''Lightweights and Gentlemen'' is the debut studio album by
folk
Folk or Folks may refer to:
Sociology
*Nation
*People
* Folklore
** Folk art
** Folk dance
** Folk hero
** Folk music
*** Folk metal
*** Folk punk
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* Folk taxonomy
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Folk Plus or Fo ...
band
Lau
Lau or LAU may refer to:
People
* Lau (surname)
* Liu (劉/刘), a common Chinese family name transliterated Lau in Cantonese and Hokkien
* Lau clan, one of the Saraswat Brahmin clans of Punjab
* LAU (musician): Laura Fares
Places
* Lebane ...
, released on March 19, 2007.
Track listing
''All tracks arranged by
Kris Drever
Kris Drever (born 31 October 1978) is a Scottish contemporary folk musician and songwriter who came to prominence in 2006 with the release of his debut solo album, ''Black Water''. Drever is the vocalist and guitarist of the folk trio Lau with ...
,
Martin Green and
Aidan O'Rourke''
# "Hinba" - 5:07
#* "Hinba"
(O'Rourke)
#* "Funny Weather"
(Green)
# "Butcher Boy" - 4:07
(trad. additional words/music by Drever)
# "The Jigs" - 4:50
#* "Mattie and Karine's"
(O'Rourke)
#* "The Lau Jig"
(Drever, Green, O'Rourke)
#* "The Creche Jig"
(Joe Scurfield)
# "Results" - 4:39
#* "Come on wee man!"
(Green)
#* "Waiting for the Results"
(Drever)
# "Unquiet Grave" - 5:13
(music - Drever, words - trad.)
# "Souter Creek" - 6:19
#* "The Dog and the Rabbit"
(Drever)
#* "A Dog Called Bran"
(O'Rourke)
#* "Souter Creek"
(O'Rourke)
# "Kris's" - 6:28
#* "Alyth's"
(O'Rourke)
#* "Muckle Moose on the Muin"
(Drever)
# "Freeborn Man" - 3:42
( Ewan MacColl)
# "Moorhens" - 4:15
#* "The Moorhens"
(Drever)
#* "Rick Taylor's"
(Green)
#* "A Tune for Emily Ball
(O'Rourke)
# "Gallowhill" - 6:04
(O'Rourke)
Bonus Track
* "Twa Stewarts"
(Green) - 7:34
** "Auld Stewart
** "Young Stewart"
** "Last Weeks Efforts"
Personnel
*
Kris Drever
Kris Drever (born 31 October 1978) is a Scottish contemporary folk musician and songwriter who came to prominence in 2006 with the release of his debut solo album, ''Black Water''. Drever is the vocalist and guitarist of the folk trio Lau with ...
- guitar, e-bowed dobro guitar, vocals, mixing
*
Martin Green - piano-keyed accordion, accordion through Leslie speaker, mixing
*
Aidan O'Rourke - fiddle, mixing
* Stuart Hamilton - engineering
*
Calum Malcolm - producer, mixing
* Hugo Morris - photography
* Chris Williams - design and layout
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2007 debut albums
Lau (band) albums