City And Colour: Studio Discography 2005 - 2015

 

Dallas Michael John Albert Green (born September 29, 1980) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who records under the name City and Colour. He is also known for his contributions as a singer, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and co-founder of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. In 2005,

he debuted his first full-length album, Sometimes, which achieved platinum certification in 2006. City and Colour began performing in small intimate venues between Alexisonfire tours.The name City and Colour comes from his own name: Dallas, a city, and Green, a colour. His reasoning for the name was that he felt uneasy "putting the album out under the name Dallas Green". Representing the solo work of Canadian musician Dallas Green, City and Colour emerged in the late 2000s, offering an outlet for the singer/songwriter's more introspective, acoustic work.
                        

Already a Juno Award winner for his 2007 City and Colour debut, he threw himself into his solo work

full-time and released a string of chart-topping albums that saw him expand his sonic palette beyond the acoustic nature of his early days. Following 2015's acclaimed If I Should Go Before You, Green did a lengthy bout of touring and released a live album before returning to studio work with 2019's more ethereal Pill for Loneliness. After an Alexisonfire revival in 2022, Green turned back to solo work to help process the death of a friend on 2023's emotional The Love Still Held Me Near. 
            

Appearing in in October 2019, City and Colour's chart-topping sixth studio full-length, Pill for Loneliness, saw him expanding his sound into lusher, more celestial territory. 2019 also saw the return of Alexisonfire

who issued several standalone singles. At the start of the next decade, Green again found himself splitting time between band and solo work. As City and Colour, he offered up Low Songs, a two-song tribute to Minnesota indie stalwarts Low. Meanwhile, Alexisonfire issued the 2022 comeback album, Otherness, their first in 13 years. His next solo outing, 2023's cathartic The Love Still Held Me Near, saw him working through grief and loss following both the death of his best friend and the dissolution of his marriage. 
                           

01. CITY AND COLOUR - SOMETIMES 2005

                     

Released in Canada in 2005, SOMETIMES scored a Juno Award in 2007 for Alternative Album of the

Year. Its appealing, whispery acoustic ballads bear scant relation to the scream-heavy post-hardcore played by Alexisonfire, City & Colour leader Dallas Green’s other band. This is no sudden caprice, though; Green has been playing the soft stuff since his early teens. There’s the expected heartbreak and wistfulness here, but also songwriting sophistication and true feeling (minus the vocal onanism of a Dashboard Confessional).
                         

City And Colour – 2005 - Sometimes
Label: Dine Alone Records – DA 002, Bedlam Society – DA 002
Format: CD, Album
Country: Canada
Released: Nov 7, 2005
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic

TRACKS

                         

01. ....Off By Heart    1:52
02. Like Knives    4:31
03. Hello, I'm In Delaware    5:45
04. Save Your Scissors    4:49
05. In The Water I Am Beautiful    2:47
06. Day Old Hate    6:45
07. Sam Malone    4:51
08. Comin' Home    5:05
09. Casey's Song   3:28
Lyrics By – Casey Baker    
10. Sometimes (I Wish)    6:01

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02. CITY AND COLOUR - BRING ME YOUR LOVE 2008

                      

Bring Me Your Love, the second album from Dallas Green's solo project City and Colour, shows an artist

settling nicely into his new gig as an acoustic singer/songwriter. It's both warmer and more intimate than its predecessor Sometimes, but the most notable quality of Bring Me Your Love is the confidence it exudes. Green's voice is still ethereal, but it's also stronger and more self-assured throughout the album.
                            

City And Colour – 2008 - Bring Me Your Love
Label: Dine Alone Records – DA019
Format: 2 x CD, Album, Limited Edition, Special Edition, Digisleeve
Country: Canada
Released: Dec 2, 2008
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Acoustic

CD1.        

