''Clayton Park'' is the second full-length album by
Canadian rock band
Thrush Hermit. It was released on
Sonic Unyon in 1999, and is the last album they released as a band. The album produced two singles and videos for the songs "From the Back of the Film" and "The Day We Hit the Coast".
Clayton Park is a suburb in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, the band's hometown.
The album was a shortlisted
Juno Award
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nominee for
Alternative Album of the Year
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at the
Juno Awards of 2000. It was later selected as the 85th greatest Canadian album of all time in
Bob Mersereau's 2007 book ''
The Top 100 Canadian Albums''.
In 2020, the album was shortlisted for the Polaris Heritage Prize at the
2020 Polaris Music Prize
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ceremony.
"Halifax’s Thrush Hermit included among 2020 Polaris Heritage Prize contenders"
''Halifax Chronicle-Herald
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'', October 22, 2020.
Track listing
# "From the Back of the Film" ( Joel Plaskett) – 2:04
# "(Oh Man!) What to Do?" ( Ian McGettigan) – 4:02
# "Violent Dreams" (Plaskett) – 7:07
# "The Day We Hit the Coast" (Plaskett) – 6:32
# "Headin' South" ( Robert Benvie) – 5:52
# "Western Dreamz" (Benvie) – 5:24
# "Songs for the Gang" (Plaskett) – 3:07
# "Uneventful" (Plaskett) – 6:11
# "Oh My Soul!" (Plaskett) – 4:17
# "We Are Being Reduced" (Plaskett) – 6:17
# "Before You Leave" (Plaskett) – 6:08
Album credits
Personnel
*Rob Benvie – Guitar, Vocals
*Ian McGettigan – Bass, Vocals, Artwork
*Joel Plaskett – Guitar, Vocals
*Cliff Gibb – Drums
*Ben Gunning – Guitar on "Before You Leave"
Production
*Recorded and Mixed by Dale Morningstar at The Gas Station, Toronto, Ontario (May 1998)
*Mastered by Brett Zilahi at Metalworks Studios, Toronto
Outtakes
A cover version of the 1971 Budgie
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song "Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman", recorded during the Clayton Park sessions, appeared on Grenadine Records' ''Syrup & Gasoline, Volume 1'' compilation album.
Covers
"The Day We Hit the Coast" was covered by Emm Gryner on her album '' Girl Versions''.
References
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1999 albums
Thrush Hermit albums
Sonic Unyon Records albums