Spiral
Studio album by
Allison Crowe
ReleasedMarch 17, 2010
Recorded2009–10
GenreRock
Length56:55
LabelRubenesque
ProducerKayla Schmah, Allison Crowe
Allison Crowe chronology
Little Light
(2008)		 Spiral
(2010)		 Tidings Concert
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Muruch(favorable)[1]

Spiral, released in 2010 is the sixth studio album from musician Allison Crowe and the first to include strings and orchestration in addition to band elements. Tracks for this album were recorded in a range of locations across Canada and Europe, including Crowe's home-bases of Nanaimo, British Columbia and Corner Brook, Newfoundland as well as Vienna, Austria and on Salt Spring Island, Canada.

Kayla Schmah, a Los Angeles–based, Canadian-born, composer and film scorer, arranged and orchestrated the album's string sections and served as over-all producer.

Spiral is a collection of original songs composed by Allison Crowe on piano and guitar, alongside interpretations of several songs popular in different parts of the world: Throw Your Arms Around Me by Australia's Hunters and Collectors; Why from the United Kingdom's Annie Lennox; and, from her home country, Chelsea Hotel No. 2, the latest of several Leonard Cohen songs covered by Crowe.

Stephen Thomas, co-founder of UK-based Folkroom Records, writing for music blog ‘We Write Lists’ named "Spiral" one of "The Twelve Most Exciting Albums of 2010", remarking: "Crowe's speciality is startlingly beautiful piano-based songs that sort of make you wonder why you bother with anything else."

Track listing

  1. Dearly (Allison Crowe) – 4:09
  2. Double-Edged Swords (Allison Crowe) – 2:32
  3. "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" (Leonard Cohen) – 4:29
  4. Wake Up (live) (Allison Crowe) – 5:35
  5. Oceans (Allison Crowe) – 3:13
  6. I Don't Know (Allison Crowe) – 4:48
  7. Spiral (Allison Crowe) – 3:45
  8. Throw Your Arms Around Me (John Archer, Geoffrey Crosby, Douglas Falconer, John Howard, Robert Miles, Mark Seymour, Michael Waters) – 4:24
  9. Why (Annie Lennox) – 4:40
  10. Going Home Tonight (Allison Crowe) – 4:42
  11. No Matter the Battle (Allison Crowe) – 4:10
  12. silence (82 seconds of) – 01:22
  13. "Throw Your Arms Around Me v2" (John Archer, Geoffrey Crosby, Douglas Falconer, John Howard, Robert Miles, Mark Seymour, Michael Waters) – 4:24
  14. Why v2 (Annie Lennox) – 4:42

Personnel

  • Allison Crowe – vocals, piano, guitar
  • Billie Woods – acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Larry Anschell – electric guitar
  • Dave Baird – electric bass, vocals
  • Laurent Boucher – percussion
  • Brendan Millbank – cello

Production

  • Production: Kayla Schmah & Allison Crowe
  • Strings, Orchestral Arrangements: Kayla Schmah
  • Engineer: Allison Crowe & Larry Anschell
  • Live Recording Engineers: John MacMillan and Condor
  • Art Direction: Alix Whitmire
  • Original paintings: Tara Thelen

References

  1. ↑ Muruch (April 14, 2010). Allison Crowe: Spiral, Muruch. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
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