Roots & Echoes

Roots & Echoes is the fourth full-length studio album by English indie rock band The Coral. It was released on 6 August 2007, and debuted in the UK Albums Chart at No. 8, the lowest entry in that chart for the band (see 2007 in British music). It subsequently dropped out of the top 20 in its second week and had fallen out of the top 50 by its third week in the chart. The band did not subsequently tour for the album very much, appearing at Glastonbury and supporting the Arctic Monkeys on a few dates around Ireland and the UK.

Roots & Echoes
Studio album by
The Coral
Released6 August 2007 (2007-08-06)
Recorded2006–2007;
Wheeler End Studios, High Wycombe; Elevator Studios, Liverpool
GenreIndie rock, indie pop, neo-psychedelia
Length42:29
LabelDeltasonic
ProducerThe Coral, Craig Silvey, Ian Broudie
The Coral chronology
The Invisible Invasion
(2005)		 Roots & Echoes
(2007)		 Butterfly House
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
NME[3]
Pitchfork Media(5.2/10)[4]
Q[5]
The Observer[6]
The Stranger[7]
Yahoo! Music UK[8]
The Guardian[9]

Unlike the band's first four albums, Roots & Echoes has yet to be released in the United States, only available there as an import or via digital download.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Who's Gonna Find Me"James Skelly, Nick Power3:27
2."Remember Me"J. Skelly3:27
3."Put the Sun Back"J. Skelly3:04
4."Jacqueline"J. Skelly, Power3:30
5."Fireflies"J. Skelly, Bill Ryder-Jones3:59
6."In the Rain"J. Skelly, Power3:08
7."Not So Lonely"J. Skelly3:47
8."Cobwebs"J. Skelly, Ian Skelly, Lee Southall3:31
9."Rebecca You"J. Skelly, Power, Ryder-Jones3:52
10."She's Got a Reason"J. Skelly4:28
11."Music at Night"J. Skelly, Ryder-Jones, Marcus Holdaway6:15
Japan bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."The Voice"J. Skelly, Power3:23
13."Laughing Eyes"J. Skelly, Southall3:28

Personnel
The Coral[10]
  • James Skelly – vocals, guitar, producer, arrangements
  • Lee Southall – guitar, backing vocals, producer, arrangements
  • Bill Ryder-Jones – guitar, producer, arrangements, string arrangements
  • Paul Duffy – bass guitar, backing vocals, producer, arrangements
  • Nick Power – keyboards, producer, arrangements
  • Ian Skelly – drums, producer, arrangements, design
Production[10]
  • Craig Silvey – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Ian Broudie – producer
  • Phil Brown – engineer
  • David McDonnell – assistant engineer
  • Serge Krebs – assistant engineer, assistant mixing
  • Raj Das – assistant engineer
  • Marcus Holdaway – string arrangements
  • George Marino – mastering
Additional musicians[10]
  • Martin Holdaway – strings
  • Sally Herbert – strings
  • Katherine Shave – strings
  • Nicola Sweeney – strings
  • Brian Wright – strings
  • Ellen Blair – strings
  • Jackie Norrie – strings
  • Matthew Draper – oboe
  • Leila Ward – oboe
  • Martin Dunsdon – flute
Other personnel[10]
  • Kevin Power – design, photography
  • Ray Tang – photography

Chart performance
Chart (2007) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[11] 84
Ireland (Irish Albums Chart)[12] 33
Japan (Oricon)[13] 80
UK Albums (OCC)[14] 8

Release history
Country Date Label Format Catalog
United States & Canada 3 August 2007 Columbia Records CD, digital download 88697 12079 2
United Kingdom 6 August 2007 Deltasonic CD, LP, digital download DLTCD069, DLTLP069

References
  1. "Roots & Echoes by The Coral". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. Mason, Stewart. "The Coral: Roots & Echoes > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  3. Pattison, Louis (6 August 2007). "The Coral: Roots & Echoes". NME. IPC Media. ISSN 0028-6362.
  4. Berman, Stuart (21 August 2007). "The Coral: Roots & Echoes". Pitchfork Media.
  5. Q. Bauer Media Group: 90. September 2007. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. Thomson, Graeme (July 2007). "Great when they're straight". The Observer (Monthly Music No 47). London: Guardian Media Group. ISSN 0029-7712. OCLC 50230244. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
  7. Zwickel, Jonathan (26 September 2007). "The Coral: Roots & Echoes". The Stranger. Index Newspapers. ISSN 1935-9004.
  8. O'Keeffe, Niall (14 August 2007). "The Coral – Roots & Echoes". Yahoo! Music UK.
  9. Costa, Maddy (3 August 2007). "The Coral, Roots and Echoes". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878.
  10. Roots & Echoes (booklet). The Coral. UK: Deltasonic. 2007. DLTCD069.CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. "The Coral – Roots & Echoes". ultratop.be. Ultratop. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  12. "The Coral – Roots & Echoes". acharts.us. αCharts.us. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  13. ザ・コーラル [The Coral]. oricon.co.jp (in Japanese). Oricon Inc. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  14. "The Coral | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
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