Richard Hawley C/D?

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One of my top 5 favorite records of the year. The title track and I Sleep Alone are immortals.

kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 00:26 (twenty years ago)

fantastic and timeless again.
saw him live in madrid over a month ago and it was the most charming show i had seen for ages.

joan vich (joan vich), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 11:34 (twenty years ago)

Everyone I play this to pulls a face and says "God, this is depressing. Put something else on." Their loss.

mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 11:58 (twenty years ago)

Didn't he & Morrissey work together years & years ago? Nothing came of it, as far as I know (it may even have been pre Viva Hate)

bham, Wednesday, 23 November 2005 12:01 (twenty years ago)

Apparently "Hawley once auditioned to be in Morrissey's backing band but got cut due to having the audacity to sing backup vocals"!

Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 17:42 (twenty years ago)

Coles Corner is wonderful, and his gig at the Scala effortlessly flew into my top 5 of 2005. Enchanting and often surprisingly moving stuff.

CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 18:34 (twenty years ago)

and his quotes between songs are always sweet and funny. go see him live!

joan vich (joan vich), Thursday, 24 November 2005 01:02 (twenty years ago)

Been listening to Coles Corner all weekend after reading this thread. It's wonderful. This is how You are the Quarry should have sounded.

I'm reminded mostly of Fred Neil - the baritone, the only-just-there backing on some tracks, the Roy Orbison connection etc.

bham, Monday, 5 December 2005 10:28 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...
coles corner is wonderful

slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Thursday, 22 December 2005 11:03 (twenty years ago)

Well the end of the year is upon us and I have bought many, many cds this year. Cole's Corner is hands down the best.

Jim Reckling (Jim Reckling), Sunday, 25 December 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...
I dug deeper into his catalog and am continually impressed by the songs. The two prior records Late Night Final and Lowedges are also terrific. I like how some of the tunes like "No Way Home" feel like they would fit in perfectly in a David Lynch movie.

I also caught his show here in new york a couple of weeks ago - fun time, packed house, stellar backing band.

erv (Abe Froman), Sunday, 9 April 2006 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Don't forget about the self titled ep erv, it is very good.

Jim Reckling (Jim Reckling), Monday, 10 April 2006 00:36 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

New album Lady's Bridge may even have achieved the impossible and out-gorgeoused Coles corner!

CharlieNo4, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 18:50 (eighteen years ago)

Richard Hawley is a god.

Davey D, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 18:53 (eighteen years ago)

please do not toy with our emotions thus!

henry s, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

oh i mean it. totally.

CharlieNo4, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:25 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

Anyone else heard Lady's Bridge yet? Not out here yet, but I have been bingeing on Cole's Corner + Lowedges for the past month or so.

fritz, Thursday, 6 September 2007 18:38 (eighteen years ago)

I haven't heard good things about it, but haven't heard it myself. It'll be tough to top Cole's Corner, though.

kornrulez6969, Thursday, 6 September 2007 19:15 (eighteen years ago)

seriously, that one's just about perfect for people who like that kind of thing

fritz, Thursday, 6 September 2007 19:27 (eighteen years ago)

four months pass...

At least one of the songs on Lady's Bridge sounds exactly like one of the songs he contributed to on A Girl Called Eddy.

James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 7 January 2008 02:59 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

New one out next month. Truelove's Gutter. Lady's Bridge never really hit me like Cole's Corner.

Brio, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 18:36 (sixteen years ago)

Lady's Bridge never really hit me like Cole's Corner.

Yeah. OTOH, almost nothing this decade hit me like Cole's Corner.

Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 25 August 2009 18:41 (sixteen years ago)

It really is something else, isn't it? Hard to define exactly what's so special about that record, for me anyway.

Brio, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 18:45 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

Anyone heard Truelove's Gutter?

