Bring It Back (McAlmont & Butler album)

Bring It Back
Studio album by McAlmont & Butler
Released	12 August 2002
Genre	Indie rock, soul
Label	EMI
Producer	Bernard Butler
McAlmont & Butler chronology
The Sound Of... McAlmont & Butler (1995) Bring It Back (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[2]
entertainment.ie	[3]
The Guardian	[4]
Irish Independent	[5]
NME	6/10[6]
The Scotsman	[7]
Stylus Magazine	B+[8]
Sunday Herald	[9]
Sunday Tribune	[10]

Bring It Back is the second album by rock/soul duo McAlmont & Butler, released in 2002 following the reunion of the duo who had split up in 1995. Playlouder ranked the album at number 37 on their list of the top 50 albums of 2002.^[11]

Track listing

All songs written by David McAlmont and Bernard Butler.

1. "Theme from 'McAlmont and Butler'" – 5:14
2. "Falling" – 4:13
3. "Different Strokes" – 4:17
4. "Can We Make It" – 3:32
5. "Blue" – 4:52
6. "Bring It Back" – 4:06
7. "Where R U Now?" – 4:04
8. "Sunny Boy" – 3:42
9. "Make it Right" – 4:04
10. "Beat" – 5:58

Personnel

• David Arnold – Conductor, String Arrangements
• Gini Ball – String Arrangements
• Brilliant Strings – Strings
• Jack Brockbank – Assistant
• Bernard Butler – Producer, Engineer, String Arrangements
• Dominic Glover – Saxophone
• Jim Hunt – Horn, Baritone saxophone
• Seb Lewsley – Engineer
• Peter Lockett – Percussion
• Billy McGee – Conductor, String Arrangements
• Makoto Sakamoto – Drums
• Nick Terry – Engineer, Mixdown Engineer
• Felix Tod – Engineer
• Kevin Westenberg – Photography
• Steve White – Drums
• Nick Woolage – Engineer, Mixdown Engineer

References

1. Marshall, Kingsley. "McAlmont & Butler: Bring It Back". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
2. "McAlmont And Butler: Bring It Back". Drowned In Sound. 20 August 2002. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
3. Lynch, Andrew. "McAlmont and Butler - Bring It Back". entertainment.ie. Archived from the original on 20 November 2007.
4. Petridis, Alexis (9 August 2002). "McAlmont and Butler: Bring it Back". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
5. Meagher, John (4 September 2002). "McAlmont and Butler: Bring it Back". Irish Independent.
6. Wirth, Jim. "McAlmont & Butler : Bring It Back". NME. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
7. "New releases". The Scotsman. 9 August 2002. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015.
8. Monks, Jon (1 September 2003). "Mcalmont & Butler: Bring it Back". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
9. Virtue, Graeme (4 August 2002). "McAlmont And Butler: Bring It Back (Chrysalis)". Sunday Herald.
10. Carey, Anna (8 September 2002). "Pop & Rock". Sunday Tribune.
11. "Top 50". Playlouder. Archived from the original on 19 October 2005. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

External links

• Bring It Back at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)