Gruff Rhys 2 CD’s Candylion& Set Fire To The Stars Soundtrack ( Elijah Wood)

Description: Candylion is the second solo album by Welsh musician and Super Furry Animals front-man Gruff Rhys. It was released on 8 January 2007 through Rough Trade Records (in the UK) and Team Love (in the US) and peaked at number fifty on the UK Albums Chart. The album includes the singles "Candylion" and "Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru". Candylion Studio album by Gruff Rhys Released 8 January 2007 Recorded Stiwsio Ofn, Llanfaelog, Wales, Spring 2006 AR 3, Rio De Janeiro Dairy, Brixton, London Genre Alternative rock Length 44:39 Label Rough Trade Records (UK), Team Love (US) Producer Gruff Rhys, Gorwel Owen, Mario Caldato, Jr. Gruff Rhys chronology Yr Atal Genhedlaeth (2005)Candylion (2007)Hotel Shampoo (2011) Singles from Candylion "Candylion" b/w "Colossal Smile" Released: 4 December 2006 "Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru" b/w "Y Creadur" Released: 2007 (iTunes only single) Professional ratings Aggregate scores SourceRating Metacritic80/100[2] Review scores SourceRating The Guardian [1] The Independent [3] NME [4] Pitchfork Media [5] The Times [6] Twisted Ear [7] The Wheel's Still In Spin(not rated) [8] Uncut [9] AllMusic [10] It also features Lisa Jen from the Welsh language band 9Bach on backing vocals and xylophone. On its release, record stores stocking the album were supplied with 96 inch cardboard sheets with patterns for making the cardboard candylion seen on the album cover, to hand out to purchasers. Track listing edit All music and beats by Gruff Rhys. No.TitleLength 1."This Is Just the Beginning"0:50 2."Candylion"2:31 3."The Court of King Arthur"3:24 4."Lonsome Words"2:55 5."Cycle of Violence"2:56 6."Painting People Blue"2:53 7."Beacon in the Darkness"3:18 8."Con Carino"2:18 9."Gyrru Gyrru Gyrru" (Translation: "Driving Driving Driving")3:17 10."Now That the Feeling Has Gone"3:01 11."Ffrwydriad yn y Ffurfafen" (Translation: "Explosion in the Sky")2:40 12."Skylon!"14:36 Personnel edit Gruff Rhys and Lisa Jen performing live at Custom House Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in 2007 in support of Candylion Musician credits Gruff Rhys – Music and Beats Lisa Jên – Extra Vocals (2, 4, 6 to 8, 10, 12) Owen Evans – Double Bass (2 to 6, 10, 12) Kassin – Gameboy Beats (9) Gorwel Owen – Tamboura (7), Stylophone (12) Marçal – Extra Special Production (8, 9, 12) Tandi Gebara – Birambau (12) Felipe Pinaud – Flute (5, 11, 12) Jonathan Thomas – Pedal Steel (6) Rhodri Puw – Bell (4) Siwan Puw – Sleigh Bells (7) Samantha Caldato – Intro Vocal (1), Air Steward Vocal (12) Technical credits Gruff Rhys, Gorwel Owen and Mario Caldato, Jr. – Producer Gorwel Owen – Recording (at Stiwsio Ofn, Llanfaelog, Wales) Mario Caldato, Jr. – Mixing and Extra Special Percussion Recording (at AR Studio 3, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) Igor Ferreira and Cesar Miranda – Mixing Assistant (at AR Studio 3, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) Stewart Hawkes – Mastering (at Metropolis, London) Sean O'Hagan and Marcus Haldaway – String Arrangements (at Dairy, Brixton, London) Marc Lane – Engineering (at Dairy, Brixton, London) Amanda Britton, Sally Herbert, Brian Wright, Jacqueline Norrie, Laura Melhuish – Violin Marcus Holdaway – Cello Pete Fowler – Artwork Pete James – Artwork, Art Direction and Photography In 2014, Rhys composed the film score for Set Fire to the Stars about Dylan Thomas and starring Celyn Jones and Elijah Wood. The jazz group he formed to record the music features drummer Chris Walmsley, double-bassist Jim Barr (Portishead), Gavin Fitzjohn on trumpet and pianist Osian Gwynedd (formerly of Big Leaves and Sybridion) on piano, with strings arranged by Gruff Ab Arwel (Y Niwl). Additional string music was recorded by the Elysian Quartet.[24][25] In September 2015, Rhys won the 2015 BAFTA Cymru award for Original Music for the score.[26]

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