Track Listing

1. I Came In From The Mountain
2. As Still As I Watch Your Grave
3. Every Line Of A Long Moment
4. My Secret Is My Silence
5. Act IV
6. From The Drifter To The Lake
7. If I Could Name Any Name
8. Whiskeyface
9. Waverley Steps
10. Under My Breath
11. Play Me Something

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17338 in Music
• Released on: 2006-07-24
• Number of discs: 1

BBC.CO.UK
Tender and epic, enormous yet touching, Woomble's secret may not be his silence, but the brilliance of his musical friends.

The Sun
..a stunning piece of work

The Sunday Mail
...beautiful and lilting songs

Customer Reviews

My Secret Is My Silence
A fantastic piece of work by Idlewild's frontman. In my opinion Woomble is one of the finest lyricists of his generation, his words a works of poetry in their own right and always seem to capture the mood of the song perfectly. Stand out tracks here are 'My secret is my silence' and 'Waverley Steps'. This is a must buy for fans Idlewild and people who like romance and melancholy.

Majestic!
I confess that I am not familiar with the music of Idlewild (I am still sharing the journey with Tom Waits and Warren Zevon). Roddy was appearing at the Glasgow "Aye Write" Festival this year, and I was slightly involved in his session at the festival.

Some colleagues spoke about his work with Idlewild in glowing terms and I was intrigued about this Glasgow guy whom I had heard of, but knew little of his work.

I checked out the reviews on Amazon, and on the strength of these I decided to buy the cd. Occasionally I do clever things, and this was one of those times.

This a staggeringly beautiful and confident piece of work. The album has a strong folk element to it, but this is a folk type album for people who dont like folk albums. Produced by Kate Rusby's husband and with vocal contributions from Kate Rusby and Karine Polwart the credentials of the people involved shine through on every track.

Check out the harmonies with Rusby on "Waverley Steps".

The track listing is excellent.
You can almost fell Roddy growing in confidence as the album progresses, and his voice seems to grow in stature and subtlety.
I know that the tracks were probably not recorded in that order, but it would be interesting to know if this was the intention.

Stand out tracks in an album full of stand out tracks are "Waverley Steps", "My Secret is My Silence", "Every Time of a Long Moment", etc, etc, etc.

Believe me this is a stunning piece of work.
Buy the album, place a review on Amazon and tell all your friends about this guy.
He is not going away.
Thank God!

Well done Roddy, it will be an interesting journey.

Outstanding
If you like Idlewild you'll love this, if you don't like Idlewild you probably will too! (And you should really give Idlewild another chance). It balances folk instrumentation with pop sensibility and beautiful harmonies. There's only 2 or 3 tracks that I wouldn't rate 10/10. One of my all time favorite albums.