It would be easy to take a short glance at More Stories and decide that it's just a remix album, or an odds'n'sods collection, or an instrumentals disc -- at any rate, simply a companion piece to 2007's War Stories (and, therefore, recommended only if you liked War Stories).
But when UNKLE and James Lavelle are involved, everything is high concept.
Granted, this usually does more harm than good, but More Stories is a very good collection.
(And, for the record, it includes remixes and instrumentals and odds'n'sodds, the latter, specifically, comprising the music for Odyssey in Rome, a documentary that focused on director Abel Ferrara and the making of his film Mary.) The film music is hardly incidental, including the atmospheric "Heaven," with a lovely vocal from Gavin Clark that calls into question why it wasn't included on a proper UNKLE full-length.
War Stories collaborators Autolux and Layo & Bushwacka! are given their own tracks, and Autolux turn in a solid version of their original, "Turnstile Blues." The second disc is the full instrumental version of War Stories.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HeavenGavin Clark, Pablo Clements, James Lavelle | UNKLE | Play | 07:00 | 16 MB | 40 MB |
| 2 | Opened DreamsPablo Clements, James Lavelle | UNKLE | Play | 00:46 | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| 3 | Blade in the BackGavin Clark, Pablo Clements, James Lavelle | UNKLE | Play | 05:16 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 4 | Can't StopRichard File, Chris Goss, James Lavelle | UNKLE | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | Synthetic WaterPablo Clements, James Lavelle | UNKLE | Play | 00:49 | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| 6 | Hold My Hand (Buckley Boland Even Better Days Remix) | UNKLE | Play | 08:17 | 18 MB | 54 MB |
| 7 | Serene | UNKLE | Play | 01:05 | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| 8 | Turnstile Blues (Surrender Sounds Sessions #4) | UNKLE | Play | 07:55 | 18 MB | 50 MB |
| 35 mins | 80 MB | |||||
| 35 mins | 219 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Allen | Digital Editing, Engineer, Group Member, Mixing, Producer, Programming, Strings |
| 2 | Ian Astbury | Bass, Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Shaker, Vocals |
| 3 | Autolux | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 4 | Carla Azar | Drums, Glockenspiel, Vocals |
| 5 | Dave Bateman | Effects, Guitar |
| 6 | Matthew Benjamin | Composer |
| 7 | Oliver Betts | Drums |
| 8 | James Book | Digital Editing, Engineer, Programming |
| 9 | Toby Butler | Bass, Guitar |
| 10 | Dave Catching | Guitar, Piano |
| 11 | Matthew Caws | Guitar |
| 12 | Gavin Clark | Composer, Vocals |
| 13 | Pablo Clements | Composer, Digital Editing, Engineer, Group Member, Producer, Programming, Strings |
| 14 | Neil Davidge | Composer, Drum Machine, Engineer, Programming, Sampling |
| 15 | Calina de la Mare | Strings |
| 16 | Robert "3D" del Naja | Composer, Drum Machine, Engineer, Paintings, Photography, Programming, Sampling, Sketches |
| 17 | Alison Dodds | Strings |
| 18 | Ben Drury | Art Direction, Design, Photography |
| 19 | Dubfire | Producer, Remixing |
| 20 | The Duke Spirit | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 21 | Warren Du Preez | Portrait Photography |
| 22 | Greg Edwards | Engineer, Guitar, Vocals |
| 23 | Mat Edwards | Producer, Remixing |
| 24 | Dino Fekaris | Composer |
| 25 | Richard File | Composer, Digital Editing, Engineer, Fender Rhodes, Glockenspiel, Guitar (Acoustic), Organ, Piano, Programming, Synthesizer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 26 | Luke Ford | Guitar |
| 27 | Eugene Goreshter | Bass, Effects, Keyboards, Vocals |
| 28 | Chris Goss | Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Organ, Producer, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Bass, Vocals (Background) |
| 29 | Gully | Bass, Guitar |
| 30 | Dave "Jonsey" Henderson | Drums |
| 31 | Dan Higgins | Guitar, Harmonium |
| 32 | Josh Homme | Composer, Drums, Guitar, Primary Artist |
| 33 | Inertia | Record Label |
| 34 | Zeben Jameson | Guitar |
| 35 | Nick Thornton Jones | Portrait Photography |
| 36 | James Lavelle | Art Direction, Bells, Composer, Design, Group Member, Organ, Producer, Remixing, Vocals (Background) |
| 37 | Layo & Bushwacka! | Primary Artist |
| 38 | Ali Love | Guitar |
| 39 | Stephen Marcussen | Mastering |
| 40 | Jamie McDonald | Guitar |
| 41 | Liela Moss | Harmonium |
| 42 | Matt Nordstrom | Engineer, Mixing |
| 43 | Brian O'Connor | Bass |
| 44 | Layo Paskin | Composer |
| 45 | Mike Piersante | Engineer |
| 46 | Dave Sardy | Mixing |
| 47 | Brett Shaw | Drums, Guitar (Bass) |
| 48 | Andrew Skeet | String Arrangements |
| 49 | Rob Thomas | Mastering |
| 50 | UNKLE | Primary Artist |
| 51 | Howie Weinberg | Mastering |
| 52 | Jeordie White | Bass, Synthesizer |
| 53 | Lucy Wilkins | Strings |
| 54 | Chris Worsey | Strings |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |