Hourglass (Kate Rusby album)

Hourglass
Studio album by Kate Rusby
Released	1 March 1997
Genre	English folk
Length	46:20
Label	Pure Records
Producer	John McCusker
Kate Rusby chronology
Hourglass (1997) Sleepless (1999)

Hourglass is the debut studio album by English contemporary folk musician Kate Rusby, released on 1 March 1997 on Pure Records. It was updated and remastered in 2022, to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

Track listing

1. "Sir Eglamore" (Traditional; Rusby) - 4:14
2. "As I Roved Out" (Traditional) - 3:45
3. "Jolly Ploughboys" (Traditional) - 4:05
4. "Annan Waters" (Traditional) - 5:23
5. "Stananivy" (McCusker, Rusby) - "Jack and Jill" (Rusby; Traditional) - 3:06
6. "A Rose in April" (Rusby) - 5:38
7. "Radio Sweethearts" (Miller, McCusker) - 3:32
8. "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" (Frank O'Connor, Rusby) - 2:58
9. "Old Man Time" (Rusby) - 3:48
10. "Drowned Lovers" (Traditional) - 5:14
11. "Bold Riley" (Traditional) - 4:37

Personnel

Produced by John McCusker
Engineered by Moray Munro
Recorded at Temple Record Studio, Midlothian, Scotland
Mastered by Andy Seward

• Kate Rusby - vocals, piano, guitar (3, 6, 9)
• Ian Carr - guitar (1, 5, 7, 10)
• Andy Cutting - diatonic accordion
• Donald Hay - percussion
• Conrad Ivitsky - double bass
• Alison Kinnaird - cello
• John McCusker - fiddles
• Michael McGoldrick - flute, whistles
• Tony McManus - guitar (2, 8)
• Alan Reid - harmony vocals (4)
• Eric Rigler - uilleann pipes
• Davy Steele - harmony vocals (3, 11)

All tracks arranged by Kate Rusby and John McCusker
(Additional arrangement by Ian Carr on tracks 1, 4, 7, 10)

Sources

• Hourglass at AllMusic. Retrieved 19:07, 13 September 2016 (UTC).