A Victory for Common Sense

A Victory For Common Sense is the eighth and final studio album by the British rock group Stackridge. It was released in the UK by Helium Records in 2009.

A Victory For Common Sense
Studio album by
Stackridge
ReleasedJuly 2009
Length49:49
LabelHelium Records
ProducerChris Hughes
Stackridge studio album chronology
The Original Mr. Mick
(2001)		 A Victory For Common Sense
(2009)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Times[1]

Andy Gill of The Independent said, "The reformed group's new album finds their strengths and weaknesses in full supply, notably their air of whimsical Englishness. Several tracks reflect a wistful sense of lost heritage comparable to The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society." He noted that the album had more of a 1980s sounds to it, but that the latter half of the album featured "the kind of unfocused meanderings that rendered prog-rock old".[2]

Track listing
  1. "Boots And Shoes" (Andy Davis, James Warren) – 4:06
  2. "The Old Country" (Davis, Warren, Mutter Slater, Crun Walter) – 3:17
  3. "(Waiting For You And) England To Return" (Warren, Davis, Glenn Tommey, Slater) – 4:05
  4. "Red Squirrel" (Davis) – 5:44
  5. "North St Grande" (Slater, Davis) – 3:45
  6. "Long Dark River" (Walter) – 7:15
  7. "Lost And Found" (Davis, Warren, Tommey) – 4:39
  8. "Cheese And Ham" (Davis, Warren, Tommey, Slater) – 5:55
  9. "The Day The World Stopped Turning" (Davis, Warren, Tommey) – 11:05

Personnel
Band
  • Andy Davis : guitars, vocals, keyboards
  • James Warren : guitars, vocals, bass
  • Mike "Mutter" Slater : flute, vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Jim "Crun" Walter : bass, acoustic guitar
Additional personnel
  • Glenn Tommey : keyboards, trombone, backing vocals
  • Rachel Hall : violin
  • Sarah Mitchell : violin, backing vocals
  • Eddie John : drums
  • Andy "Codge" Marsden : drums
  • Mark Frith : programming
  • Chris Hughes : percussion
  • Davide Rossi : strings arrangements
Production
  • Produced by Chris Hughes
  • Recorded and Mixed by Mark Frith and Chris Hughes
  • Recorded and Mixed at Ashley Manor, Wiltshire

References
  1. Paphides, Pete (11 July 2009). "Stackridge: A Victory for Common Sense". The Times. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. Gill, Andy (10 July 2009). "Album: Stackridge, A Victory for Common Sense (Helium)". The Independent. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
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