Witchazel
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| Witchazel | ||||
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| Released | 11 March 2009 (download) 7 March 2011 (CD, vinyl) | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
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| Length | 49:57 | |||
| Label | Acid Jazz | |||
| Producer | Matt Berry | |||
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Witchazel is the third studio album by English actor, comedian, and musician Matt Berry. It was originally released as a free download from his website on 11 March 2009, before being commercially released through Acid Jazz Records on 7 March 2011.
Overview
Most instruments on the album are played by Berry, with fellow actor and comedian Peter Serafinowicz doing a Paul McCartney impression (under the name "Paul Mcartney") while providing backing vocals on "Rain Came Down". According to Berry, the album is about "the terrors of the countryside".
In popular culture
The album's second track "Take My Hand" was used as the opening credits theme for Berry's comedy series Toast of London (2012–2015) and the closing credits theme of the Netflix documentary series American Murder: Gabby Petito (2025). In the two weeks following the airing of American Murder, the song was streamed in the U.S. over 579,000 times, representing a 1,505% increase in the song's streaming activity. Years before the song's release, an instrumental version was also used as a recurring motif in Berry's dark comedy series Snuff Box (2006).
Track listing
All tracks are written by Matt Berry, unless noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "An Awakening" | 0:46 | |
| 2. | "Take My Hand" | 3:11 | |
| 3. | "Accident at a Harvest Festival" | 3:25 | |
| 4. | "A Song for Rosie" | 2:50 | |
| 5. | "So Low" | 3:16 | |
| 6. | "Look in My Book" | 2:26 | |
| 7. | "The Pheasant" | 8:42 | |
| 8. | "Woman" | 3:31 | |
| 9. | "The Badger's Wake" | 3:49 | |
| 10. | "Rain Came Down (Featuring Paul Mcartney)" | 4:12 | |
| 11. | "From the Manger to the Mortuary / Recorder Dance" | Matt Berry, Cecilia Fage | 5:08 |
| 12. | "Into the Sky" | 3:08 | |
| 13. | "Roosting Time" | 5:25 |
References
- 1 2 "Matt Berry". The Velvet Onion. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ↑ "Matt Berry". Acid Jazz Records. Retrieved 4 June 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Berry, Matt (2011). Witchazel (Liner notes). UK: Acid Jazz Records. AJXCD251.
- ↑ "IT Crowd star Matt Berry heads to Wales to launch folk-prog album". Wales online. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ↑ Squires, Bethy (2 May 2025). "We Almost Forgot Matt Berry Was the Whole Point". Vulture. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ↑ POZIREKIDES, TROY (17 February 2025). "Gabby Petito's Parents Aren't Done Fighting". Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/angie-stone-death-streams-sales-trending-up-1235920545/
