During the making of this album, Madder Lake endured line-up changes, delays, health scares, lost files, hundreds of hours of recording and mixing, a few hissy fits and a lot of back slapping. ..all the standard things a band goes through trying to produce an album. Madder Lake first recorded in 1973, releasing their debut album “Stillpoint”, which was followed by “Butterfly Farm” in1975. In March 2008 Andy Burns joined the band replacing John McKinnon on keyboards. A series of live gigs then re-ignited the band and by 2010 Mick, Brenden, Kerry, Andy & Jac had begun regular Wednesday evening rehearsals and recording sessions. So approximately 35 years after the second album and with so many songs written, but not yet recorded, the decision was made to begin the long awaited third album. Andy took on the role of album producer and recording engineer, running every session with occasional backup from Kerry and Brenden. The title track "World" was the inspirational song that spurred the band on toward creating the fresh signature sound heard on the new album. The next recordings were of two songs that had been written by the band previously and had been performed live, Hospital of Love and Calling. The bulk of the recording was done at Kerry's bunker studio in Ashburton Melbourne although they sometimes used Brenden’s, Andy’s or Joe Hiltz's studios for certain things. The initial plan was to have “World” album recorded within the year, this was not to happen. By the end of 2010 they had recorded at least half the album and appeared to be relatively on track. But then in March 2011 Mick suffered a heart attack. At this stage they were trying to create new songs that suited Mick's style. The hard rocking “Badlands”originally sung by Andy was an obvious choice. In May 2011 Mick returned and started overdubbing his version of the vocals. By August 2011 Badlands had been recorded with Mick and the remaining vocal recordings on the other songs continued. In July 2011 Jac retired and was replaced by Luke McKinnon on drums (John McKinnon's son). A series of live performances was tightening up the new songs on “World” but then Mick suffered a second more serious heart attack and needed to recuperate. The band through necessity found that small groups of them could continue to write and record so the regular meetings continued contributing layer upon layer to the album. During the period of Mick’s absence, the gritty sound of "Didn't Understand Me" sung by Kerry and the deep orchestral sounds of “Heavy Weather” sung by Andy came to fruition. "Didn't Understand Me" had come in the same mode as "World", from a demo recording by Kerry. "Heavy weather" was again a Kerry composition but music only. Lyrics were written later by Andy Brenden Kerry, and Luke. In October 2011 John McKinnon re-joined the band and from Nov to Feb contributed several amazing sessions of fantastic vocal harmonies. Throughout March 2012 Luke replaced many of the drum tracks at Joe Hiltz' s special drum studio. Someone suggested that a harp solo would suit Badlands. Old buddy Mike Rudd of Spectrum fame came immediately to mind. He agreed and in May 2012 added brilliant harp to Badlands and Calling. In September 2012 just as Andy was beginning mixing, Mick announced his retirement from the band. In October good friend Neale Johns from Blackfeathercontributed his artistry to the album. His powerful voice can be heard on Badlands, Please Please and Calling. So by the end of 2012 they were nearly ready to release their hot new album to an unsuspecting audience. Actual release became July 2013. Meanwhile Andy and Kerry had created a new Madders website for "World" downl oads. One of the unsung heroes of "World". is our mascot Meiko. He's Andy’s Japanese Spitz and one hell of a dog. He attended (and supervised) every session that was put into the recording. "World" has been a long process for the band but we loved persevering and finally capturing a whole new Madder Lake classic album. Sit back and enjoy our “World”. Madder Lake would like to thank: Meiko, Mike Rudd, Neale Johns, Hilary, Jessica, Indie & Luca, Adele, Joe Hiltz, Lance & Dean, Helene, Ridley & Estelle, Debbie, John from FAD, Brian, and Mischa. Also all the past members of the band: Jac Kreemers, Andy Cowan, Ian Holding, Drak, Tony Lake, and Colin Setches. Album was engineered produced and mixed by Andy Burns Mastered by Ben and Rob Harwood copyright Lakeland Productions 2013