                         

    
01. Forgive Me
02. Confessions
Slide Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Percussion – Daniel Romano
03. The Death Of Me
Drums, Bass Guitar, Mandolin – Daniel Romano
04. Body In A Box
Organ – Daniel Romano
05. Sleeping Sickness
Bass Drum – Zander Lamothe
Electric Guitar – David Romano 
Percussion – Daniel Romano
Vocals – Gord Downie
06. What Makes A Man?
Violin – Daniel Romano
07. Waiting...
Drums, Bass, Organ – Daniel Romano
08. Constant Knot
Acoustic Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar – Daniel Romano
09. Against The Grain
10. The Girl
Vocals – Spencer Burton
Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Drums – Daniel Romano
11. Sensible Heart
Drums, Piano – Daniel Romano
12. As Much As I Ever Could
Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Daniel Romano
Vocals – Dan Under
13. Faithless
14. I Don't Need To Know

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CD2. (DEMOS)        

                                

01. Forgive Me
02. Confessions
03. The Death Of Me
04. Body In A Box
05. Sleeping Sickness
06. What Makes A Man?
07. Waiting...
08. Constant Knot (Quiet)
09. Constant Knot (Horns)
Trumpet – Dan Stoppelman
10. Against The Grain
11. Sensible Heart
12. As Much As I Ever Could
13. Faithless
14. I Don't Need To Know

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LINE - UP

Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Harmonica, Banjo, Piano – Dallas Green
Producer, Songwriter, Composed By, Performer – Dallas Green

NOTES

The Special Limited Edition of “Bring Me Your Love” features a second bonus disc of 14 demo versions, two previously unreleased songs from the BMYL studio sessions. Only 5000 copies will be manufactured and available to fans in North America, with an additional 1000 available on Dine Alone/Shock in Australia and its territories.

03. CITY AND COLOUR - LITTLE HELL 2011

                           

On Little Hell, the third outing from City and Colour, Dallas Green laments, pines, and celebrates loves both won and lost, employing a dusky, electrified patina of old and new country with a tinge of soul that's miles (sonically) from his work with the post-hardcore outfit Alexisonfire. Equal parts Whiskeytown, the

Low Anthem, and Jeff Buckley, the album is built on a foundation of melancholy, but never falls into complete despair. Steeped in the abyss of late-night introspection, Green has the voice to carry the weight of his protagonists, whether it's a sibling's descent into darkness ("O' Sister") or the glimmer of hope amongst the ruins of past relationships ("We Found Each Other in the Dark"), and the songs' lush yet deceptively simple arrangements allow his words the room to resonate. 
                      

City And Colour – 2011 - Little Hell
Label: Vagrant Records – VR669, Dine Alone Records – VR669
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Jun 7, 2011
Genre: Rock
Style: Acoustic

TRACKS

                      

01. We Found Each Other In The Dark    4:22
02. Natural Disaster    3:49
03. The Grand Optimist    4:03
04. Little Hell    4:42
05. Fragile Bird    4:17
06. Northern Wind    4:15
07. O'Sister    4:14
08. Weightless    3:32
09. Sorrowing Man    4:31
10. Silver And Cold    4:37
11. Hope For Now    4:52

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Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Organ [Wurlitzer], Drums, Bass – Dallas Green
Bass, Harmony Vocals – Scott Remila
Cello – Anna Jarvis (tracks: 6, 10)
Drums – Nick Skalkos (tracks: 5, 8)
Drums, Percussion – Dylan Green
Guitar, Piano, Organ, Bass, Harmony Vocals, Steel Guitar [Pedal] – Daniel Romano
Harmony Vocals – Misha Bower (tracks: 8)

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04. CITY AND COLOUR - THE HURRY AND THE HARM 2013

                    

The Hurry and the Harm, the fourth studio outing from Ontario-based singer/songwriter and ex-

Alexisonfire vocalist Dallas Green, looks to the past for inspiration yet keeps its feet planted firmly in the present, retaining its predecessor's penchant for melody and melancholy, while offering up an evocative, 12-song set that skillfully blends pastoral folk, suburban blues, and rusty nail-tattered Americana.
                        

City And Colour – 2013 - The Hurry And The Harm
Label: Dine Alone Records – DA074
Format: CD, Album, Digipak
Country: Canada
Released: Jun 4, 2013
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock

TRACKS

                       

01. The Hurry And The Harm    4:23
02. Harder Than Stone    4:26
03. Of Space And Time    3:33
04. The Lonely Life    4:34
05. Paradise    3:38
06. Commentators    3:35
07. Thirst    3:26
08. Two Coins    5:32
09. Take Care    3:38
10. Ladies And Gentlemen    4:05
11. The Golden State    5:18
12. Death's Song    4:43

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Written-By, Composed By, Vocals, Guitar – Dallas Green
Bass – Jack Lawrence
Cello – Anthony Lamarchina
Drums – James Gadson (tracks: 2, 8), Matt Chamberlain
Keyboards – Bo Koster
Pedal Steel Guitar – Spencer Cullum Jr.
Violin – Karen Winkelmann

