Hide & Seek (Janet Devlin album)
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Hide & Seek is the debut studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Janet Devlin. It received a limited release via PledgeMusic on 1 July 2013. It received a general release on 9 June 2014 under the new title Running with Scissors. It will include 4 new original songs as well as reworked versions of some of the songs from 'Hide and Seek'.[1]
Background and composition
I wanted to go off and write an album I’d be really proud of and know that, when it did come out, I wouldn’t regret it. I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life
—Janet Devlin talking to Portsmouth News about the album.[2]
Following her participation in the eighth series of the British X Factor and the X Factor Tour, Devlin started working on her debut studio album.
All of the songs were written in collaboration by Devlin and songwriters including the critically acclaimed Newton Faulkner, Eliot Kennedy and Jack Savoretti.
The limited release of the album via Pledge Music included a bonus 4 track acoustic EP, "Nothing Lost", which was released on 14 August 2013. This EP had additional tracks co-written with Savoretti and Joe Janiak included as well as a cover of, her X Factor audition song, Your Song by Elton John.
A version of "Delicate" originally included on the EP "Nothing Lost" is set to be added to the final track listing for the general release of "Hide & Seek".
Singles
- "Wonderful" was released in November 2013 as the album's lead single. The song peaked at No.25[3] on the UK Indie Chart and at No.3[4] on the Indie Breakers Chart. Its music video was released on November 1, 2013.
Limited release track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Wonderful" | Janet Devlin, Newton Faulkner, Battenberg | Eliot Kennedy, Jim Jayawardena | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Creatures of the Night" | Devlin, Faulkner, Battenberg | Kennedy, Jayawardena | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Working for the Man" | Devlin, Jack Savoretti | Kennedy, Jayawardena | 3:05 |
| 4. | "Pick Me Up" | Devlin, Joe Janiak | Kennedy, Jayawardena | 4:08 |
| 5. | "Crown of Thorns" | Devlin, Jayawardena, Philippa Hanna | Kennedy, Jayawardena | 4:42 |
| 6. | "Things We Lost in the Fire" | Devlin, Kennedy, Jayawardena, Hanna | Kennedy, Jayawardena | 4:01 |
| 7. | "Who Am I To You" | Devlin, Helen Boulding | Kennedy, Jayawardena | 3:38 |
| 8. | "Hide & Seek" | Devlin, Faulkner, Battenberg | Kennedy, Jayawardena | 3:12 |
| 9. | "Walk Away" | Devlin, Janiak | Kennedy, Jayawardena | 3:46 |
| 10. | "Nothing Left To Hide" | Devlin, Janiak | Kennedy, Jayawardena | 2:50 |
| 11. | "When We Were Young" | Devlin, Janiak | Kennedy, Jayawardena | 5:04 |
Personnel
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References
- ^ Janet Devlin. "Store". Janet Devlin. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ "Janet Devlin: 'I wanted an album I wouldn't regret. I've got to live with it for the rest of my life'". Portsmouth News. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ^ "2013-12-07 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts. 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ "2013-12-07 Top 40 Independent Singles Breakers Archive". Official Charts. 2013-12-07. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ "Janet Devlin: Debut album on PledgeMusic". Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Janet Devlin - Hide & Seek Album Tracklist". sing365.com.