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Cinder
Studio album by Dirty Three
Released	11 October 2005
Recorded	February 2005
Genre	Post-rock, folk rock
Length	70:00
Label	Touch and Go Records
Producer	Dirty Three
Dirty Three chronology
She Has No Strings Apollo (2003) Cinder (2005) Toward the Low Sun (2012)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Pitchfork	6.7/10

Cinder is the seventh major album by Australian trio, Dirty Three. Conceived in the summer of 2005 on Phillip Island, in South Eastern Australia, the songs are shorter, more trimmed down and classic in composition than usual Dirty Three output.

Recorded in just 10 days, Cinder's 19 tracks includes violin, drums, mandolin, bouzouki, organ, piano, acoustic guitar, bagpipes, and, rarely for a Dirty Three album, vocals.

Chan Marshall also lends her talents to the album with some vocals, as well as co-writing one of the songs.

Cover art by guitarist Mick Turner.

Track listing

All tracks by Dirty Three except where noted.

1. "Ever Since" – 4:48
2. "She Passed Through" – 3:26
3. "Amy" – 2:48
4. "Sad Jexy" – 3:23
5. "Cinders" – 3:02
6. "Doris" – 3:26
7. "Flutter" – 6:36
8. "The Zither Player" (Félix Lajkó)– 5:01
9. "It Happened" – 2:14
10. "Great Waves" – 3:28 (vocals by Chan Marshall)
11. "Dream Evie" – 2:43
12. "Too Soon, Too Late" – 3:29
13. "This Night" – 3:56
14. "Rain On" – 3:39
15. "Ember" – 2:38
16. "Michèle" – 3:23
17. "Feral" – 4:10 (vocals by Sally Timms of The Mekons)
18. "Last Dance" – 4:16
19. "In Fall" – 3:54

Japanese bonus tracks

20. "June's A Calling" – 1:50
21. "Lisa's Mountain" – 2:57

Personnel

• Warren Ellis – mandolin, piano, violin, viola, bouzouki
• Chan Marshall – vocals
• Casey Rice – engineer, mixing
• Mark Saul – bagpipes
• Sally Timms – vocals
• Mick Turner – organ, bass, guitar, cover art
• Jim White – drums

References

1. "Cinder by Dirty Three". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
2. Jurek, Thom. Cinder at AllMusic
3. "Dirty Three: Cinder Album Review – Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

• 2005 albums
• Dirty Three albums
• Touch and Go Records albums