''The Disconnection'' is the second album by

Carina Round Carina Round (born 20 April 1979) is a British singer-songwriter from Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England. Career In the summer of 1996, following a gig in a basement acoustic club in Wolverhampton, Round was given a three-night sup ...

. It was released in October 2003. The album was released in the UK with a cover shot by Anoushka Fisz (wife of Dave Stewart from

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who supported her since), then released in 2004 with a different, less disturbing cover photo, on

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in the US. The album garnished comparisons to

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and

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Track listing

All songs written by

, except where noted. # "Shoot" — 4:46 # "Into My Blood" — 3:54 # "Lacuna" — 4:14 # "Paris" — 3:41 # "Monument" — 4:40 # "Motel 74" — 4:56 # "Overcome" — 4:21 # "Sit Tight" — 6:32 # "Elegy" — 5:55 (Carina Round, Gavin Monaghan) (note, the UK version of the album has an acoustic version of this song whilst the US version has an electric version)

Personnel

;Musicians *Tom Livemore — fancy electric guitars and emma's harmonium, piano, tape delay and mandolin *Carina Round — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, rhodes, metal tray, mandolin and voices *Simon Jason Smith — electric bass and double bass, portamento and electric guitar *John Large — all drums, various percussion and gravel in a box, except ''Sit Tight'', drums and percussion played by Marcus Galley ;Additional Musicians *Craig Hamilton — lush backing vocals on "Motel 74" *Anna Russell — lush backing vocals on "Motel 74" *Jim Summerfield — lush backing vocals on "Motel 74" *Pippa Green — violin on "Overcome" *Charley Miles — violin on "Overcome" *Caroline Bodimead — violin on "Overcome" *Louis Robinson — violin on "Overcome" *Ellen Brookes — viola on "Overcome" *Bruce Wilson — viola on "Overcome" *Liz Tollington — cello on "Overcome" *Clare Spencer-smith — cello on "Overcome" *Nathan Loughran — backing voice on "Sit Tight" *Matt Taylor — clarinet, horns on "Elegy" *Ray Butcher — trumpet on "Elegy" *Tom Walter — trombone on "Elegy" *Joey Walter — sax on "Elegy" ;Production *Produced by Gavin Monaghan and Carina Round *Pro-Tools Engineered and Recorded by Andy Taylor *"Sit Tight" produced by Carina Round *Recorded at Magic Garden Studios except "Sit Tight" *"Sit Tight" recorded at The Church by Graham Domny and engineered by Nathan Loughran *Mixed at The Thought Ranch by Tome Livemore and Carina Round except tracks 4, 6, 8 and 9 *Tracks 4, 6, 8 and 9 mixed at Eastcote Studios by Gavin Monaghan *Mastered at Loud by John Dent String Arrangement for "Overcome" by John Cotton

Release history

References

2003 albums Carina Round albums Interscope Records albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub