The King’s Men
Released 2 June 2014
1CD
After Hours
£8.50
The King’s Men (the men’s voices from The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge) present a selection of unrecorded pop and jazz a capella arrangements written for the group by current and former Choral Scholars. The songs range from classics such as ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ and ‘Old Man River’ to more recent hits such as Carly-Rae Jepson’s ‘Call Me Maybe’. The album reached No. 1 on the iTunes Classical Chart.
“Refreshing… totally cool” – Pizzicato
| 1 | Get Around | 02:05 | The Beach Boys arr. Keith Roberts |
| 2 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 03:06 | Traditional Spiritual arr. Ed Rex |
| 3 | Wonderwall | 02:30 | Oasis arr. Tom Recknell |
| 4 | A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | 03:36 | Sherwin, Manning & Maschwitz, Eric arr. Ruari Bowen |
| 5 | Forget You | 02:45 | Cee Lo Green arr. Ed Rex |
| 6 | Never Had a Dream Come True | 03:07 | S Club 7 arr. Peter Lindsay & Joe Adams |
| 7 | September | 04:04 | Earth, Wind and Fire arr. Ed Rex |
| 8 | Tears in Heaven | 03:59 | Clapton, Eric arr. Tom Recknell |
| 9 | I Want it That Way | 03:03 | Backstreet Boys arr. Tom Recknell |
| 10 | Minnie the Moocher | 02:58 | Calloway, Cab arr. Ed Rex |
| 11 | Call Me Maybe | 03:30 | Jepsen, Carly Rae arr. Ed Rex |
| 12 | Old Man River | 04:16 | Kern, Jerome & Hammerstein, Oscar arr. Ruairi Bowen |
| 13 | Every Time We Say Goodbye | 02:08 | Porter, Cole arr. Ed Rex |
| 14 | I Want You Back | 02:29 | The Jackson 5 arr. Ed Rex |
| Total playing time – 43:36 |
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- Recording a track for After Hours
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- Reviewing a take for After Hours
Tracks 1-4, 6-10, 12 & 13 recorded at St George’s Church, Chesterton, 18-19 March and 25-26 June 2013
Tracks 5, 11 & 14 recorded at West Road Studio, 20 March 2013
Recorded at 96kHz 24-bit PCM stereo.
Producer Benjamin Sheen
Engineers Matthew Dilley (Chesterton) and Daniel Halford (West Road Studio)
Mastering Engineer Nick Watson