Cinder is the seventh major album by Australian trio, Dirty Three. Conceived in the summer of 2005 on Phillip Island, in South Eastern Australia, the songs are shorter, more trimmed down and classic in composition than usual Dirty Three output.

Cinder
Studio album by
Released11 October 2005
RecordedFebruary 2005
GenrePost-rock, folk rock
Length70:00
LabelTouch and Go Records
ProducerDirty Three
Dirty Three chronology
She Has No Strings Apollo
(2003)
Cinder
(2005)
Toward the Low Sun
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Pitchfork6.7/10[3]

Recorded in just 10 days, Cinder's 19 tracks includes violin, drums, mandolin, bouzouki, organ, piano, acoustic guitar, bagpipes, and, rarely for a Dirty Three album, vocals.

Chan Marshall also lends her talents to the album with some vocals, as well as co-writing one of the songs.

Cover art by guitarist Mick Turner.

Track listing

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All tracks by Dirty Three except where noted.

  1. "Ever Since" – 4:48
  2. "She Passed Through" – 3:26
  3. "Amy" – 2:48
  4. "Sad Jexy" – 3:23
  5. "Cinders" – 3:02
  6. "Doris" – 3:26
  7. "Flutter" – 6:36
  8. "The Zither Player" (Félix Lajkó)– 5:01
  9. "It Happened" – 2:14
  10. "Great Waves" – 3:28 (vocals by Chan Marshall)
  11. "Dream Evie" – 2:43
  12. "Too Soon, Too Late" – 3:29
  13. "This Night" – 3:56
  14. "Rain On" – 3:39
  15. "Ember" – 2:38
  16. "Michèle" – 3:23
  17. "Feral" – 4:10 (vocals by Sally Timms of The Mekons)
  18. "Last Dance" – 4:16
  19. "In Fall" – 3:54

Japanese bonus tracks

  1. "June's A Calling" – 1:50
  2. "Lisa's Mountain" – 2:57

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Cinder by Dirty Three". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ Jurek, Thom. Cinder at AllMusic
  3. ^ "Dirty Three: Cinder Album Review – Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 September 2016.