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| Roadworks | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 48:43 | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
| Shona Laing chronology | ||||
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Roadworks is the first live album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Shona Laing, released in 1997 by Sony Records.[1][2] The majority of the songs on the album had never previously featured on any of Laing's studio albums.
Recording and songs
[edit]The thirteen songs on the album were recorded at concerts following Laing's 1994 album Shona.[3] These thirteen live folk performances consist of mostly previously unreleased songs, such as "White Colonial Middle-Class Anarchist," which has been described by journalist Graham Reid as an example of Laing's role as a "furiously astute social and political commentator."[4] However, the album also includes some tracks previously featured on Laing's previous studio albums, specifically "Across the Irish Sea" (from 1981's Tied to the Tracks), "Highway Warriors" (from 1987's South), "Mercy of Love" (from 1992's New on Earth), and "It's True" (from Shona).[4] As well as these, "I Love My Feet" had been released as a non-album single over two decades before the release of Roadworks, reaching the top 50 in the New Zealand charts in 1975.[5]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Shona Laing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Freedom" | 0:51 |
| 2. | "White Colonial Middle-Class Anarchist" | 3:20 |
| 3. | "Welcome to the Whirlwind" | 4:23 |
| 4. | "Should Have Been for You" | 2:30 |
| 5. | "Highway Warriors" | 5:26 |
| 6. | "Across the Irish Sea" | 4:57 |
| 7. | "Mercy of Love" | 3:59 |
| 8. | "It's True" | 4:12 |
| 9. | "I Don't" | 2:18 |
| 10. | "The Buller to the Grey" | 5:32 |
| 11. | "Four Days in Delhi" | 3:30 |
| 12. | "By Design" | 4:46 |
| 13. | "I Love My Feet" | 2:42 |
Source: Spotify.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Shona Laing. Audioculture. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ a b Roadworks by Shona Laing. Spotify. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ Shona Laing. Muzic.net.nz. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ a b SHONA LAING PROFILED (2013): The legacy of a Legacy Artist. Elsewhere. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ^ I Love My Feet. Charts.org.nz. Retrieved October 25, 2020.