Seven (Wolfstone album)
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| Studio album by Wolfstone | ||||
| Released | 18 May 1999 | |||
| Recorded | December 1998–January 1999, Scotland | |||
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| Length | 47:07 | |||
| Label | Green Linnet Records | |||
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| The Daily Vault | (B–) |
| The Living Tradition | (favourable) |
Seven is the fifth studio album by the Scottish Celtic rock band Wolfstone. After the release of the band's previous album The Half Tail in 1996, numerous members left the band, and due to poor management, the band "split up" in 1998 after the band's label Green Linnet Records released an unrelated side-project as the Wolfstone album This Strange Place in early 1998. However, still contractually obliged to record another album for Green Linnet Records, the remaining members of the band regrouped chose to write and record the required album with full attention, rather than make a "half-hearted" album. Bassist Wayne Mackenzie said "we could have just gone through the motions and made a half-hearted attempt at an album, but we didn’t. The band and our fans mean far too much to us to do that." Titling the album Seven after where the album sits in the band's canonical album sequence, the album style was described as a particularly rock-edged variation of Celtic rock, although it does feature some mellower tracks. The album contains a mix between songs and instrumentals and diverse subject matter.
The band recorded the album with new drummer Tony Soave and co-producer Rob Rankin from December 1998–January 1999, and was the band's first album where Stuart Eaglesham took over as lead vocalist, following the departure of former lead singer Ivan Drever in 1998. The band themselves were pleased with the album, with Mackenzie saying "as a band we were happy with Seven, it met our expectations of ourselves." The album was released in May 1999 and received positive reviews from music critics. Allmusic said "fans of the band will not be disappointed," whilst The Living Tradition said that "with this album Wolfstone prove they are bigger than any one member and they "rock on"." The band decided to carry on as a band and toured in promotion of Seven in 2000, resulting in the live album Not Enough Shouting, which, among its fourteen tracks, features nine of the eleven tracks on Seven recorded live. Seven and Not Enough Shouting were the band's only albums with pianist-keyboardist Andy Simmers, who committed suicide in April 2000; he had contributed a sombre solo piano instrumental, "John Simmers", to Seven.
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