''Cockahoop'' is
Cerys Matthews' first solo album, released in 2003. It peaked at number 30 on the
UK Albums Chart, spending five weeks therein.
Track listing
#"Chardonnay" (w, m:
Roger Cook,
Hugh Cornwell) – 3:04
#"Caught in the Middle" (m: Cerys Matthews, Fred Ball, Hadrian Gerrards; w: Cerys Matthews) – 3:12
#"Louisiana" (m: Cerys Matthews, Ketcham Secor; w: Cerys Matthews) – 2:21
#"Weightless Again" (m:
Brett Sparks
The Handsome Family is an American music duo consisting of husband and wife Brett and Rennie Sparks formed in Chicago, Illinois, and as of 2001 based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They are perhaps best known for their song " Far from Any Road" from ...
; w:
Rennie Sparks (''
The Handsome Family'') – 3:02
#"Only a Fool" (w, m: Cerys Matthews) – 2:47
#"La Bague" (trad. arr: Cerys Matthews) – 0:40
#"...Interlude..." (AKA "The Miller of Hooterville") (trad. arr: Bucky Baxter) – 0:46
#"Ocean" (m: Cerys Matthews, Antony Genn, Martin Slattery; w: Cerys Matthews) – 2:05
#"
Arglwydd Dyma Fi" (trad. arr: Cerys Matthews) – 3:35
#"If You're Lookin' For Love" (w, m: James Stallard, Cerys Matthews) – 2:56
#"The Good in Goodbye" (w, m: Cerys Matthews) – 3:05
#"Gypsy Song" (m: Cerys Matthews,
Martin Slattery,
Joe Strummer; w: Cerys Matthews) – 3:49
#"All My Trials" (trad. arr: Cerys Matthews) – 3:11
Personnel
*
Bucky Baxter – producer, electric guitar, fiddle, vibraphone
*
Richard Bennett – guitar, bouzouki, banjo
*
Ken Coomer – drums
*
Eric Darken
Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer.
Biography
Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...
– marimba, vibraphone
*
Lloyd Green – pedal steel guitar
*Jim Hoke – multi-instrumentalist
*
Glenn Worf – bass
*
Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle
*Chad Brown – recording and mixing (at Three Trees Studios, White Creek, Tennessee)
*Greg Fogie - recording engineer
Charts
References
External links
BBC Wales reviewBBC review
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2003 debut albums
Cerys Matthews albums
Blanco y Negro Records albums