Track Listing

1. Not One Bit Ashamed
2. You Are Could I
3. Bootprints
4. Vice Like Gist Of It
5. 678
6. Locked Together
7. Jump At The Cats
8. My Favourite Girl
9. So Forlorn
10. I'll Fly By The Seat Of My Pants
11. Marguerita Red

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1967 in Music
• Released on: 2006-06-12
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Kenny Anderson lives and works in the kingdom of Fife, he runs (with some mates) the fence collective, a record company, fanzine publisher and is a live promoter, who turns out dozens of cd albums with artists such as James Yorkston, The Beta Band, KT Tunstall and the Lone Pigeon all passing through their ranks.

His latest album was grown out of a suggestion (on a rainy night at the ICA) of teaming up with label mates the earlies, after 11 days locked in a small studio in manchester KC walked out with this album...

Customer Reviews

Best kept secret !
Kenny Anderson aka King Creosote is one of our best kept secrets. A hugely talented artist/performer who maintains a fanatical cult following without ever threatening to dent the national consciousness. 'KC Rules OK' precedes the massively impressive Bombshell which in fact did make a minor impact on the Amazon Top 30 and radio-waves without launching wor Kenny into the Pop stratosphere.
It is quite simply,a lovely album. Full of typical haunting KC ballads and up tempo numbers. Lyrically wonderful and darkly humourous. The opening track, 'Not one bit ashamed' is positively anthemic while other tracks like Marguerita Red are shimmering in their quiet intensity.
I've seen Kenny perform live twice in the last 12 months and he is one of the best live artists I've seen.
Everywhichway....a legend in the making !

Quality CD
Heard them on the radio several times and their gentle songs slowly crept into my mind. Fans of Gorkys and fans of gentle Indie music in general will love this album. This album is a real 'grower'.

Worth checking out indie fans!!!

A unique effort
King Creosote is the cure for people who find singer-songwriters in the mould of James Morrison, Paulo Nutini, Sophie Thom et al just that little bit too shallow. This is not all their fault - they are young and talented - but their lyrics lack eloquence and crucially, experience. Kenny Anderson has both in spades. And as one reviewer has pointed out, he has a wonderfully unique voice.

There are some beautiful songs on this album, and two I'll mention in particular. The first track - Not One Bit Ashamed - is heartbreakingly. It mournful tone catches you from the start, though it's not immediately obvious where the lyrics are heading. It sounds like a list of failures;
"You gave up on Easter, for your vegan chums. It's not good enough, it's not good enough"
"I gave up half of my liver, trying to keep up. It's not good enough, it's not good enough"
And then about two minutes into the song, spoken with frailty;
"I gave up half of my heart, and you gave a half-hearted shrug. It's not good enough, it's good enough"

The second track that stands out for me is the one KT Tunstall does vocals with Kenny on, Locked Together (I think it's this one!). It's wonderfully arranged, and a joy to hear.But it's not all doom and gloom. Much of the rest of the album is jaunty and wryly cheeky.

This album is a rare thing today, when the fashion is for record labels to take young, promising talent and overexpose it before it has had time to mature, here is someone just doing his own thing at his own pace.