Witchazel is an album by English actor, comedian and musician Matt Berry.

Witchazel
Studio album by
Released11 March 2009 (2009-03-11) (Download)
7 March 2011 (2011-03-07) (CD,Vinyl)
Recorded2008
Genre
Length49:57
LabelAcid Jazz
ProducerMatt Berry
Matt Berry chronology
Opium
(2008)
Witchazel
(2009)
Kill the Wolf
(2013)

Witchazel is Berry's third album[1] and was originally released as a free download from his website on 11 March 2009. It was commercially released through Acid Jazz Records on 7 March 2011.[2]

Most instruments are played by Berry with Peter Serafinowicz as "Paul Mcartney" providing backing vocals on "Rain Came Down".[3] According to Berry the album is about "the terrors of the countryside".[1][4]

"Take My Hand" is used as the opening theme for the comedy series Toast of London, and an instrumental version is a recurring motif in the dark comedy series Snuff Box.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Matt Berry, unless noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."An Awakening" 0:46
2."Take My Hand" 3:11
3."Accident at a Harvest Festival" 3:25
4."A Song for Rosie" 2:50
5."So Low" 3:16
6."Look in My Book" 2:26
7."The Pheasant" 8:42
8."Woman" 3:31
9."The Badger's Wake" 3:49
10."Rain Came Down (Featuring Paul Mcartney)" 4:12
11."From the Manger to the Mortuary / Recorder Dance"Matt Berry, Cecilia Fage5:08
12."Into the Sky" 3:08
13."Roosting Time" 5:25
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References

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  1. ^ a b "Matt Berry". The Velvet Onion. 25 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Matt Berry". Acid Jazz Records. Retrieved 4 June 2011.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Berry, Matt (2011). Witchazel (Liner notes). UK: Acid Jazz Records. AJXCD251.
  4. ^ "IT Crowd star Matt Berry heads to Wales to launch folk-prog album". Wales online. 15 November 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.