Sing the Greys

Sing the Greys
Studio album by
Frightened Rabbit
Released5 June 2006
RecordedThe Diving Bell Lounge, Glasgow
GenreIndie rock
Length34:46
LabelHits the Fan (2006)
FatCat (2007)
ProducerMarcus MacKay
Frightened Rabbit
Frightened Rabbit chronology
Sing the Greys
(2006) 		The Midnight Organ Fight
(2008)
Singles from Sing the Greys
  1. "Be Less Rude"
    Released: 5 November 2007
  2. "The Greys"
    Released: 5 November 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Drowned in Sound(7/10) [2]
NME(8/10) (17 November 2007, p.53)
Pitchfork(7.5/10) [3]

Sing the Greys is the debut studio album by Scottish indie rock band Frightened Rabbit, originally released in May 2006 on Hits the Fan Records, with a limited run of 1000 copies.[4] A remixed/remastered version was released in the United States by FatCat Records on 2 October 2007 and in the UK on 17 November 2007.[5]

In an interview concerning the record's re-release in 2007, vocalist, guitarist and cover artist Scott Hutchison stated: "Little bits and pieces [were] re-recorded. We've re-amped some of the drums in different rooms to get an ambience about it. It's louder and everything is fuller and bigger."[4] By the end of 2007, he said the band was "pretty sick of Sing the Greys. We were saying goodbye to that record and just really itching for people to hear the new one."[6]

In the first interview, drummer Grant Hutchison said: "Fat Cat were just going to release it on a low scale as a taster for the new album. But when we remixed and mastered it, it sounded like a proper album and we felt those songs were too good to just brush under carpet."[4]

Sing the Greys entered the Scottish Albums Chart for the first time in 2018,[7] following Hutchison's death.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference all was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Gourlay, Dom (13 November 2007). "Frightened Rabbit - Sing The Greys". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ Howe, Brian (4 January 2007). "Frightened Rabbit: Sing The Greys". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c ""There's a song about throwing yourself off the Forth Road Bridge. I've thought about it before."". The Pop Cop. 26 August 2007. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Sings the Greys". Fatcat Records. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. ^ The Skinny: Issue 39, pg. 35
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference SCO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).