martin stirrup
Waiting in Bahrain
First Issued May 2004These were the first new songs for 25 years... Having rediscovered my old songbook and gone through an archiving exercise for The Album that Never Was and Back on the Cam Id started to play around with a few new ideas but
Release date: September 2003
Play album
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1
WIB 01 Take Me Down To Your River
A picked guitar folk song.
MP3 (160 kbps)
4:37
2
WIB 02 Mixing my Metaphors
a jolly jug-band influenced ditty
Lossless, MP3 (320 kbps)
3:24
3
WIB 03 Sandstorm
A bluesy acoustic number
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3:42
4
WIB 04 In My life
a hypnotic twiddle with a rockier chorus
Lossless, MP3 (320 kbps)
4:27
5
WIB 05 Are You Ready To begin?
a rockier number with layered phrases
Lossless, MP3 (320 kbps)
3:47
6
WIB 06 Crazy Season
Pop rock !
Lossless, MP3 (320 kbps)
3:52
7
WIB 07 Fat Cats get the Cream
A layered rant
Lossless, MP3 (320 kbps)
4:42
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WIB 08 Waiting in Bahrain
The title track and of course written whilst waiting in Bahrain airport.
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3:21
9
WIB 09 Sleep in a Chair
a ballad of longing
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3:33
10
WIB 10 No Sense No Feeling
A Country ballad.
Lossless, MP3 (320 kbps)
4:11
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WIB 11 Undying Love
This is obviously a love song in the style of gospel
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4:42
12
WIB 12 I Know What You're Thinking
An acoustic love song
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3:47
13
WIB 13 It Must Be You
The fairground meets the Red Army choir?
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3:31
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WIB 14 Touch and Go
A novelty pop song?
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4:01
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WIB 15 Why Do You Lie?
A soft rock pop song
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3:58
