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The Pineapple Thief: It Leads To This

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On February 9, 2024, “Kscope” label released “It Leads to This”, the fifteenth Pineapple Thief (The) studio album. It was recorded 2021 – 2023, at “Bourne Place” in London, “Soord Studios” in Yeovil, Somerset, England, and was produced by Bruce Soord. 

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars,  mixing
  • Beren Matthews – additional guitar, backing vocals
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering
  • Jon Sykes – bass, backing vocals
  • Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion, mixing
  • Beech – design

Track listing:

All lyrics by Bruce Soord, all music by Gavin Harrison and Bruce Soord.

  1. Put It Right
  2. Rubicon
  3. It Leads to This
  4. The Frost
  5. All That’s Left
  6. Now It’s Yours
  7. Every Trace of Us
  8. To Forget

The Pinneaple Thief: Dissolution

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On August 31, 2018, “Kscope” label released “Dissolution”, the twelfth Pineapple Thief (The) album. It was recorded December 2017 – May 2018, at “Soord Studios” in Yeovil, Somerset, “Bourne Place” in Hertfordshire, and was produced by Bruce Soord, Jon Sykes, Steve Kitch and Gavin Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars, recording, mixing
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering
  • Jon Sykes – bass, backing vocals
  • Gavin Harrison – drums, percussion, recording, mixing
  • David Torn – additional guitars
  • Stylorouge – art direction, design
  • Rob O’Connor – photography
  • James Usill – post-production
  • Frederick Jude – executive producer

Track listing:

 All lyrics by Bruce Soord, all music by Bruce Soord and Gavin Harrison, except where noted.

  1. Not Naming Any Names
  2. Try as I Might
  3. Threatening War
  4. Uncovering Your Tracks
  5. All That You’ve Got
  6. Far Below
  7. Pillar of Salt
  8. White Mist
  9. Shed a Light

The Pineapple Thief: What We Have Sown

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On October 24, 2007, “Cyclops Records” label released “What We Have Sown”, the sixth Pineapple Thief (The) album. It was recorded in August 2007, at “The Dining Rooms” in Yeovil, UK, and was produced by Bruce Soord.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars, keyboards, all instrumentation, recording, mixing
  • Wayne Higgins – vocals, guitars
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mixing, mastering, additional production
  • Jon Sykes – vocals, bass
  • Keith Harrison – vocals, drums
  • Simon Evans – artwork

Track listing:

  1. All You Need to Know
  2. Well, I Thank That’s What You Said
  3. Take Me with You
  4. West Winds
  5. Deep Blue World
  6. What Have We Sown?

The Pineapple Thief: Your Wilderness

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On August 12, 2016, “Kscope” label released “Your Wilderness”, the eleventh Pineapple Thief (The) studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, and was produced by Bruce Soord.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitar, arranger, engineer, 5.1 mixing
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, arranger, engineer, mastering
  • Jon Sykes – bass guitar, arranger
  • Darran Charles – guitar
  • Gavin Harrison – drums
  • John Helliwell – clarinet
  • Geoffrey Richardson – string arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Soord.

  1. In Exile
  2. No Man’s Land
  3. Tear You Up
  4. That Shore
  5. Take Your Shot
  6. Fend for Yourself
  7. The Final Thing on My Mind
  8. Where We Stood

The Pineapple Thief: Someone Here Is Missing

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On June 1, 2010, “Kscope” label released “Someone Here Is Missing”, the eighth Pineapple Thief (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2009, and was produced by Brice Soord.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, programming, arranger, engineer
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, synthesizers, arranger, mixing
  • Jon Sykes – vocals, acoustic and electric bass
  • Keith Harrison – vocals, drums, percussion
  • Mark Bowyer – mixing
  • Dave Turner – mastering
  • Storm Thorgerson – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Soord.

  1. Nothing at Best
  2. Wake Up the Dead
  3. The State We’re In
  4. Preparation for Meltdown
  5. Barely Breathing
  6. Show a Little Love
  7. Someone Here Is Missing
  8. 3000 Days
  9. So We Row

The Pineapple Thief: Tightly Unwound

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On May 19, 2008, “Kscope” label released “Tightly Unwound”, the seventh Pineapple Thief studio album. It was recorded February – December 2007, at “The Dining Rooms” in Yeovil, South Somerset, UK, and was produced by Bruce Soord, Jon Sykes, Steve Kitch and Keith Harrison.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitars, strings arrangements, engineer, mixing
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mastering, mixing
  • Jon Sykes – bass, vocals
  • Keith Harrison– drums
  • James Stratton – artwork, design
  • Marc van Beelen – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Soord.

  1. My Debt to You
  2. Shoot First
  3. Sinners
  4. Tightly World
  5. The Sorry State
  6. My Bleeding Hand
  7. Different World
  8. And So Say All of You
  9. Too Much to Loose

The Pinneaple Thief: All The Wars

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On September 3, 2012, “Kscope” label released “All the Wars”, the ninth Pineapple Thief (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2012, and was produced by Bruce Soord.

Personnel:

  • Bruce Soord – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Steve Kitch – keyboards, mixing, arrangements
  • Jon Sykes – vocals, bass guitar, arrangements
  • Keith Harrison – vocals, drums, arrangements
  • Mark Bowyer – mixing
  • Steve Kitch – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Bruce Soord.

  1. Burning Pieces
  2. Warm Seas
  3. Last Man Standing
  4. All the Wars
  5. Build a World
  6. Give it Back
  7. Someone Pull Me Out
  8. One More Step Away
  9. Reaching Out