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NME claimed that "Peter Bruntnell's records should be taught in schools" and with 9 studio albums under his belt and countless high-profile fans picked up along the way (including Rumer, REM's Peter Buck , Scott McCaughey, Lambchop's Kurt Wagner and Son Volt's Jay Farrar) it's about time one of the UK's most consistent songwriters released a retrospective . In 1999 Peter signed to Rykodisc/ Slowriver and released 'Normal For Bridgwater'. This was to be his biggest commercial success and a record that won him wider acclaim in North America. Upon hearing the album, Kathleen Edwards told her producer when recording her debut 'Failer' "I want to make an album like this". Peter struck up a friendship with Son Volt, which resulted in touring together. It also saw the introduction to Peter's band of a 17 year-old James Walbourne. As well as playing with Peter, James tours as a member of the Pretenders. Rather than reproduce the 'Americana' feel of Normal For Bridgwater, Peter's restless musical spirit has seen him strike out in new direction with almost every subsequent album. Four albums for Loose continued to win him admirers - by 2005, The Independent were calling him "one of the finest songwriters in Britain" and Richmond Fontaine's front man Willy Vlautin called him his favourite singer. His most recent release for Loose was 2009's 'Peter And The Murder Of Crows'. Filled with psychedelic drones and mellifluous tunes, the album found reviewers and fans alike comparing him with Nick Drake and John Martyn. It was one of Q magazine's Albums Of The Year and was Americana Album Of The Month in MOJO Magazine. Ever inventive, with his latest 2011's 'Black Mountain UFO' Peter mixed West Coast harmonies with the requisite dab of psychedelia. And now, 2013 sees the release of 'Retrospective', featuring tracks from all of Peter's albums to date and crowned with a re-recorded version of 'Played Out' featuring platinum-selling sensation, Rumer. This career spanning collection is an essential introduction to one of the UK's most timeless and genre-defying singer songwriters. This is far from the end: simply half time in a career many a musician would be rightfully proud of.

Track Listing

Sales Points

• Mary Lou Lord covered Peter's song 'By The Time My Head Gets To Phoenix'
• Toured With Son Volt
• Rolling Stone 'One of England's best kept musical secrets'
• Extensive National Publicity and Marketing Campaigns

Press Quotes

Bruntnell has a remarkable knack for turning out big, dreamy, melodic, memorable songs

     —Mojo

One of England's best kept musical secrets

     —Rolling Stone

His songs should be taught in schools

     —NME

One of the finest songwriters in Britain

     —The Independent