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The Eleventh Hour (The Birthday Suit album)

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The Eleventh Hour
Studio album by
Released11 November 2011
Recorded2010
Genreindie rock, Alternative rock
Length40:17
LabelSing it Alone Records
The Birthday Suit chronology
The Eleventh Hour
(2011)
A Conversation Well Rehearsed
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Drowned in Sound6/10[1]
PopMatters6/10[2]

The Eleventh Hour is the debut studio album by Scottish indie rock band The Birthday Suit, released on 11 November 2011 on Sing it Alone Records.

Background

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In 2010 Idlewild entered an indefinite hiatus and so guitarist and backing vocalist Rod Jones subsequently formed The Birthday Suit in 2011[3] after writing material for his second album, Jones noted:

I started making a second solo record, then got sick of it. I began writing a set of completely new songs which turned out to have more of an indie rock sound, and it felt more like band material than solo stuff. Even though I wrote it by myself at home, it wouldn’t have been right to record it alone, so I got a small band together. The name of The Birthday Suit was sort of an in-joke that stuck.[4]

They signed to Sing it Alone and released their debut single "Do You Ever?" as a free download, and in November 2011 they released The Eleventh Hour and followed its release with multiple performances in Glasgow and Edinburgh during the next year. The band performed at T in the Park and Wickerman Festival, and began working on a follow-up album.

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Do You Ever?"2:55
2."Hope Me Home"3:32
3."The Say I Love You"3:58
4."On My Own"4:04
5."Sell It All"3:57
6."World Gone By"3:58
7."Are You OK?"3:16
8."A Nation"3:26
9."Don't Look Down"3:39
10."The Eleventh Hour"3:44
11."Talking Over You (featuring Jill O'Sullivan)" 

Personnel

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  • Rod Jones
  • Jacqueline Irvine
  • David Jack
  • Steve Morrison
  • Séan McLaughlin
  • Catrin Pryce-Jones

References

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  1. ^ "Album Review: The Birthday Suit - the Eleventh Hour". Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  2. ^ "The Birthday Suit: The Eleventh Hour | PopMatters". Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
  3. ^ Adams, Sean (2011-08-30). "Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones reveals his Birthday Suit / Music News // Drowned In Sound". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  4. ^ "Interview: Rod Jones". Ten Tracks. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-09.