{"product_id":"badbea","title":"Badbea","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdwyn Collins releases his 9th solo album, \u003ci\u003eBadbea\u003c\/i\u003e, released on his own label, AED. Having released his last album, \u003ci\u003eUnderstated\u003c\/i\u003e in March 2013, \u003ci\u003eBadbea\u003c\/i\u003e is his first release since moving both home and studio to Helmsdale on the North East coast of Scotland in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding a new studio from scratch, the impressive Clashnarrow Studios which sits on the hills overlooking Helmsdale, Collins completed work on Badbea with co-producer Sean Read (Dexys, The Rockingbirds) and long-term musical cohorts Carwyn Ellis (Colorama) and James Walbourne (The Pretenders \/ The Rails).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn part inspired by his return to the village where his grandfather lived, and somewhere Edwyn spent time over the years, the album title itself, and title track, are taken from and inspired by Badbea (pronounced badbay), a dramatically located abandoned village on a cliff top five miles north of Helmsdale with a history defined by the Highland Clearances of the 18th and 19th centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElsewhere on the album there are poignant moments of reflection, northern soul ‘stompers’ in the classic Edwyn Collins tradition, tracks remembering past times with Orange Juice and lyrics inspired by the discovery of over 30 old pre-illness lyric books unearthed while ‘de-cluttering’ before the move back to Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis fourth long-player completed since 2005 when he suffered two strokes (it follows \u003ci\u003eHome Again\u003c\/i\u003e 2007, \u003ci\u003eLosing Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e 2010 and \u003ci\u003eUnderstated\u003c\/i\u003e 2013), \u003ci\u003eBadbea\u003c\/i\u003e is an eloquent and contemplative document of his remarkable and on-going rehabilitation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AED Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50498042364235,"sku":"1057425","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b472c8f1-e239-491d-82fd-e37328c93d32_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727737791","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/badbea","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}