''Rain, Steam and Speed'' is the fourth and final studio album by the
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
band,
The Mutton Birds
The Mutton Birds were a New Zealand rock music group formed in Auckland in 1991 by Ross Burge, David Long and Don McGlashan, with Alan Gregg joining a year later. Four of their albums reached the top 10 on the New Zealand Albums Chart ...
. It was released in 1999.
The album coincided with the departure of the bass guitarist, vocalist and sometime song contributor Alan Gregg, and also the guitarist David Long. It was released as the Mutton Birds remained based in London seeking a breakthrough on the UK market.
[Margot Denny, "Mutton music", ''The Sunday Telegraph'', 5 September 1999, page 181.]
Track listing
(All songs by
Don McGlashan
Donald McGlashan (born 18 July 1959) is a New Zealand composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist who Is best known for membership in the bands Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, and The Mutton Birds, before going solo. He has also composed for ci ...
)
#"As Close as This" — 4:21
#"Winning Numbers" — 3:46
#"Small Mercies" — 4:37
#"Green Lantern" — 4:02
#"The Falls" — 5:05
#"Last Year's Shoes" — 4:27
#"Jackie's Song" — 3:43
#"Pulled Along by Love" — 4:30
#"Goodbye Drug" — 6:19
#"Hands Full" — 3:28
#"Ray" — 6:24
Personnel
*
Don McGlashan
Donald McGlashan (born 18 July 1959) is a New Zealand composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist who Is best known for membership in the bands Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, and The Mutton Birds, before going solo. He has also composed for ci ...
– vocals, acoustic guitars,
EBow guitar, piano, organ, euphonium
*
Ross Burge
Ross Elliott Burge is a New Zealand musician, who started playing drums with the Nelson College rock band Mandias in 1973. He decided that this was to be the life for him, and called the NZPO to ensure back-up.
He has since played drums for bands ...
– drums, tambourine
*
Alan Gregg – bass guitar
*
Chris Sheehan
The Starlings were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1989, utilising as the main project for New Zealand-born singer/guitarist Chris Sheehan. The group was dissolved by Sheehan around the release of their last EP. Sheehan went on to ...
– bass guitar, electric guitar
Additional personnel
* Tony Fisher — backing vocals
* David Mitchell — Ebow guitar
* Stuart Nesbit — pedal steel
* Tony Kiley — congas
References
The Mutton Birds albums
1999 albums
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