Plenty (album)

Plenty
Studio album by Red Box
Released	11 October 2010
Genre	Pop
Length	54:42
Label	Cherry Red
Producer	Simon Toulson-Clarke
Red Box chronology
Motive (1990) Plenty (2010)
Singles from Plenty
"Hurricane"/"Brighter Blue" Released: 27 September 2010 "The Sign" Released: 23 May 2011 "Let It Rain" Released: 13 February 2012

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Mojo	[2]
Rockfeedback	[3]

Plenty is the third album from Red Box, and was released on 11 October 2010.

The Plenty Sessions

The album was also released as a "Limited Edition" which included an exclusive six track bonus CD. Subsequently, these tracks were made available as digital downloads under the name The Plenty Sessions.[4]

Sales performance

Plenty was Cherry Red Records' best selling album for the months October to December 2010.[5]

Audio previews

Four tracks from the album can be previewed in their entirety on the SoundCloud: Red Box - Plenty samples page.[6]

Track listing

Cherry Red Records CD: CDBRED470

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stay"	Simon Toulson-Clarke/Steve Carr	3:49
2.	"Hurricane"	Toulson-Clarke/Derek Adams/Carr	4:18
3.	"Without"	Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Simon Cole	4:22
4.	"Plenty"	Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Cole	3:31
5.	"The Sign"	Toulson-Clarke/Adams	4:11
6.	"Brighter Blue"	Toulson-Clarke/Carr	3:39
7.	"I've Been Thinking of You"	Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Cole	3:28
8.	"Don't Let Go"	Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Cole	3:53
9.	"Say What's in Your Head"	Toulson-Clarke/Adams/Paul Bond	4:08
10.	"It's True"	Toulson-Clark/Carr/Adams	2:57
11.	"Sacred Wall"	Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Cole	3:48
12.	"Let It Rain"	Toulson-Clark/Adams	5:07
13.	"Green"	Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Cole	3:16
14.	"Never Let It Be Said"	Toulson-Clark/Adams	4:14
Total length:			54:42

The Plenty Sessions digital album cover

Cherry Red Records Bonus CD: CDXRED471 - "The Plenty Sessions"

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Once I Dreamed"	Simon Toulson-Clarke/Steve Carr/Simon Cole	3:12
2.	"Take My Hand for a While"	Buffy Sainte-Marie	2:21
3.	"What Was I Supposed to Do?"	Toulson-Clarke/Derek Adams/Carr/Cole	3:31
4.	"Sun and the Sea"	Toulson-Clarke/Adams	3:03
5.	"Martha Jackson"	Toulson-Clarke/Carr/Cole	3:06
6.	"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime"	James Warren	4:23
Total length:			19:36

Personnel

Musicians

"Stay"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
• Derek Adams - Acoustic guitar
• Steve Carr - Harmony vocal and harmonica
• Simon Cole - Piano
• Munch - Organ
• Alastair Gavin - String arrangement

"Hurricane"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
• Derek Adams - Electric guitar and drums
• Paul Bond - Electric guitar
• Ty Unwin - Keyboards
• Lloyd Green - Bass guitar

"Without"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitars
• Steve Carr - Harmony vocal and bass guitar
• Derek Adams - Drums and electric guitar
• Emily Maguire - Backwards viola and cello
• Simon Cole - Organ
• Alastair Gavin - Additional organ

"Plenty"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
• Steve Carr - Harmony vocal, bass guitar and melodica
• Alastair Gavin - Organ
• Simon Cole - Drums
• Derek Adams - Backing vocal and percussion
• Paul Bond - Backing vocal

"The Sign"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic, electric and bass guitars
• Derek Adams - Acoustic guitar, drums and backing vocal
• Paul Bond - Electric guitar and backing vocal
• Ty Unwin - Keyboards and strings
• Emily Maguire, Lorna Gallagher and Julia Hobsbawn - Box Vox
• Simon Toulson-Clarke and Alastair Gavin - String arrangement

"Brighter Blue"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
• Derek Adams - Mandolin, drums and percussion
• Emily Maguire - Viola and harmony vocal
• Jonathan Isley - Acoustic guitar
• Frey Smith - Double bass
• Steve Carr - Harmony vocal

"I've Been Thinking of You"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic and bass guitars
• Steve Carr - Harmony vocal, acoustic guitar and harmonica
• Simon Cole - Piano
• Derek Adams - Drums
• Emily Maguire - Cello

"Don't Let Go"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitars
• Steve Carr - Harmony vocal and bass guitar
• Derek Adams - Drums
• Simon Cole - Piano
• Paul Bond - Electric guitar
• Ty Unwin - Keyboards
• Alastair Gavin - Additional string arrangement

"Say What's in Your Head"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic guitar and orchestration
• Derek Adams - Banjo, electric piano and drums
• Paul Bond - Bass
• Sid Ek - Percussion

"It's True"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
• Derek Adams - Electric piano and percussion
• Steve Carr - Harmony vocal and electric guitar
• John Prestage - Trumpet

"Sacred Wall"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal
• Derek Adams - Electric guitar
• Simon Cole - Piano
• Emily Maguire - Viola
• Steve Carr - Harmonica
• Alastair Gavin - String arrangement

"Let It Rain"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic and electric guitars
• Derek Adams - Electric guitar and drums
• Paul Bond - Bass and electric guitar
• Ty Unwin - Keyboards
• John Prestage - Trumpet
• Mick Hutchins - additional electric guitar

"Green"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
• Steve Carr - Harmony vocal and bass guitar
• Simon Cole - Piano
• Jonathan Isley - Acoustic guitar and drums
• Emily Maguire - Viola and cello
• Derek Adams - Percussion

"Never Let It Be Said"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal, acoustic guitar and strings
• Derek Adams - Bass, banjo and strings
• Ty Unwin - Piano and strings
• Paul Bond - Electric guitar
• Buffy Sainte-Marie - Vocal sample

"Once I Dreamed"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
• Steve Carr - Harmony vocal and bass guitar
• Derek Adams - Acoustic guitar and drums
• Simon Cole - Piano
• Emily Maguire - Viola and cello

"Take My Hand for a While"

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Lead vocal and acoustic guitar
• Steve Carr - Harmony vocal
• Sid Ek - Piano
• Frey Smith - Acoustic bass
• Alastair Gavin - String arrangement

Production

• Simon Toulson-Clarke - Producer
• Matt Butler and Simon Toulson-Clarke - Mixing
• Simon Toulson-Clarke and Matt Butler - Engineering
• Phill Brown and Will Bartle - Additional engineering
• Dick Beetham - Mastering
• Alastair Gavin - String arrangement and conductor
• Alexander Balanesco - Orchestra leader
• Recorded at Olive Road, Yellow Shark and Chapel Studios
• Mixed at Yellow Shark
• Mastered at 360 Mastering

References

1. Allen, James. "Review: Red Box - Plenty". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
2. "Review: Plenty". Mojo (206). Bauer Media Group: 104. January 2011.
3. "Red Box - Plenty". Rockfeedback. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
4. "The Plenty Sessions: Special Edition Tracks From The Album Plenty". Amazon.com. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
5. "Cherry Red Records: Top 51 Oct - Dec 2010". Cherry Red. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
6. "SoundCloud: Red Box - Plenty samples". SoundCloud Ltd. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

External links

Audio previews from Plenty

• 3. "Without"
• 5. "The Sign"
• 6. "Brighter Blue"
• 14. "Never Let It Be Said"

Music video from Plenty

• 6. "Brighter Blue" on YouTube
• 12. "Let It Rain" on YouTube

Music video from The Plenty Sessions

• "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" on YouTube