Jump to content

The North Star (Roddy Frame album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The North Star
Studio album by
Released21 September 1998
Studio
Length37:32
LabelIndependiente
Producer
  • Roddy Frame
  • Simon Dawson
Roddy Frame chronology
The North Star
(1998)
Surf
(2002)
Singles from The North Star
  1. "Reason for Living"
    Released: September 1998

The North Star is the debut album by Scottish singer-songwriter Roddy Frame, released in September 1998 by Independiente. It features the single "Reason for Living", which peaked at number 45 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

Background

[edit]

Aztec Camera released their sixth studio album Frestonia in November 1995, marking the end of their contract with WEA. It became the band's least commercially successful release; frontman Roddy Frame opted to go solo and signed with Go! Discs. After a year of no activity, the label had been purchased by PolyGram, and its label head Andy McDonald formed a new label, Independiente. Frame subsequently transferred over to his new home.[2]

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

The Guardian wrote that Frame has "painted an autumnal landscape of ballads and guitar rockers (if rockers is the right word for these scaled-down little bruschettas of songs) whose attention to detail could be mistaken for blandness."[4]

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Roddy Frame[3]

No.TitleLength
1."Back to the One"4:01
2."The North Star"4:04
3."Here Comes the Ocean"3:23
4."River of Brightness"4:22
5."Strings"4:10
6."Bigger Brighter Better"3:27
7."Autumn Flower"4:17
8."Reason for Living"3:16
9."Sister Shadow"3:38
10."Hymn to Grace"2:54

Personnel

[edit]

Technical

Chart performance

[edit]

The North Star spent a total of two weeks in the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 55 on 3 October 1998.[5]

Chart (1998) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[5] 55

References

[edit]

Citations

  1. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. ^ Thompson 2000, p. 165
  3. ^ a b c DiGravina, Tim. "North Star – Roddy Frame | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. ^ Sullivan, Caroline (2 October 1998). "Roddy Frame The North Star". Music. The Guardian. p. 18.
  5. ^ a b "Chart Log UK 1994–2008 Adam F – FYA". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

Sources