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05. CITY AND COLOUR - IF I SHOULD GO BEFORE YOU 2015

                          

Canadian singer/songwriter Dallas Green's long-tenured solo project City and Colour finally gels as a band on their strong fifth LP, If I Should Go Before You. What began as an outlet for his quieter, folk-based material eventually took the former Alexisonfire singer away from post-hardcore altogether and

landed him atop the Canadian charts with a string of platinum records. In some ways, If I Should Go Before You is a culmination of the sturdy pop sound he's built up over the years that weaves through territories of dreamy indie folk, pastoral Americana, and soulful alt-rock. But unlike previous releases, which have relied heavily on a revolving door of session musicians, this time Green decided to stick with his touring band, developing these new songs from the ground up with trusted players who already share a bond. 
                                   

City And Colour – 2015 - If I Should Go Before You
Label: Dine Alone Records – 1826011274
Format: CD, Album, Digipak
Country: US
Released: Oct 9, 2015
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock

TRACKS

                      

01. Woman    9:16
02. Northern Blues   4:50
Congas – Dallas Green    
03. Mizzy C    3:59
04. If I Should Go Before You   4:16
Backing Vocals – Alysse Gafkjen
05. Killing Time    4:21
06. Wasted Love    2:58
07. Runaway    4:14
08. Lover Come Back    3:54
09. Map Of The World   2:52
Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Erik P. H. Nielsen
Engineer [Assisted at Revolution Recordings Inc.] – Luke Schindl
10. Friends    4:58
11. Blood   5:16
Backing Vocals – Leah Miller Green
Electric Guitar, Keyboards [Keys] – Karl Bareham
Engineer [Additional Engineering] – Erik P. H. Nielsen
Violin – Mark Watrous
    

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Vocals, Guitar – Dallas Green
Written-By, Composed By – Dallas Green
Bass – Jack Lawrence
Drums – Doug MacGregor
Guitar – Dante Schwebel
Pedal Steel Guitar [Pedal Steel], Keyboards [Keys], Trumpet – Matt Kelly 

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Leaf Hound: Growers Of Mushroom 1871 + Unleashed 2007

Leaf Hound were one of the dozens of heavy rock bands that evolved during the late-'60s British blues-rock boom. Rhythm guitarist Derek Brooks and his brother, Stuart Brooks, had been in the Black Cat

Bones, a South London-based band that at one time featured Free's Paul Kossoff. This new group -- christened Leaf Hound, a name found in an anthology of stories by horror writer Herbert Van Thal -- recorded "Barbed Wire Sandwich" for Decca's Nova subsidiary in 1969, and soon were playing shows in England, reportedly blowing headliners UFO off-stage. 
                              

Their 1971 debut album, Growers of Mushroom, is cited as a mixture of hard rock, heavy metal, psychedelic rock and stoner rock, and they are regarded as pioneers of those genres. The band recorded

Growers of Mushroom at Spot Studios in Mayfair, London, in one single eleven-hour session in late 1970. Soon after, Halls told French that they did not need rhythm guitarist Derek Brooks any more, as Halls could do all the guitar playing, so they asked Brooks to leave the band. His brother Stuart soon left as well, being replaced by Ron Thomas on bass. By this time French had already departed the band to join Atomic Rooster for their album In Hearing of.
                                  

French reformed the band with a new lineup, including Luke Rayner on guitar, in 2004. They released a limited 7" single on Rise Above Records in 2006, featuring a live version of "Freelance Fiend" recorded in

Soho, London, in September 2005. The B-side was taken from the same recording. Leaf Hound released their second studio album, Unleashed, on 12 November 2007 on R.A.R.E. Records. It features eight new compositions and a reworking of Atomic Rooster's "Breakthrough". The album met with critical acclaim from the music press with Kerrang! calling it "as good a rock album as you could hope to hear" and Classic Rock describing it as "an unpretentious hard rock record, relying on strong songs and powerful performances."

