''Until the Earth Begins to Part'' is the debut studio

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band Broken Records, released on 1 June 2009 by

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. Prior to the album's release, the band released three singles: "If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It" in April 2008, "Slow Parade" in August 2008, and "Lies" in November 2008. The first proper single from the debut album was the title track, released on 11 May 2009. An accompanying three-track EP CD, recorded live at Avalanche Records in

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, was given away for free to those who purchased the album at Avalanche Records stores.

Track listing

# "Nearly Home" – 5:31 # "If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It" – 4:21 # "Until the Earth Begins to Part" – 3:31 # "A Promise" – 5:01 # "Thoughts on a Picture (In a Paper, January 2009)" – 4:07 # "If Eilert Loveborg Wrote a Song, It Would Sound Like This" – 3:47 # "Wolves" – 3:46 # "Ghosts" – 3:58 # "A Good Reason" – 4:08 # "Slow Parade" – 4:29

Singles

* "Until the Earth Begins to Part" (7" vinyl and download, 11 May 2009) *# "Until the Earth Begins to Part" – 3:32 *# "And They All Fell Into the Sea" – 3:31 * "A Good Reason" (download, September 2009) *# "A Good Reason" – 4:08

Personnel

The following people contributed to ''Until the Earth Begins to Part'':''Until the Earth Begins to Part'' liner notes

Band

*Jamie Sutherland – vocals *Rory Sutherland – violin, guitar, accordion *Ian Turnbull – guitar, piano, accordion *Arne Kolb – cello *Dave Smith – piano, trumpet *Andrew Keeny – drums *David Fothergill – bass

Additional musicians

*E. Harvard – tenor horn ("Nearly Home", "If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It", "A Good Reason" and "Slow Parade") *J. Pippen – trombone ("Nearly Home", "If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It", "A Good Reason" and "Slow Parade") *C. Sefton – tuba ("Nearly Home", "If the News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It", "A Good Reason" and "Slow Parade") *D. Guy – double bass ("Nearly Home" "Wolves" and "Slow Parade") *J. Bayley – viola ("Nearly Home" "Wolves" and "Slow Parade")

Recording personnel

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– producer, engineer, mixing * Broken Records – producer *Tom Manning – assistant *Jean-Pierre Chalbos – mastering

Artwork

*Sarah Foley – art direction, design, illustrations

References

External links

Track-by-track interview with Jamie Sutherland
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