Playing Out: Songs For Children & Robots

Playing Out: Songs For Children & Robots is the ninth studio album by Kathryn Williams, released on CAW Records on 9 September 2010.[1] It is a collaboration with Anna Spencer (formerly of punk band Delicate Vomit) with both using their own sons as a focus group[clarification needed][2]

Playing Out: Songs For Children & Robots
Studio album by
The Crayonettes
Released9 September 2010
The Crayonettes chronology
The Quickening
(2010)
Playing Out: Songs For Children & Robots
(2010)
The Pond
(2012)

Critical reception

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The Guardian regarded the songs "sufficiently simple for a child to love but with enough depth that they don't drive parents mad".[3]

Track listing

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  1. Robots In The Rain—3:25
  2. Disco Teeth—2:50
  3. Rainy Day—1:12
  4. Hopscotch—3:24
  5. Emergency—2:53
  6. Sweet On The Floor—1:53
  7. Lets Dance On The Moon—3:16
  8. Spooky Way Home—3:05
  9. How Hot Is A Toad? -- 2:16
  10. Pirates On The Bus—2:36
  11. Illegal—3:09

Personnel

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  • Kathryn Williams – vocals & guitar
  • Anna Spencer – vocals & instruments
  • Simon Edwards—double bass
  • Gayle Hutchinson—viola

Recording details

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  • Illustrations by Sammi Solar
  • Engineered by Kathryn Williams
  • Mastered by Denis Blackham
  • Mixed by David Wrench

References

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  1. ^ "The Crayonettes - Playing Out (Songs For Children And Robots)". Discogs. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Cat On The Wall - Music and Culture Webzine". catonthewall.net. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. ^ Costa, Maddy (9 December 2010). "The Crayonettes: Playing Out - review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 March 2016.