Richard Hawley – Coles Corner 2CD

Richard Hawley – Coles Corner

2CD Deluxe Edition featuring b-sides and previously unreleased acoustic tracks

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.

Tracklist:
CD1:
1. Coles Corner
2. Just Like the Rain
3. Hotel Room
4. Darlin' Wait For Me
5. The Ocean
6. Born Under a Bad Sign
7. I Sleep Alone
8. Tonight
9. (Wading Through) the Waters of My Time
10. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?
11. Last Orders

CD2:
1. The Ocean
2. Just Like the Rain
3. Born Under a Bad Sign
4. Hotel Room
5. Long Black Veil
6. Room With a View
7. I'm Absolutely Hank Marvin
8. Dark Road
9. Kelham Island
10. Some Candy Talking
11. Young and Beautiful
12. I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out of Jail
13. Can You Hear the Rain Love?
14. Coles Corner
15. Hotel Room
16. Darlin Wait For Me
17. I Sleep Alone
18. A Bird Never Flew On One Wing

Label: Warner Music
Released: 2005/2025