Lightweights and Gentlemen

Lightweights and Gentlemen
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 19, 2007
RecordedCastle Sound, Pencaitland, Scotland, December 2006
GenreFolk
LabelReveal Records
ProducerCalum Malcolm
Lau chronology
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Lightweights and Gentlemen is the debut studio album by folk band Lau, released on March 19, 2007.

Track listing

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All tracks arranged by Kris Drever, Martin Green and Aidan O'Rourke

  1. "Hinba" - 5:07
    • "Hinba" (O'Rourke)
    • "Funny Weather" (Green)
  2. "Butcher Boy" - 4:07 (trad. additional words/music by Drever)
  3. "The Jigs" - 4:50
    • "Mattie and Karine's" (O'Rourke)
    • "The Lau Jig" (Drever, Green, O'Rourke)
    • "The Creche Jig" (Joe Scurfield)
  4. "Results" - 4:39
    • "Come on wee man!" (Green)
    • "Waiting for the Results" (Drever)
  5. "Unquiet Grave" - 5:13 (music - Drever, words - trad.)
  6. "Souter Creek" - 6:19
    • "The Dog and the Rabbit" (Drever)
    • "A Dog Called Bran" (O'Rourke)
    • "Souter Creek" (O'Rourke)
  7. "Kris's" - 6:28
    • "Alyth's" (O'Rourke)
    • "Muckle Moose on the Muin" (Drever)
  8. "Freeborn Man" - 3:42 (Ewan MacColl)
  9. "Moorhens" - 4:15
    • "The Moorhens" (Drever)
    • "Rick Taylor's" (Green)
    • "A Tune for Emily Ball (O'Rourke)
  10. "Gallowhill" - 6:04 (O'Rourke)

Bonus Track

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  • "Twa Stewarts" (Green) - 7:34
    • "Auld Stewart
    • "Young Stewart"
    • "Last Weeks Efforts"

Personnel

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  • Kris Drever - guitar, e-bowed dobro guitar, vocals, mixing
  • Martin Green - piano-keyed accordion, accordion through Leslie speaker, mixing
  • Aidan O'Rourke - fiddle, mixing
  • Stuart Hamilton - engineering
  • Calum Malcolm - producer, mixing
  • Hugo Morris - photography
  • Chris Williams - design and layout