From Scotland with Love
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| Studio album by King Creosote | ||||
| Released | 21 July 2014 | |||
| Recorded | Chem19 Studios; Blantyre, Scotland | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Label | Domino | |||
| Producer | David McAulay | |||
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| Directed by | Virginia Heath |
| Produced by | Grant Keir |
| Music by | King Creosote |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100 |
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| AllMusic |   |
| Clash | 8/10 |
| DIY | |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 |
| NME | 6/10 |
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From Scotland With Love is a documentary feature film directed by Virginia Heath, soundtracked by an original studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter King Creosote (Kenny Anderson).
The film was commissioned as part of the Cultural Festival accompanying the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. It was screened with live musical accompaniment on Glasgow Green on 31 July 2014. It was produced by Faction North, Crossover, National Library of Scotland and Scottish Screen Archive in association with BBC Scotland and Creative Scotland.
The album was produced by David McAulay and released on 21 July 2014 on Domino Records.
Regarding the album, and its film counterpart, Anderson stated: "It's basically just looking at ourselves in the past – it's like looking at your grandparents' or your great grandparents' generation goofing about, just doing what they're doing. But you have to remember that it wasn't the past for them - they were right at the cutting edge of time like we are now."
Released to widespread critical acclaim, the album reached number twenty-one in the UK Albums Chart; Creosote's highest charting album to date. The album also peaked at number one on the UK Record Store Chart, and at number three on the Scottish Albums Chart.
Director Virginia Heath was commissioned to create a documentary film, featuring Scottish archive footage, to coincide with the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Kenny Anderson was subsequently approached to craft its soundtrack, whilst recovering from a broken leg, looking forward to the birth of his child, and experiencing the potential collapse of his long-running record label, Fence. Initially hesitant, Anderson noted "I'm traditionally pretty bad when there's a deadline. It's not that I wouldn't deliver something, it's just that I didn't think it would be any good. They kept the Commonwealth Games out of the conversation for a while. I think they thought that once I heard the C-word I would back out all together."
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