[1]

Sing the Greys entered the Scottish Albums Chart for the first time in 2018, following Hutchison's death.

Personnel

Technical personnel[4]

Other credits[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "There's a song about throwing yourself off the Forth Road Bridge. I've thought about it before." . https://archive.today/20120715160028/http://thepopcop.co.uk/2007/08/26/theres-a-song-about-throwing-yourself-off-the-forth-road-bridge-ive-thought-about-it-before . The Pop Cop . 26 August 2007 . 15 July 2012 . 25 April 2020 . dead.
  2. Web site: Sings the Greys . Fatcat Records . 25 April 2020.
  3. The Skinny

    Issue 39, pg. 35

  4. Web site: Frightened Rabbit Sing the Greys . AllMusic . 9 September 2015 . Monger, James Christopher.