Poetry Of The Deed is the third studio album by London-based singer-songwriter Frank Turner, released on September 7, 2009. The album was released on Xtra Mile Recordings in the UK and Epitaph Records worldwide.

Background

After extensive touring behind the release of Love, Ire & Song in 2008, Turner began writing new material, with a few songs (Live Fast, Die Old & Dan's Song) appearing at gigs in late 2008.

Unlike his first two studio records, the album was rehearsed, arranged and recorded with his full band as opposed to the previous method of Turner recording the bulk of the music himself with Nigel Powell providing drums and piano. Before the start of recording, Turner and his band played four gigs in Oxford in order to road-test 14 new songs. Turner kept fans up to date during the writing and recording of the album via his blog [807558].

The album was produced by Alex Newport. Recording took place at Leeders Farm [807559] in Norwich and the producer's own Future Shock Studio [807560] in Brooklyn, NYC.

The album's first single was "The Road" which received the status as 'Hottest Record in the World Today' by BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe on Tuesday 14th July. The title track, "Poetry of the Deed," was released as its second single.

The iTunes deluxe version of the album includes five bonus acoustic tracks along with the music video for "The Road."

The Journey of the Magi acquired it's name from a poem by T.S. Eliot, who also wrote The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock which was the influence of Frank's 'I knew Prufrock before he got Famous'.

Tracklisting

1. "Live Fast Die Old" 4.16
2. "Try This At Home" 1.53
3. "Dan's Song" 1.57
4. "Poetry of the Deed" 3.25
5. "Isabel" 4.06
6. "The Fastest Way Back Home" 3.26
7. "Sons of Liberty" 4.28
8. "The Road" 3.58
9. "Faithful Son" 3.35
10. "Richard Divine" 3.49
11. "Sunday Nights" 4.04
12. "Our Lady of the Campfire" 3.59
13. "Journey of the Magi" 4.16

iTunes bonus tracks

1. "Isabel" (acoustic version)
2. "The Road" (acoustic version)
3. "Mr. Richards" (acoustic version)
4. "Poetry of the Deed" (acoustic version)
5. "Try This At Home" (acoustic version)
6. "The Road" (music video)

Personnel

• Frank Turner - Vocals, Guitar
• Ben Lloyd - Guitar, Mandolin, Harmonica
• Tarrant Anderson - Bass Guitar
• Matt Nasir - Piano, Organ, Guitar, Vocals
• Nigel Powell - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
• Alex Newport - Production
• Frank Arkwright - Mastering

References

1. Poetry of the Deed Songfacts