''Down in the Cellar'' is the fourteenth studio album by

Al Stewart Alastair Ian Stewart (born 5 September 1945) is a Scottish born singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock so ...

, released in 2000 in Europe by

EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...

. It was released in 2001 by Miramar in the US. It was re-released in 2007 with bonus tracks by

Collectors' Choice Music Collectors' Choice Music (CCM) is an Itasca, Illinois, company originally primarily in two businesses, but since 2010 only in the second. CCM was best known for reissuing albums originally recorded in LP record form as compact discs. , its catalog ...

. Its primary theme is that of

wine Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...

, and almost all the songs on the album refer to various varieties of the alcoholic beverage, including

Chardonnay Chardonnay (, , ) is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine. The variety originated in the Burgundy wine region of eastern French wine, France, but is now grown wherever wine is produced, from English wine, Englan ...

and

Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As o ...

Track listing

All tracks by

except where noted. # "Waiting for Margaux" – 4:35 # "Tasting History" (

Laurence Juber Laurence Ivor Juber (born 12 November 1952) is an English musician, fingerstyle guitarist and studio musician. He played guitar in the rock band Wings from 1978 to 1981. Biography Early life Born in Stepney, East London, Juber was raised and ...

, Stewart) – 4:05 # "Down in the Cellars" – 3:10 # "Turning It into Water" – 4:36 # "Soho" (

Bert Jansch Herbert Jansch (3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s as an acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter ...

) – 4:00 # "The Night That the Band Got the Wine" – 6:09 # "Millie Brown" – 2:40 # "Under a Wine-Stained Moon" – 3:34 # "Franklin's Table" – 4:24 # "House of Clocks" – 3:00 # "Sergio" – 3:20 # "Toutes les Etoiles" – 2:11 # "The Shiraz Shuffle" (Juber, Stewart) – 1:55 2007 Re-release bonus tracks * "Dark Side" * "Belsize Blues"

Personnel

*Simon Boswell – viola *Ramon Breton – mastering assistant *Steve Chapman – management *Jim Cox – piano, organ *Bruce Dukov – violin *Joe Gastwirt – mastering *Dominic Genova – electric bass, bass *Jimmy Hoyson – assistant *David P. Jackson – accordion ("Sergio") *Michael Jochum – percussion, drums *Laurence Juber – acoustic guitar, arranger, electric guitar, producer, engineer *Avi Kipper – engineer *David Low – cello *Rachel Purkin – violin *Lori Stoll – photography *Peter White – accordion ("Toutes Les Etoiles")

Sources

Down in the Cellar at www.alstewart.com
{{Authority control Al Stewart albums 2000 albums Albums recorded at Capitol Studios