The album's front cover features artwork by Glasgow writer and artist Alasdair Gray. Guitarist Chris Connick notes that: Our friend Sorcha Dallas (and wife-to-be of Robert Johnson from Life Without Buildings, who played on our album) is an art dealer and gallery owner based in Glasgow. She helped put us in touch with Alasdair regards the cover art. Being a huge fan of Alasdair's writing and in particular books such as Lanark and 1982, Janine, I was really excited and a bit scared when the sittings for the portrait came around.
The album's front cover features artwork by Glasgow writer and artist Alasdair Gray.
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Definite=Def|PronType=Art
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album
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front
front
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cover
cover
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feature
features
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artwork
artwork
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by
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Glasgow
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writer
writer
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artist
artist
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Alasdair
Alasdair
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Guitarist Chris Connick notes that:
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Connick
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Our friend Sorcha Dallas (and wife-to-be of Robert Johnson from Life Without Buildings, who played on our album) is an art dealer and gallery owner based in Glasgow.
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friend
friend
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Sorcha
Sorcha
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flat
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Dallas
Dallas
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wife
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of
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Robert
Robert
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Johnson
Johnson
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from
from
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Life
Life
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Buildings
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who
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play
played
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case
on
on
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our
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album
album
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art
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dealer
dealer
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gallery
gallery
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owner
owner
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She helped put us in touch with Alasdair regards the cover art.
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help
helped
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put
put
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we
us
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case
in
in
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obl
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touch
touch
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NN
case
with
with
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IN
nmod
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Alasdair
Alasdair
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NNP
parataxis
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
regard
regards
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cover
cover
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art
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Being a huge fan of Alasdair's writing and in particular books such as Lanark and 1982, Janine, I was really excited and a bit scared when the sittings for the portrait came around.
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Being
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a
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huge
huge
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advcl
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fan
fan
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case
of
of
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nmod:poss
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Alasdair
Alasdair
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's
's
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POS
nmod
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writing
writing
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cc
and
and
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case
in
in
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particular
particular
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conj
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book
books
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such
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fixed
as
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Lanark
Lanark
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1982
1982
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Janine
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be
was
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really
really
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excited
excited
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and
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a
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bit
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scared
scared
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when
when
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the
the
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sitting
sittings
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NNS
case
for
for
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Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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nmod
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portrait
portrait
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NN
advcl
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came
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around
around
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