                               

LEAF HOUND - GROWERS OF MUSHROOM 1971

                         

Lead vocalist Peter French -- who went on to form Atomic Rooster and later worked with Cactus and a later lineup of Randy Pie -- is in fine form here, and his scorched-earth screech may even remind some

fans of Robert Plant. His cousin, guitarist Mick Halls (who replaced Foghat-bound lead guitarist Rod Price, guitarist in French's earlier group, Black Cat Bones) shows considerable skill throughout. Interestingly, the song titles -- like the band's name -- were taken from an anthology of stories by horror author Herbert Van Thal. In 1995, See for Miles released a remastered CD reissue which featured a rarely heard bonus track, "It's Gonna Get Better," the B-side to their only single, "Drowned My Life in Fear"; some versions of the reissue also have "Hipshaker" added as a second bonus track. 
                                       

Leaf Hound – 1971 - Growers Of Mushroom
Label: Repertoire Records – REPUK 1079
Format: CD, Album, Reissue 2005
Country: UK
Released:
Genre: Rock
Style: Blues Rock

TRACKS

                      

01. Freelance Fiend      3:08
Written-By – Halls, French    
02. Sad Road To The Sea   4:14
Written-By – Halls, French
03. Drowned My Life In Fear   2:58
Written-By – Ross
04. Work My Body    8:10
Written-By – D. Brooks, French, S. Brooks
05. Stray   3:46
Written-By – Halls, French    
06. With A Minute To Go   4:17
Written By – S.&D. Brooks / Halls / French / Young    
07. Growers Of Mushroom   2:15
Written-By – Halls, French    
08. Stagnant Pool   3:57
Written-By – French, Brooks    
09. Sawdust Caesar   4:26
Written-By – Halls, French, S. Brooks
    

BONUS TRACKS        

    
10. It's Gonna Get Better   3:04
Written-By – Halls, French    
11. Hipshaker   3:31
Written-By – Halls, French

    
SPECIAL BONUS TRACK    

    
12. Too Many Rock 'n Roll Times   3:55
Written-By – Halls, Peter French

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Vocals – Peter French
Rhythm Guitar – Derek Brooks 
Bass Guitar – Stuart Brooks 
Drums – Keith George Young
Lead Guitar – Michael Halls
    

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LEAFF HOUND - UNLEASHED 2007

                             

Morphing out of blues-orientated Black Cat Bones in the late 60s, Leaf Hound were a London-based

heavy rock band whose debut album, Growers Of Mushroom, has long been prized by collectors, with an original copy recently fetching £11,000 at auction. Lee French (Cactus, Atomic Rooster) reformed the band with a new lineup, including Luke Rayner on guitar, in 2004. This line-up featuring French, Rayner, Ed Pearson (bass) and Jimmy Rowland (drums) performed regularly throughout Europe during the early 2000s, releasing their album Unleashed in 2007. With hard-hitting tracks the likes of ‘Barricades’, ‘Stop,

Look And Listen’, ‘One Hundred And Five Degrees’ and the spell-binding ballad ‘Nickels And Dimes’, it was clear that although decades may have passed, Leaf Hound were back with a wealth of dynamic material and winning new fans the world over. French describes Leaf Hound’s music as: “Classic 70s-style rock. Add a dash of Hendrix, a little Cream and Zeppelin and shake it up with a pinch of Free and you get freshly cooked Leaf Hound.” 
                                  

Leaf Hound – 2007 - Unleashed
Label: R.A.R.E. – RAR 1020, Repertoire Records – RAR 1020
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: Nov 12, 2007
Genre: Rock
Style: Acid Rock, Hard Rock

TRACKS

                         

01. One Hundred And Five Degrees    4:35
02. Barricades    4:53
03. The Man With The Moon In Him    5:29
04. Nickels And Dimes    5:47
05. Stop, Look And Listen    5:59
06. Overtime    3:21
07. Too Many Rock'n'Roll Times    3:57
08. Deception    6:12
09. Breakthrough   7:26
Written-By – Pat Darnell, Vincent Crane

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Vocals – Pete French
Bass – Ed Pearson
Drums – Jimmy Rowland
Guitar – Luke Rayner 
Written-By – Pearson (tracks: 3, 6, 8), Rowland (tracks: 3), Rayner (tracks: 1 to 8), French (tracks: 1 to 8)

NOTES

Track 9 is "dedicated to the memory of Vincent Crane".

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Catapilla: Catapilla 1971 + Changes 1972

 

Catapilla was an English progressive rock band active in the early 1970s. They released two albums on the major record label Vertigo Records. The band was formed in 1970 in London, England. The

original lineup consisted of saxophonists Robert Calvert and Hugh Eaglestone, drummer Malcolm Frith, bassist Dave Taylor, guitarist Graham Wilson, woodwinds player Thierry Rheinhardt, and vocalist Jo Meek. Jo Meek's time with the band was brief; she was replaced by her sister Anna by the time of the band's earliest live performances. With vocalist Anna Meek and saxophonist Robert Calvert leading the way, British progressive rock band Catapilla created some of England's most innovative music of the early '70s. 
                             

