Playing Out: Songs For Children & Robots

This is Kathryn Williams 9th studio album released on CAW Records on 9 September 2010 ^[1]

Playing Out: Songs For Children & Robots
Studio album by The Crayonettes
Released	9th September 2010
The Crayonettes chronology
The Quickening (2010) Playing Out: Songs For Children & Robots (2010) The Pond (2012)

It is a collaboration with Anna Spencer (formerly of punk band Delicate Vomit) with both using their own sons as a focus group^[2]

The Guardian regarded the songs "sufficiently simple for a child to love but with enough depth that they don't drive parents mad"^[3]

Track listing

1. Robots In The Rain—3:25
2. Disco Teeth—2:50
3. Rainy Day—1:12
4. Hopscotch—3:24
5. Emergency—2:53
6. Sweet On The Floor—1:53
7. Lets Dance On The Moon—3:16
8. Spooky Way Home—3:05
9. How Hot Is A Toad? -- 2:16
10. Pirates On The Bus—2:36
11. Illegal—3:09

Personnel

• Kathryn Williams – vocals & guitar
• Anna Spencer – vocals & instruments
• Simon Edwards—double bass
• Gayle Hutchinson—viola

Recording details

• Illustrations by Sammi Solar
• Engineered by Kathryn Williams
• Mastered by Denis Blackham
• Mixed by David Wrench

References

1. "The Crayonettes - Playing Out (Songs For Children And Robots)". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
2. "Cat On The Wall - Music and Culture Webzine". catonthewall.net. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
3. Costa, Maddy (2010-12-09). "The Crayonettes: Playing Out - review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-28.