Colin MacIntyre (Mull Historical Society) - his second album under his own name (2009). Recorded on the Isle of Mull in his old school, now An Tobar arts centre. 

"MacIntyre has gone back to his roots with this album. Delivered in the intimate country folk style. Reminiscent of a Caledonian Will Oldham. Also features a lovely King Creosote collaboration. Beautiful." 4/5 The Sunday Mail, on ‘Island’


10 All Part Of The Letting Go

11 Ned's Song (Brother)

The Water (2008). The first album to be released under his own name by Mull Historical Society man Colin MacIntyre. Produced by Lemon Jelly's Nick Franglen.

"Pop Perfection'. The Guardian

“From the adrenalin fix of ‘You’re A Star’ to the spiky ‘Famous For Being Famous’, here is a one-man anthem maker with more ambition and scale than many a band." The Sun, on ‘The Water’

01 You're A Star

03 The Water

05 Famous For Being Famous

The Water (2008). The first album to be released under his own name by Mull Historical Society man Colin MacIntyre. Produced by Lemon Jelly's Nick Franglen.

The track features an original spoken word poem by Tony Benn:

"We the people" they all say
But do they treat us thus?
Or are we units in a game they play
Men, Women, Black and White
Rich, Poor, Young, Old, Straight or Gay
Defined and safely filed away
For Pollsters, Salesmen and MPs
To be bought or bribed to make them rich
Or Enemies who must be killed
People are made of flesh and blood
with hearts and minds and hopes
and fears, and  all just want a Life
Which we must nurture to survive.
We have the power to end the world
We have the power to save the world
The Choice is ours: It is a Moral Choice
To work together in both Peace and Love
We must break Free and be ourselves
There lies the hope for all the human race.

(Poem By Tony Benn for the Colin MacIntyre song 'Pay Attention To The Human' Copyright. Tony Benn 12/2/2007)


"Pop Perfection'. The Guardian

“From the adrenalin fix of ‘You’re A Star’ to the spiky ‘Famous For Being Famous’, here is a one-man anthem maker with more ambition and scale than many a band." The Sun, on ‘The Water’
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Colin MacIntyre (Mull) - Pay Attention To The Human feat.Tony Benn

Live dates: http://www.mullhistoricalsociety.com

Colin MacIntyre is a multi-award-winning musician, producer, author for adults and children, and playwright, who has been voted Scotland’s Top Creative Talent. Born into a family of storytellers and writers, he was raised on the isle of Mull in the Hebrides and has released 8 acclaimed albums to date, most notably under the moniker Mull Historical Society. A songwriting junkie since childhood, he had written & recorded 300 songs before he even secured a record deal (with Rough Trade, then Warner Records). He has achieved two UK Top 10 albums and six Top 40 singles to date, since his Gold-selling debut album, 'Loss'. His new MHS album, ‘Wakelines’ has been released to critical acclaim and was produced by Mercury/Brit-Award-winning Producer Bernard Butler. His debut novel ‘The Letters of Ivor Punch’ (W&N) won the 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book Award and he has adapted it for the stage as ‘The Origins of Ivor Punch’ at A Play, A Pie & Pint, running to sold out theatre audiences in Glasgow & Edinburgh’s Traverse (May 2019). It was shortlisted for the Guardian’s Not the Booker Prize. Mull’s local hero status secured, he has been celebrated globally, having been voted Scotland's Top Creative Talent at the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards, as well #12 in the Greatest Scottish Artists of All Time public poll, and his single ‘Watching Xanadu’ made STV’s ’Scottish Greatest Album'. Colin has collaborated with a range of artists including Irvine Welsh, Annie Lennox, Snow Patrol, King Creosote, Tony Benn (appearing in Benn’s famous Diaries) and has toured worldwide, including with REM, The Strokes, and Elbow. He has appeared across the board on TV and Radio, in the UK and abroad, including ‘Later with Jools Holland’, 'The Jonathan Ross Show’ and MTV. His memoir, in which he talks about his journey from growing up on Mull to headlining in New York (his boyhood hero, Talking Heads’ David Byrne turned up to his debut U.S. MHS show), is ‘Hometown Tales: The Boy in the Bubble’ (W&N), and his first book for children, ‘The Humdrum Drum’, with accompanying music were published in June 2018. In 2019, Colin signed with Mute Song, the publishing arms of Mute Records. This deal includes his newest music identity, FIELD STARS, an exciting electro art-pop sound. 2023 was a busy one, seeing the release of a new MHS album ‘In My Mind There’s A Room’ – a collaboration with leading authors recorded in a very special room to Colin – as well as the release of an
expansive 80-track ANTHOLOGY BOX SET with 36 Page Booklet in Februrary on the BBC’s Demon Records, TITLED: ‘ARCHAEOLOGY: COMPLETE RECORDINGS 2000-2004’, plus SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY VINYL RE-ISSUES OF HIS FIRST THREE MHS ALBUMS. 
May 20204 has seen the publication of his first Crime novel ‘When The Needle Drops’, the first in a new Mull Mysteries Crime Series.

MHS: http://www.mullhistoricalsociety.com
Books: http://www.colinmacintyre.com

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