Global InformationCroftwork information
| Croftwork | ||||
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| Studio album by Peatbog Faeries | ||||
| Released | 25 April 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Studio | Phat Controller Productions, Roag, Isle of Skye | |||
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| Length | 56:49 | |||
| Label | Peatbog Records | |||
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Croftwork (stylised on the album cover as CroftworK) is the fourth album by Scottish Celtic fusion group Peatbog Faeries, recorded in Roag on the Isle of Skye, and released in 2005 on the band's own Peatbog Records label. It was released as the label's second album following on from the band's previous album Welcome to Dun Vegas (2003). They recorded the album at Phat Controller Productions on the band's native Isle of Skye.[1]
The album sees the band combine a wide variety of sounds, and also introduced a prominent brass section (The Wayward Boys) which critics said gave parts of the album a jazz feel. Music on the album includes experiments with electronica and dance music, jazz, including subgenres such as lounge-jazz, funk and Latin. The album was released in October 2005 and received positive reviews from fans and critics alike. One of the album's most popular tracks, "The Anthropologist", often opened the band's live shows in 2008.
- ^ "Scottish music album: Croftwork". Footstompin. Archived from the original on 28 October 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2017.