Flesh (album)

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Flesh
David Gray Flesh Alternate artwork.jpg
Studio album by
David Gray
Released6 September 1994
RecordedFebruary–June 1994
Genre Folk rock
Length45:18
Label Hut/Virgin (UK) [1]
Caroline Records (US) [2]
Producer David Gray
David Gray chronology
A Century Ends
(1993)		Flesh
(1994)		 Sell, Sell, Sell
(1996)
Alternate Cover
Flesh David Gray.jpg
Cover of 2001 reissue. The above image was originally used as back cover of the original 1994 release.
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Flesh is the second studio album by David Gray. [4] It was initially released on 6 September 1994, and re-released in 2001. [5] The cover was changed to a black and white photo for the re-release. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that the musicians are led "into semi-electric ladyland on Flesh, using grander arrangements that, thanks to an excess of extroversion in the overall effort, turn the Gaelic aspect of Gray’s music dismayingly toward the Waterboys ... a disappointment." [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Gray

No.TitleLength
1."What Are You?"3:30
2."The Light"4:10
3."Coming Down"6:15
4."Falling Free"3:25
5."Made Up My Mind"3:43
6."Mystery of Love"5:32
7."Lullaby"3:39
8."New Horizons"5:56
9."Love's Old Song"3:47
10."Flesh"5:21

Credits

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2 October 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780743201698 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ "David Gray | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. 1 2 Heatley, Michael (11 November 2009). David Gray: A Biography. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857120526 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "David Gray". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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