''Into The Woods'' is the second studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter,

Malcolm Middleton Malcolm Bruce Middleton (born 31 December 1973) is a Scottish musician and member of indie band Arab Strap. He has also released seven solo studio albums and three albums performing under the pseudonym Human Don't Be Angry. Early life Middleto ...

, released on 13 June 2005 on

Chemikal Underground Chemikal Underground is an independent record label set up in 1994 at Glasgow, Scotland by rock band The Delgados. It was set up to release their first single, "Monica Webster" / "Brand New Car" and went on to break many new Scottish bands in ...

Overview

In 2005, Malcolm recorded and released the critically acclaimed album ''Into The Woods''. The album was originally going to be called ''The Great Bear''.Malcolm Middleton ''Into The Woods'' Press Release
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Stuart Braithwaite Stuart Leslie Braithwaite (born 10 May 1976) is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter. He is the guitarist of post-rock band Mogwai, with whom he has recorded ten studio albums. He is also a member of the British alternative rock supergroup ...

and

Barry Burns Barry Burns is a Scottish musician best known for his work with post-rock band Mogwai. Early life Burns went to Cardinal Newman High School in Bellshill before enrolling with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, taking ...

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), members of

The Delgados The Delgados are a Scottish indie rock band formed in Glasgow in 1994. The band is composed of Alun Woodward (vocals, guitar), Emma Pollock (vocals, guitar), Stewart Henderson (bass guitar), and Paul Savage (drums). Biography The band was for ...

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and

Aidan Moffat Aidan John Moffat (born 10 April 1973) is a Scottish vocalist and musician, and member of the band Arab Strap. Early life Moffat was born and raised in Falkirk, Scotland. The first album he bought was ''Elvis Sings for Kids'' by Elvis Presley. ...

. Malcolm has commented on the album, saying

Track listing

Songs, lyrics and music by Malcolm Middleton. #" Break My Heart" – 4:14 #"Devastation" – 3:23 #"

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" – 4:19 #"

No Modest Bear No (and variant writings) may refer to one of these articles: English language * ''Yes'' and ''no'' (responses) * A determiner in noun phrases Alphanumeric symbols * No (kana), a letter/syllable in Japanese script * No symbol, displayed � ...

" – 2:27 #"Monday Night Nothing" – 3:27 #"Bear With Me" – 6:08 #"A Happy Medium" – 3:01 #"Autumn" – 3:44 #"Burst Noel" – 2:46 #"Choir" – 4:54 #"Solemn Thirsty" – 5:15 #"A New Heart" – 2:51 *" Break My Heart" and "

"/"

" were released as singles.

Personnel

*Malcolm Middleton – guitar, vocals, producer *Paul Savage – drums, engineer, producer *Aidan Moffat – drums *Alan Barr – cello *Geoff Allan – engineer *Barry Burns – piano, hammond organ, Fender Rhodes *Stuart Braithwaite – guitar *Jenny Reeve – violin

Release history

''Into the Woods'' was released in various countries in 2005.

Notes

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Into The Woods ''Into the Woods'' is a 1987 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tale A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story ...

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