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Lights Action Lights Action were a British rock quintet from London/Oxford/Chelmsford made up of Patrick Currier (vocals), Karl Bareham (guitar), Chris Moorhead (guitar/keyboards), Alex Leeder (bass) and Steven Durham (drums). The band broke up in 2011. ...

. It was released worldwide on March 2, 2009 as a digital download only, with the option to buy a CD version through the band's website.

Track listing

Information of Value

Funding

The album was produced and mastered on a slim budget of around £15k. Much of the recording costs of the album were funded through the investment engine " SliceThePie".

Recording

The band spent the vast majority of 2008 writing and recording the album. Over 18 tracks were recorded for the album, the band choosing 10 to make the final cut.

Dirty Pretty Strings

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and Ed Harcourt.

"The Bottom of the Sea" choir

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of Moneen, and all of the Oxford Band A Silent Film.

Credits

*Patrick Currier -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, Cover Illustration *Karl Bareham -

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

Art Direction Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the visi ...

Design A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design'' ...

*Chris Moorhead -

Keys Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm * Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock * Key (map ...

/String Arrangement *Alex Leeder -

Bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

*Steven Durham -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

/String Arrangement *Richard Wilkinson -

Producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

, Mixing (At The Pierce Rooms/Mayfair) *Doug Shearer - Mastering (At Pierce Entertainment) *Dirty Pretty Strings - Session

string quartet The term string quartet can refer to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two violinists ...

* Dallas Green - Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea") *

- Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea") *Richard Walters - Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea") *Rob Stevenson - Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea") *Spencer Walker - Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea") *Ali Hussain - Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea") *Lewis Jones - Guest vocals (on "Bottom of the Sea") *Darren Heelis - Assistant Engineer (At The Pierce Rooms) *Ben Bell - Mayfair Assistant *Toshi Minesaki - Mayfair Assistant *Dougal Lott - Konk Assistant *Emma Hampson-Jones - Band Photography *iheartstudios - still life photography *Paul Russell for P Russell & Co - Legal *Matt Hughes for Devil PR - UK Press

References

2009 albums Lights Action albums {{2009-rock-album-stub