I'm checking it out on Lala. Only one playthrough, so it's hard to form opinions. My first impression is that it stretches his music out a little, but the songs aren't as sharp as those on Cole's Corner (that's hardly a damning criticism, tho). Anyway, digging it.

Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 17 October 2009 02:26 (sixteen years ago)

Like the last one it's falling short of Cole's Corner for me - but I gotta give it some time I think. I'd like to hear Richard Hawley and Greg Cartwright make a record.

Brio, Thursday, 29 October 2009 15:21 (sixteen years ago)

two months pass...

late to the party on this guy evidently but am totally loving Truelove's Gutter - must get rest of output

larry craig memorial gloryhole (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 5 January 2010 23:27 (sixteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

can't stop listening to this dude - got Lady's Bridge and Cole's Corner and was kinda surprised at the more sprightly country numbers. the new one's more of a langorous, lugubrious affair but I love that its all stretched out, kinda reminiscent of Dion's "Born to Be With You"

The Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 29 January 2010 19:08 (sixteen years ago)

three months pass...

classic classic classic

Daniel, Esq., Monday, 24 May 2010 01:07 (sixteen years ago)

i'm finished with this response brief, strung-out, waiting for my wife and daughter to return from disney tonight. and this new album -- truelove's gutter -- is so moving to me right now.

Daniel, Esq., Monday, 24 May 2010 01:08 (sixteen years ago)

Richard Hawley can do no wrong. I will always treasure Cole's Corner.

musicfanatic, Monday, 24 May 2010 02:29 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, I just finally got around to picking up Truelove's Gutter and it is stunning.

he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 24 May 2010 02:34 (sixteen years ago)

(really wish thered be another girl called eddy collab)

establishment man cloggin up ur spills (Hunt3r), Monday, 24 May 2010 02:59 (sixteen years ago)

i'd been frantically searching around lala for stuff to download before the big shutdown this week, and the two richard hawley albums i don't own are near the top of my list.

Daniel, Esq., Monday, 24 May 2010 03:01 (sixteen years ago)

His version of Some Candy Talking is wonderful too

bham, Monday, 24 May 2010 08:00 (sixteen years ago)

two months pass...

got the False Lights from the Land EP (Remorse Code + 3 new tracks) - very nice, all doomed-sailor-themed stuff

Party Car! (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 August 2010 16:34 (fifteen years ago)

Richard Hawley can do no wrong. I will always treasure Cole's Corner.

― musicfanatic, Monday, May 24, 2010

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Daniel, Esq., Monday, 9 August 2010 16:38 (fifteen years ago)

six months pass...

This Lady's Bridge album's pretty nice.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 04:14 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah; I can listen to Tonight The Streets Are Ours on repeat for hours.

The next disc (Truelove's Gutter) got some nice reviews, but I haven't been able to get into it.

Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 16 February 2011 11:48 (fifteen years ago)

eh, i see upthread that i got into it for at least one day/night; that momentary connection with an album will sometimes happen when i'm ''strung out'' from work.

Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 16 February 2011 11:53 (fifteen years ago)

lol Ned Lady's Bridge is probably his weakest album!

it is still great tho

I, Mr. Sneer Joy (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 16 February 2011 16:26 (fifteen years ago)

Good, then everything will be even better.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 16:28 (fifteen years ago)

lol Ned Lady's Bridge is probably his weakest album!

I concur. I haven't listened to Truelove's Gutter in a while. Need to check that one out. I remember really liking the first track and 'Remorse Code.'

All the talk upthread about Cole's Corner is otm. An amazing album.

righteousmaelstrom, Wednesday, 16 February 2011 16:35 (fifteen years ago)

(really wish thered be another girl called eddy collab)

― establishment man cloggin up ur spills (Hunt3r), Sunday, May 23, 2010 10:59 PM (8 months ago)


^^^

Poll Makossa (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 18 February 2011 20:02 (fifteen years ago)

Yeah, of the three albums I have Lady's Bridge is definitely my least favorite. Its a complete toss-up as to whether I love Truelove's Gutter or Cole's Corner more - pretty much depends on my mood. Both are fantastic though.

rendezvous then i'm through with HOOS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 18 February 2011 20:04 (fifteen years ago)

Handy link to the short but sweet thread about A Girl Called Eddy

What You Know Is POLLS!: The Orson Welles Poll (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 February 2011 02:36 (fifteen years ago)

five months pass...

