Witchazel

For the plant, see Witch-hazel. For other uses, see Witch hazel (disambiguation).

Witchazel
Studio album by
Matt Berry
Released11 March 2009 (2009-03-11) (Download)
7 March 2011 (2011-03-07) (CD,Vinyl)
Recorded2008
Genre
Length49:57
LabelAcid Jazz
ProducerMatt Berry
Matt Berry chronology
Opium
(2008) 		Witchazel
(2009) 		Kill the Wolf
(2013)

Witchazel is an album by English actor, comedian and musician Matt Berry.

Witchazel is Berry's third album[1] and was originally released as a free download from his website on 11 March 2009. It was commercially released through Acid Jazz Records on 7 March 2011.[2]

Most instruments are played by Berry with Peter Serafinowicz as "Paul Mcartney" providing backing vocals on "Rain Came Down".[3] According to Berry the album is about "the terrors of the countryside".[1][4]

"Take My Hand" is used as the opening theme for the comedy series Toast of London, and an instrumental version is a recurring motif in the dark comedy series Snuff Box.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matt Berry, unless noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."An Awakening" 0:46
2."Take My Hand" 3:11
3."Accident at a Harvest Festival" 3:25
4."A Song for Rosie" 2:50
5."So Low" 3:16
6."Look in My Book" 2:26
7."The Pheasant" 8:42
8."Woman" 3:31
9."The Badger's Wake" 3:49
10."Rain Came Down (Featuring Paul Mcartney)" 4:12
11."From the Manger to the Mortuary / Recorder Dance"Matt Berry, Cecilia Fage5:08
12."Into the Sky" 3:08
13."Roosting Time" 5:25

References

  1. ^ a b "Matt Berry". The Velvet Onion. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Matt Berry". Acid Jazz Records. Retrieved 4 June 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Berry, Matt (2011). Witchazel (Liner notes). UK: Acid Jazz Records. AJXCD251.
  4. ^ "IT Crowd star Matt Berry heads to Wales to launch folk-prog album". Wales online. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.