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2004 studio anthology past Charlotte Hatherley

Gray Volition Fade
The right side of a woman's face against a brown background
Studio album by

Charlotte Hatherley
Released xvi August 2004
Studio Wild Hamster, Los Angeles
Genre Pop punk, power pop
Length 41:33
Label Double Dragon
Producer Eric Drew Feldman
Charlotte Hatherley chronology
Gray Will Fade
(2004) 		The Deep Blue
(2007)
Singles from Gray Will Fade
  1. "Kim Wilde"
    Released: 7 June 2004
  2. "Summer"
    Released: 9 Baronial 2004
  3. "Bastardo"
    Released: 21 February 2005

Grey Will Fade is the debut studio album by English language musician Charlotte Hatherley, the guitarist for Ash, released by Double Dragon Music on 16 August 2004. Spurred on by the positive response to "Grey Will Fade", which appeared every bit a B-side to Ash's unmarried "There'southward a Star" (2001), Hatherley set about recording her solo anthology. Enlisting the help of Eric Drew Feldman, the sessions for the album were happening concurrently in Los Angeles, California, at Wild Hamster, while Ash was recording their anthology Meltdown (2004). Described as a pop punk and power popular record, Hatherley's vocals on Grey Will Fade earned her comparisons to Björk, Tanya Donelly, and PJ Harvey.

Grey Will Fade received generally favourable reviews from critics, some of whom commented positively on the songwriting. The album charted at number 48 in Scotland and number 51 in the UK. "Summer" and "Bastardo" both reached a peak of number 31 on the UK Singles Chart. Despite Gray Will Fade being announced in early 2004, Hatherley was occupied touring with Ash to support Meltdown. The digital-merely atomic number 82 single, "Kim Wilde", was released on 7 June 2004, followed past the second single, "Summertime", on 9 Baronial 2004. While Ash took a break from touring, Hatherley went on her first solo tour in September 2004. "Bastardo" was released as the tertiary unmarried on 21 February 2005; Edgar White directed the video for this and "Summer".

Background and production [edit]

At age 15, Charlotte Hatherley became the guitarist of Nightnurse. Over the course of the side by side ii years, she grew as a musician while performing on the society circuit.[1] Effectually this time, Ash frontman Tim Wheeler was interested in bringing in another guitarist after witnessing the interplay between Weezer members Rivers Cuomo and Brian Bell.[2] Later on learning of this through common friends, Hatherley joined Ash at first temporarily.[3] She performed on the ring's non-album single "A Life Less Ordinary", released in October 1997.[four] Hatherley's contributions impressed the band who made her an official fellow member.[3] Over the course of the next four years, Hatherley appeared on the band's second and third studio albums, Nu-Clear Sounds (1998) and Free All Angels (2001).[five] [half-dozen]

She co-wrote three songs on the two albums and had sole writing credit for the B-sides "Taken Out" and "Gonna Do It Soon".[1] [5] [six] "In that location'due south a Star", the fifth single from Free All Angels, featured Hatherley'due south "Grayness Will Fade" as a B-side.[1] Between Oct 2003 and January 2004, the band were recording Meltdown (2004) in Los Angeles, California.[seven] [8] Spurred on past a positive reaction to "Grey Will Fade", Hatherley set about recording a solo album.[9] [x] Sessions were held at Wild Hamster in Los Angeles, with producer Eric Drew Feldman, while Rob Laufer handled recording.[11] There were a few instances where Hatherley recorded with Ash during the mornings, only to spend the afternoons on the other side of Los Angeles recording her album.[12] The sessions lasted for a month; she attempted to create "XTC-style music with B-52'southward vocals".[9] Laufer, Feldman, and Hatherley mixed the recordings before Marking Chalecki mastered the tracks at Capitol Mastering in Hollywood, California.[11]

Composition [edit]

Musically, the sound of Grey Will Fade has been described as popular punk and power popular, with Hatherley's vocals recalling elements of Tanya Donelly, PJ Harvey and Björk.[13] Hatherley noted a contrast in its indie-based sound to her bandmates' heavy metallic roots. She added that as Meltdown was "definitely more heavy metallic", she made "something which was more the kind of music I honey," citing David Bowie, Kate Bush-league, and XTC.[14] Grey Will Fade has sparse song arrangements, led predominantly past Hatherley's guitarwork.[15] For the nigh part, Hatherley handles vocals, guitars, and bass, while Ellis played drums and Feldman the keyboards. Feldman played bass on "Downward" and "Grey Volition Fade"; Nick Vincent played drums on "Kim Wils" and "Bastardo"; Laufer and Hatherley added keyboards to "Where I'k Calling From"; Moris Tepper provided guitar for "End"; and Laufer sang backing vocals on "Why You Wanna?".[eleven]

The opening rails, "Kim Wilde", name checks "Kids in America" (1981) and "Chequered Love" (1981) by Kim Wilde.[13] The song incorporates guitars in the vein of Blondie, Fleetwood Mac-esque vocal harmonies, and varying tempo changes.[16] "Paragon" is reminiscent of Ash's before material; "Summertime", which features handclaps and Jools Kingdom of the netherlands-esque piano work, sees the narrator wishing for their state of affairs to improve.[13] [17] [18] The Pixies-calorie-free "Stop" uses metallic krautrock guitar parts.[19] [20] The audio-visual and electronica track "Where I'm Calling From" shares a similar structure to "Space Oddity" (1969) past Bowie.[13] [15] [17] "Bastardo" is the story of a Spanish homo who steals a guitar, and was compared to the works of Kirsty MacColl.[13] The closing track "Grey Will Fade" is an optimistic bulletin to a friend who was struggling in school.[12]

