McAlmont & Butler have announced an anniversary reissue of their debut album, with outtakes, demos and remixes.
The duo are made up of the London-based vocalist David McAlmont and the former Suede guitarist and sought-after producer Bernard Butler, and they released their first record ‘The Sound Of…McAlmont & Butler’ in November 1995.
It included their two singles ‘Yes’ and ‘You Do’, both one-of-a-kind jazz-inflected throwbacks to a classic pop world, but by the time of the album’s release, the duo had already split up after frictions spilled over following an NME interview with McAlmont.
The album was well-received and eventually the duo reunited to make a second album ‘Bring It Back’ in 2002, and now the first record is getting the full re-release treatment.
It has been remastered for a 2LP new edition, with Butler himself overseeing the work on the original studio tapes, with Butler’s longtime studio partner George Shilling handling mastering. There will also be a 2CD set.
The reissue is released on September 18 and you can pre-order your copy here.
McAlmont & Butler – ‘The Sound Of McAlmont & Butler’ 2LP tracklist:
Side A
‘Yes (Full Version)’
‘What’s The Excuse This Time?’
‘The Right Thing’
Side B
‘Although’
‘Don’t Call It Soul’
‘Disappointment / Interval’
Side C
‘The Debitor’
‘How About You?’
‘Tonight’
Side D
‘You’ll Lose A Good Thing’
‘You Do (Full Length)’
2CD tracklist:
CD 1
‘Yes (Full Version]’
‘What’s The Excuse This Time?’
‘The Right Thing’
‘Although’
‘Don’t Call It Soul’
‘Disappointment / Interval’
‘The Debitor’
‘How About You?’
‘Tonight’
‘You’ll Lose A Good Thing’
‘You Do (Full-Length Version)’
CD 2
‘Yes (Demo)’
‘Yes (Four Track Demo]’
‘Yes [Instrumental)’
‘You Do (Demo)’
‘You Do (Mix 1)’
‘Don’t Call It Soul (Demo)’
‘Don’t Call It Soul (Original Single Version)’
‘How About You? (Original Single Version)’
‘Tonight (Oompah Demo)’
‘Tonight (Overnight)’
‘What’s The Excuse This Time? (355)’
‘Yes (BB & Nigel Godrich 1995 Remix)’
‘The Argument (Outtake From The “Tonight” Session)’
McAlmont & Butler reunited for a one-off single ‘Speed’ in 2006, and they played a set of reunion concerts in 2014.
‘Yes’ was also included in a ‘British Pop’ playlist that Robbie Williams curated for NME last year.