Songs from the Shipyards

Songs from the Shipyards
Soundtrack album by
The Unthanks
Released5 November 2012 (2012-11-05) (UK)
GenreFolk music
Film soundtrack
Length41:21
LabelRabble Rouser
ProducerAdrian McNally
The Unthanks chronology
The Unthanks with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band
(2012) 		Songs from the Shipyards
(2012) 		Mount the Air
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Observer[1]
Metro[2]
The Independent[3]
Daily Express[4]
The Skinny[5]

Songs from the Shipyards, the seventh album by English folk group The Unthanks, was released on 5 November 2012. The album is designated Vol. 3 in The Unthanks' Diversions series and follows on from Vol. 1 (The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons), released in November 2011 and Vol. 2 (The Unthanks with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band), released in July 2012.

It is a studio-recorded album of songs from a soundtrack, compiled by The Unthanks, which was first performed live in February 2011 at Newcastle upon Tyne’s Tyneside Cinema to accompany the showing of a documentary film by Richard Fenwick about the history of shipbuilding on the Tyne, Wear and Tees.[6][7][8][9][nb 1] The album includes a cover version of Elvis Costello's "Shipbuilding" and songs written by Graeme Miles, Alex Glasgow, Archie Fisher, John Tams, Peter Bellamy and Jez Lowe, plus a centrepiece track, "The Romantic Tees", written by Adrian McNally.

The album received four-starred reviews in The Observer, The Independent and Metro.

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  6. ^ "Songs from the Shipyards – Full Credits". Richard Fenwick. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  7. ^ Tamzin Lewis (24 February 2011). "Unthanks soundtrack brings life to shipyards film". The Journal. Newcastle upon Tyne. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  8. ^ Tim Adams (27 February 2011). "The Unthanks: 'We're miserable buggers and not afraid of it'". The Observer. London. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  9. ^ Jeff Brown (23 February 2011). "The Unthanks celebrate Tyneside shipbuilding heritage". BBC website. Retrieved 20 May 2011.


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