{"product_id":"cherry-ghost-thirst-for-romance-2xlp-vinyl","title":"Cherry Ghost - Thirst For Romance - 2xLP Vinyl","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeavenly Recordings\u003c\/b\u003e have announced details of a vinyl repressing of \u003cb\u003eCherry Ghost\u003c\/b\u003e’s classic debut \u003ci\u003eThirst For Romance. \u003c\/i\u003eThis is the first time this album has been pressed on vinyl since its release fifteen years ago when a very small number of double vinyl sets were manufactured.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eThirst For Romance\u003c\/i\u003e (Simon Aldred’s debut album as \u003cb\u003eCherry Ghost\u003c\/b\u003e) arrived in July 2007, it sounded out of step with so much of its musical surroundings - a world of X Factor winners and Favourite Worst Nightmares; Umbrellas and In Rainbows.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSimon’s album came from a different place to everything else - it was a soul record, in so much as it was from the soul, and about the human soul. And it was a proudly Northern record - a fact celebrated in the sound of Simon’s voice and the people and places that populated his songs. While the music might have evoked glorious vistas and wide open spaces, the view here was very much the post-industrial North. Fifteen years after its release, \u003ci\u003eThirst For Romance\u003c\/i\u003e musically sounds out of time, while Simon’s lyrics resonate more deeply now more than ever.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThirst For Romance\u003c\/i\u003e was co-produced by Simon Aldred and Dan Austin. The album’s glorious breakout track \u003ci\u003ePeople Help The People\u003c\/i\u003e - a prescient call for hope and empathy - gained a second life when covered by the artist Birdy. Doves frontman Jimi Goodwin plays drums on \u003ci\u003eMathematics\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeople Help The People\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Barrett \u003c\/b\u003eon Cherry Ghost: “I saw Simon playing live and I loved it.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI really loved it. It pushed all my Southern Soul buttons but it was coming via Bolton. He was singing blue collar love songs really in a similar way to how someone like Dan Penn sang them about the south. He was just singing about the north of England and painting these great pictures of Northern working class life and delivering them with this brilliant voice. After the show I hogged him, I didn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003et want to let him out of my sight.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Aldred\u003c\/b\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThirst For Romance\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003eWhen I was writing the songs that became \u003ci\u003eThirst For Romance\u003c\/i\u003e, I was very introspective, and finding Manchester claustrophobic. The light, the slate grey skies… it felt like there was a lid on it. And on me. The scope of the music I was writing made it easier for me to breathe. It allowed me to stretch my imagination and reach for something more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThirst For Romance\u003c\/i\u003e vinyl tracklisting:\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA1 \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThirst For Romance\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA2 \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e4am\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA3 \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMountain Bird\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eB1 \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePeople Help The People\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eB2 \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eRoses\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eB3 \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDead Man’s Suit\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eC1 \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAlfred The Great\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eC2 \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHere Come The Romans\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eC3 \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFalse Alarm\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eD1 \u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMary On The Mend\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eD2\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMathematics\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cherry Ghost","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44641610531124,"sku":"","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/2208\/6196\/products\/image002_74ad83d9-a374-4506-87d4-20730b72b81a.jpg?v=1678360751","url":"https:\/\/16-kingland.myshopify.com\/products\/cherry-ghost-thirst-for-romance-2xlp-vinyl","provider":"16 Kingland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}