Somehow I never heard of this guy until recently. Late Night Final is pretty great. Trying to decide which one to get next.

o. nate, Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:50 (fourteen years ago)

Cole's Corner

Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:51 (fourteen years ago)

they're all great though

Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:52 (fourteen years ago)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. cosign cole's corner as the best place to start. stunning.

Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 9 August 2011 18:58 (fourteen years ago)

Definitely 'Cole's Corner'.

publier les (suggest) bans de (Michael White), Tuesday, 9 August 2011 20:04 (fourteen years ago)

is your verdict based on the vinyl?

reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 19 October 2012 21:47 (thirteen years ago)

nah I broke down and got the MP3s. But my issues are more with the arrangements not the sound/mastering

stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 19 October 2012 22:18 (thirteen years ago)

The sound is as lush and well recorded as ever. I can see and understand people taking issue with the arrangements though. But I really like it: it is a throwback, but all his records are, and I find it really refreshing and exhilarating to heat someone play guitar like that.

comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 20 October 2012 04:57 (thirteen years ago)

it's true all his records are throwbacks, my issue is with the particular period this one harkens back to

Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 22 October 2012 16:09 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx4xrYx_KHY

god bless richard hawley. his music's perfect for cold, breezy days.

Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 17 January 2014 21:06 (twelve years ago)

Sheffield...

Le passé, non seulement n'est pas fugace, il reste sur place (Michael White), Friday, 17 January 2014 22:21 (twelve years ago)

four months pass...

late to the party on this guy evidently but am totally loving Truelove's Gutter - must get rest of output

― larry craig memorial gloryhole (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:27 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^^^^

Truleove's Gutter, jesus christ. How did I go so long without hearing this??

Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Friday, 6 June 2014 20:46 (twelve years ago)

five years pass...

why didn't anybody tell me there's a new album out

Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 June 2019 18:24 (six years ago)

Sorry, barely noticed it out of the corner of my algorithm myself.

TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 20 June 2019 18:25 (six years ago)

sounds like he is still in his "rocking" mode though, which is :(

Οὖτις, Thursday, 20 June 2019 18:25 (six years ago)

I gather then that you prefer his more languorous mode.

TS The Students vs. The Regents (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 20 June 2019 18:26 (six years ago)

four years pass...

What’s the deal with “Baby, You’re My Light”?

Al Green Explores Your Mind Gardens (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 18:13 (two years ago)

one year passes...

As the world goes to shit and the brumal dark presses against the windows, I am glad to be delivered of Hawley's lowlight bendections. Fucking hell, Coles Corner is good innit?

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Friday, 24 October 2025 21:01 (seven months ago)

I would 100% take an album of explorations like 'Last Orders'. Shit's like Loren Connors.

I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Friday, 24 October 2025 21:18 (seven months ago)

Did anyone see ‘Standing at the Sky’s Edge’? Saw it last year at the Gillian Lynne theatre and was in pieces at the end.

Dan Worsley, Saturday, 25 October 2025 10:23 (seven months ago)

Is that a jukebox musical of his stuff?

Nicholas Raybeat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 October 2025 17:54 (seven months ago)

Well, not really. There’s a few existing songs but bulk are new and are set to serve the narrative not the other way around.

Dan Worsley, Saturday, 25 October 2025 18:11 (seven months ago)

cole's corner is still one of my favorite records of the century.

Daniel, Esq 2, Monday, 27 October 2025 03:13 (seven months ago)


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