David Gray (A-side)
4 Extra Debut. Singer-songwriter David Gray talks about his album 'White Ladder', which led to fame in 2001. With John Wilson. From 2017.
Singer-songwriter David Gray talks about his album White Ladder, which led to fame in 2001.
Series in which leading performers and songwriters talk about the album that made them or changed them.
Recorded in front of a live audience at the 麻豆社's iconic Maida Vale Studios, each edition includes two episodes - the A-side and B-side.
In the A-side, David talks to John Wilson.
Featuring his hits Babylon, This Year's Love and Sail Away, White Ladder became one of the longest-charting in UK chart history, spending almost three consecutive years in the UK top 100, and won Gray an Ivor Novello Award for the single Babylon.
By 2017, David Gray has sold 12 million albums worldwide, received a BAFTA nomination, two Ivor Novello Awards, a Q award, two Brit nominations and a Grammy nomination.
In the B-side of the programme, it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions.
Producer: Edwina Pitman
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in December 2017.
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David Gray speaks to John Wilson about White Ladder, the 2001 chart-topping album.
Clips
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David Gray - Babylon
Duration: 04:12
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David Gray - Please Forgive Me
Duration: 04:47
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David Gray - This Year's Love
Duration: 03:56
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鈥淵ou think 鈥榤y God, this has come from right inside me鈥欌
Duration: 02:02
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