Although they disbanded shortly after the release of their second album, Changes, the group's influence

continues to be felt. In "Catapilla" perhaps the production is not so strong as it was necessary. The album consists of four tracks with extended, instrumental passages where guitar, saxophone, and keyboards get lots of solo space. Far superior to their first album, "Changes" is a very atmospheric piece of music. Their sound is more ethereal and spacey, but still a terrific blend of jazz rock/brass rock with an occasional psychedelic edge. This is another essential album you must hunt down and add to your collection. 
                          

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Anna Meek (vocals)
Robert Calvert (saxophone) 
Graham Wilson (guitar)
Theirry Reinhardt (alto flute, clarinet, 1971) 
Hugh Eaglestone (tenor saxophone, 1971) 
Dave Taylor (bass, 1971) 
Malcom Firth (drums, 1971)
Ralph Rolinson (keyboards, 1972) 
Carl Wassard (bass, 1972) 
Brian Hanson (drums, 1972)

CATAPILLA - CATAPILLA 1971

                             

The debut album by one of the most dramatic and certainly the most visionary of all the British prog bands saddled with the epithet jazz-rock opens with little care for any of that. Taking a deep draught from the King Crimson/Van Der Graaf Generator book of sonic brutality, the opening "Naked

Death" is a hard-riffing, thunderous clatter of apocalyptic imagery which -- if Crimson hadn't already dropped the same bomb with "21st Century Schizoid Man" -- might have proved as lethal as the weaponry it discusses. The same taste for Armageddon permeates the remainder of the album. Some spectacular moments drift through the carnage; Robert Calvert's sax and Graham Wilson's guitar might be most comfortable in full bludgeoning mode, but they can show restraint as well. The fact is, Catapilla not only completes the marathon, they also leave you wondering how 24 minutes passed so quickly. 
                           

Catapilla – 1971 - Catapilla
Label: Green Tree Records – GTR 009
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo 1993
Country: Germany
Released: 1971    
Genre: Rock
Style: Avantgarde, Prog Rock

TRACKS

                              

01. Naked Death    15:38
02. Tumbleweed    3:54
03. Promises    5:42
04. Embryonic Fusion    24:08

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Vocals – Anna Meek
Saxophone [Sax] – Hugh Eaglestone, Robert Calvert 
Bass – Dave Taylor 
Drums – Malcolm Frith
Guitar [Guitars] – Graham Wilson 
Written-By [All Tracks Written By] – Meek, Wilson, Frith, Calvert, Reinhardt

NOTES

Originally released on Vertigo in 1971.

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CATAPILLA - CHANGES 1972

                                    

A magnificent disc, Changes offered an absolute shift away from the grinding Armageddon of Catapilla's debut, with the opening "Reflections" viciously carving out a new territory which floats with breathtaking audacity. For over 12 minutes, vocalist Anna Meek and saxophonist Robert Calvert duel and duet in a manner which would influence everything from Deep Purple's voice and guitar

confabulations to Gong's spectral, spacy meanderings. Indeed, experienced Catapilla-watchers will not have been surprised to see Calvert working with that band's Gilli Smyth in the mid-'90s; the blueprint is all over "Reflections." Everything you thought you knew about Catapilla, comes close to rewriting prog history as well. A third album from this most visionary of bands, drawing its impetus from "Reflections" and "It Could Only Happen," might have rendered even Dark Side of the Moon academic. As it is, we can only dream wistfully, "What if?" 
                              

Catapilla – 1972 - Changes
Label: Akarma – AK 132
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release 1993
Country: Italy    
Released: 1972
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Prog Rock

TRACKS

                             

01. Reflections   12:14
Written-By – Anna Meek, Graham Wilson, Robert Calvert 
02. Charing Cross   6:48
Written-By – Anna Meek, Graham Wilson, Robert Calvert 
03. Thank Christ For George   12:11
Written-By – Anna Meek, Graham Wilson, Robert Calvert 
04. It Could Only Happen To Me   6:56
Written-By – Graham Wilson, Robert Calvert 

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Lyrics By, Vocals – Anna Meek
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Robert Calvert 
Design – Martin Dean
Drums – Brian Hanson 
Electric Bass – Carl Wassard
Guitar – Graham Wilson 

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