Mutineers is the tenth studio album by English singer-songwriter David Gray, released on 17 June 2014 on IHT Records. "Back in the World" was the first single from the album.

Mutineers
Studio album by
Released17 June 2014
RecordedNovember 2013–March 2014
StudioThe Church Studios
GenreFolk rock
Length48:22
LabelGood Soldier Songs
ProducerAndy Barlow
David Gray chronology
Foundling
(2010)
Mutineers
(2014)
Gold in a Brass Age
(2019)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating

Background edit

On 1 April 2014, the video for "Gulls" premiered on both the Myles O'Reilly website and Gray's official YouTube channel, with O'Reilly being the director.[2][3]

On 10 April 2014, the track "Back in the World" was uploaded onto Gray's official YouTube channel.[4] A day later, the song was played by radio presenter Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2 for The Chris Evans Breakfast Show.[5]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by David Gray except where noted

Mutineers track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Back in the World"Gray, Andy Barlow3:57
2."As the Crow Flies"Gray, Barlow4:13
3."Mutineers" 5:01
4."Beautiful Agony"Gray, Barlow4:04
5."Last Summer" 4:13
6."Snow in Vegas" 4:21
7."Cake and Eat It" 2:33
8."Birds of the High Arctic"Gray, Barlow6:24
9."The Incredible"Gray, Robbie Malone3:23
10."Girl Like You" 5:18
11."Gulls" 4:55
Total length:48:22
Bonus track version
No.TitleLength
12."Nearly Midnight"3:51
Total length:52:13

Personnel edit

  • David Gray – vocals, pianos, guitars, keyboards, harp, harmonica, Juno synthesizer
  • Rob Malone – bass, acoustic, electric and nylon string guitars, e-bow, high strung guitar
  • Keith Prior – drums, percussion
  • Caroline Dale – cello
  • Andy Barlow – programming

Charts edit

Chart performance for Mutineers
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6] 22
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 67
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 57
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 53
Irish Albums (IRMA)[11] 7
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12] 36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 27
UK Albums (OCC)[14] 10
US Billboard 200[15] 15

References edit

  1. ^ "Reviews for Mutineers by David Gray". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  2. ^ David Gray (1 April 2014). "David Gray – Gulls (Official Video)" – via YouTube.
  3. ^ "David Gray: Gulls". 1 April 2014.
  4. ^ David Gray (10 April 2014). "David Gray – Back in the World (Audio)" – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "Instagram photo by David Gray • Apr 11, 2014 at 3:41pm UTC". Archived from the original on 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Australiancharts.com – David Gray – Mutineers". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Austriancharts.at – David Gray – Mutineers" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Ultratop.be – David Gray – Mutineers" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – David Gray – Mutineers" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – David Gray – Mutineers" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography David Gray". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  12. ^ "Charts.nz – David Gray – Mutineers". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Swisscharts.com – David Gray – Mutineers". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  15. ^ "David Gray Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 April 2021.