A Victory for Common Sense

A Victory For Common Sense is the eighth and final studio album by the British rock group Stackridge. It was released in the UK by Helium Records in 2009.

Critical reception
Andy Gill of The Independent said, "The reformed group's new album finds their strengths and weaknesses in full supply, notably their air of whimsical Englishness. Several tracks reflect a wistful sense of lost heritage comparable to The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society." He noted that the album had more of a 1980s sounds to it, but that the latter half of the album featured "the kind of unfocused meanderings that rendered prog-rock old".

Track listing

 * 1) "Boots And Shoes" (Andy Davis, James Warren) – 4:06
 * 2) "The Old Country" (Davis, Warren, Mutter Slater, Crun Walter) – 3:17
 * 3) "(Waiting For You And) England To Return" (Warren, Davis, Glenn Tommey, Slater) – 4:05
 * 4) "Red Squirrel" (Davis) – 5:44
 * 5) "North St Grande" (Slater, Davis) – 3:45
 * 6) "Long Dark River" (Walter) – 7:15
 * 7) "Lost And Found" (Davis, Warren, Tommey) – 4:39
 * 8) "Cheese And Ham" (Davis, Warren, Tommey, Slater) – 5:55
 * 9) "The Day The World Stopped Turning" (Davis, Warren, Tommey) – 11:05

Personnel

 * Band
 * Andy Davis : guitars, vocals, keyboards
 * James Warren : guitars, vocals, bass
 * Mike "Mutter" Slater : flute, vocals, acoustic guitar
 * Jim "Crun" Walter : bass, acoustic guitar


 * Additional personnel
 * Glenn Tommey : keyboards, trombone, backing vocals
 * Rachel Hall : violin
 * Sarah Mitchell : violin, backing vocals
 * Eddie John : drums
 * Andy "Codge" Marsden : drums
 * Mark Frith : programming
 * Chris Hughes : percussion
 * Davide Rossi : strings arrangements


 * Production
 * Produced by Chris Hughes
 * Recorded and Mixed by Mark Frith and Chris Hughes
 * Recorded and Mixed at Ashley Manor, Wiltshire