Best Seller Hawley, Richard [Zoe] Coles Corner (20th Anniversary Edition) Parlaphone vinyl record

Rock, Blues Folk Rock Classic from 2005 Repressed on Ltd Edition Half Speed Mastered, Zoetrope Picture Disc
‘Coles Corner’ was Hawley’s third studio album and his first for Mute Records. After five years of garnering praise for his songwriting talents and heart-melting baritone voice, and steadily building a solid fanbase through his outstanding live performances, hard work paid off on an album regarded by many as his best.
Recorded in Sheffield’s Yellow Arch Studios, and co-produced with his long-time bassist Colin Elliot, and Mike Timm, Coles Corner featured fellow musicians Shez Sheridan (guitars), Jon Trier (keyboards), Jonny Wood (upright bass) and Andy Cook (drums). They conjured up an exquisite album inspired by Hawley’s love of vintage ‘40s and ‘50s sounds, chamber pop, country, blues, and rock ‘n roll, on a set of intimate love songs full of nostalgia, regret, sadness and a bittersweet atmosphere, on a collection that would cement Hawley’s abiding love and passion for his hometown of Sheffield. ‘Coles Corner’ is a cornerstone in the catalogue of one of the most creative and outstanding UK singer-songwriters of the past two decades.
Since the Longpigs disbanded, Richard Hawley has made many fine solo records, though few as successful (artistically and commercially) as 2005 set Coles Corner. Named, like most of his sets, after a Sheffield landmark, the album was notably softer, more polished and string-laden than its predecessors, offering a classy backing to his thoughtful, heartfelt songs and rich, evocative voice. As this stunning ‘zoetrope picture disc’ 20th anniversary reissue proves, Coles Corner remains one of the high points in his catalogue. For proof, check the soaring, chest-thumping beauty of ‘The Ocean’, the gentle rockabilly shuffle of ‘I Sleep Alone’, the lilting Americana of ‘Just Like The Rain’, the stunning title and track and the poignant instrumental of ‘Last Orders’, one of Hawley’s most melancholic compositions.