Release [edit]

In March 2004, NME reported that Hatherley's debut was scheduled for release later in the year.[ix] On 22 May 2004, Gray Will Fade was formally announced for release in August of that year.[x] Betwixt May and August 2004, Hatherley was occupied touring with Ash to support Meltdown.[21] [22] "Kim Wilde" was released as a digital-only single on vii June 2004.[10] Hatherley explained she did not expect people to purchase it physically, and to her surprise, the track had 8,000 downloads in its first week of release.[xiv] "Summertime" was released as a unmarried on nine August 2004; the CD version featured "Commodore" and "South.M.U.T" every bit extra tracks.[23] [24] The music video for "Summer" premiered on NME 's website on 14 July 2004.[25] Double Dragon Music released Grey Will Fade on 16 August 2004.[ten]

As Ash were taking a break from touring in September 2004, Hatherley embarked on her debut solo tour, playing a handful of UK shows.[26] "Bastardo" was released every bit a single on 21 February 2005; the CD version featured "3 Minutes" and "I Am a Kamera" as extra tracks, while the DVD version included audio versions of "Bastardo" and an audio-visual version of "Kim Wilde", and videos for "Bastardo", and a making-of feature.[27] [28] [29] Grey Volition Fade was released in the United states on 4 Apr 2005.[30] It was released in Japan in May 2005 in 2 editions: a CD with "3 Minutes" and "I Am a Kamera" equally extra tracks, the other adding a bonus DVD with the music videos for "Summer" and "Bastardo".[31] [32] Edgar Wright directed both videos; "Summer"'southward incorporated animation, while "Bastardo"'s featured appearances from Simon Pegg, Lucy Davis, and David Walliams.[xiv] [33] [34]

Reception [edit]

Professional person ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [15]
Drowned in Audio 6/10[35]
The Guardian [36]
The Irish gaelic Times [37]
NME [xix]
Rock Hard 8/10[38]
RTÉ [39]

Grey Will Fade was met with more often than not favourable reviews from critics. Rock Difficult writer Michael Rensen said Hatherley offered "flossy, surprisingly multi-layered songwriting that goes well beyond the catchy tune" of Ash.[38] Séamus Leonard of RTÉ wrote Hatherley had done "a fine job" with the anthology, finding "Stop" to exist the just misstep.[39] The Irish Times ' Anna Carey wrote the majority of the album "doesn't quite alive up" to "Kim Wilde", however, "information technology's nonetheless an first-class collection of choppy, poppy songs," full of "beloved-sweet harmonies and buzzy guitars".[37] The Contained music critic Andy Gill called it a "confident and engaging solo debut".[xl] The staff at the Manchester Evening News saw the anthology as "[g]reat summertime guitar pop with enthisastic [sic], infectious lyrics and a charming, cheeky approach that suggests Hatherley can add yet some other string to her always-growing bow".[17]

AllMusic reviewer Alan Severa wrote that the record "sometimes trips upwards through a kind of over-enthusiasm, this album is indeed the debut of a rather bohemian talent".[15] Barry Nicolson of NME wrote the album was "hardly a radical divergence," with Hatherley's vocals becoming "a little as well banal and weedy". He added, it was a "minor triumph, then, and if it doesn't repeat the chart-straddling success of the twenty-four hours job, put it down to lack of do".[19] Drowned in Sound 'southward Tom Edwards said Hatherley "does manage to impress in the tunes department".[35] The Guardian music contributor Caroline Sullivan wrote that the anthology "delves farther into fluttery pop than the power-rocking Ash would deem acceptable".[36] BBC Music author Jack Smith said that the album was "firmly traditional and far from groundbreaking ... cipher here has the punch and sheer momentum of Ash's 'Burn Babe Burn'".[sixteen]

Grayness Will Fade reached number 48 in Scotland, and number 51 in the United kingdom.[41] [42] "Summertime" and "Bastardo" both reached number 31 on the UK Singles Chart.[43] Playlouder ranked Grayness Will Fade at number nine on their list of the top 50 albums of 2004.[44] "Kim Wilde" topped Playlouder'south list of the top l singles of 2004, while "Bastardo" ranked at number 37 for the 2005 list.[45] [46]

Track listing [edit]

All songs written by Charlotte Hatherley.[11]

  1. "Kim Wilde" – 4:twenty
  2. "Rescue Plan" – 2:55
  3. "Paragon" – 4:xiii
  4. "Summertime" – 4:l
  5. "Downwards" – 4:35
  6. "Stop" – 3:46
  7. "Where I'm Calling From" – 3:56
  8. "Why Y'all Wanna?" – 4:16
  9. "Bastardo" – three:56
  10. "Grayness Will Fade" – 4:46

Personnel [edit]

Personnel per booklet.[11]

Charts [edit]

Chart functioning for Grey Will Fade
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[41] 48
Uk Albums (OCC)[42] 51

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External links [edit]

  • Grey Will Fade at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

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