Adam Franklin

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Adam Franklin

| image = Swervedriver @ Becks Music Box (20 2 2011) (5477804645).jpg

| caption = Franklin in 2011

| image_size = 250px

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|10|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Essex, England

| instrument = {{hlist|Guitar|vocals}}

| genre = Alternative rock

| years_active = 1984–present

| associated_acts = Swervedriver, Toshack Highway, Magnetic Morning, Sophia, Shake Appeal

}}

Adam Franklin (born 7 October 1968) is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter who is the front-man of the alternative rock band Swervedriver (1989–99, 2007–present) as well as the main creative force behind Toshack Highway (1999–2006) and currently releases records under his own name with his touring band Bolts of Melody. Franklin has released five independent studio albums in addition to three albums and two EPs under the moniker "Toshack Highway". He also sings and plays guitar in Magnetic Morning, a collaboration with Sam Fogarino from Interpol who have released an EP and a full-length album. Franklin is also a longtime member of the Sophia collective.{{cite web| title= Adam Franklin bio |publisher= toshackhighway.com |url= http://www.toshackhighway.com/ |accessdate=17 December 2011}}

Discography

=Adam Franklin (& Bolts of Melody)=

==Studio albums==

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!Album Details{{cite web| title=Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody discography |publisher= adamfranklin.com |url=http://www.adamfranklin.com/disco.php.html |accessdate=16 July 2013}}{{cite web| title= Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody [discography] |publisher= Bandcamp |url= http://adamfranklin.bandcamp.com/ |accessdate=16 July 2013}}

align="center"|2007

|Bolts of Melody

Released: 26 June 2007
Label: Hi-Speed Soul
Format: CD

align="center"|2009

|Spent Bullets

Released: 31 March 2009
Label: Hi-Speed Soul / Second Motion Records
Format: LP, CD

align="center"|2010

|I Could Sleep for a Thousand Years

Released: 29 June 2010
Label: Second Motion
Format: LP, CD

align="center" rowspan="2"|2013

|Drones & Clones

Released: 1 June 2013
Label: Adam Franklin / Bandcamp
Format: digital download

Black Horses

Released: 16 July 2013

Label: Goodnight Records

Format: LP, CD

==Singles and appearances==

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align="center"|2004

|"Outdoor Miner"

Released: November 2004
Label: Words on Music
Format: CD

|From the tribute compilation A Houseguest's Wish: Translations of Wire's 'Outdoor Miner'

align="center"|2006

|S.O.S.

Released: 1 October 2006
Label: Adam Franklin / Bandcamp
Format: digital download

|Track list:
1. "S.O.S." (ABBA cover)
2. "Son of Sam" (Elliott Smith cover)

align="center"|2008

|"Shine a Light"

Released: 1 June 2008
Label: White Whale Records
Format: iTunes digital download

|Wolf Parade cover from the Adam Franklin / Handsome Furs split single

align="center"|2010

|"The Black Angel's Death Song"

Released: 14 December 2010
Label: Adam Franklin / Bandcamp
Format: digital download

|The Velvet Underground cover

align="center"|2011

|Winter, Winter, Winter

Released: 31 December 2011
Label: Adam Franklin / Bandcamp
Format: digital download

|Track list:
1. "The Throat of Winter" (T. Rex cover)
2. "Wishful Sinful" (The Doors cover)

align="center" rowspan="5"|2012

|"Shine a Light"

Released: 28 February 2012
Label: White Whale
Format: 7" limited clear

|Track list:
A. "Shine a Light" (prev. released in 2008)
B. "Elm Grove Window" (The Clientele cover)

"I Want You Right Now (Kosmische Version)"

Released 29 March 2012
Label: Goodnight Records
Format: 7" limited pink

|From the Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody / Heaven 7" split with the B-side "Colors in the Whites of Your Eyes" by Heaven

"I Want You Tomorrow"

Released: 17 October 2012
Label: Bandcamp
Format: digital download

|Instrumental version of "I Want You Right Now (Kosmische Version)" appearing on Hush Delirium – The Taster LP, a sampler of tracks used in the Hush Delirium art & music collaboration project

"California Solo (Band Version)"

Released: 1 November 2012
Format: digital download

|Appears on the soundtrack "California Solo (Original Music from the Motion Picture)"

"California Solo (Waltz Version)"

Released 12 December 2012
Label: Adam Franklin / Bandcamp
Format: digital download

|Alternate version of the title song from the movie California Solo

align="center"|2013

|"Ramonesland (Instrumental in F)"

Released: 1 February 2013
Label: Adam Franklin / Bandcamp
Format: digital download

|Sales from this release donated to the Fund for Danny Lackey

==Live studio sessions==

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align="center"|2005

|KEXP Session (NYC)

Released: 12 September 2005
Format: limited digital download

|1. "99th Dream"
2. "The Streets That Spin Off"
3. "Sundown"
4. "Song of Solomon"

Recorded at the Museum of Television & Radio in New York City for "The Morning Show" with John Richards, KEXP Seattle

align="center"|2007

|KEXP Session (Seattle)

Released: 13 July 2007
Format: limited digital download

|1. "Morning Rain"
2. "Shining Somewhere"
3. "Birdsong (Moonshiner Version)"
4. "Song of Solomon"

Recorded in studio at KEXP Seattle for "The Morning Show" with John Richards

align="center"|2009

|A Soundworld of Rain

Released: 10 June 2009
Label: Adam Franklin
Format: digital download

|Recorded December 2007 at Jamnow Studios, Tinton Falls, NJ

align="center"|2010

|Rabid in the Kennel Session

Released: 9 June 2010
Format: digital download

|1. "Yesterday Has Gone Forever"
2. "Take Me to My Leader"
3. "Spent Bullets"
4. "Lord Help Me Jesus, I've Wasted a Soul"
5. "I Want You Right Now"
6. "Dreaming" (Sophia cover)

Recorded at the Kennel Recording Studio, Brooklyn, NY

=Toshack Highway=

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!width="300"|Details{{cite web|title=Toshack Highway [full discography] |publisher=toshackhighway.com |url=http://www.toshackhighway.com/disco.html |accessdate=17 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205013621/http://www.toshackhighway.com/disco.html |archivedate=5 February 2012 |df=dmy }}

!width="350"|Notes

align="center"|2000

|Toshack Highway

Released: 11 April 2000
Label: Catapult / Flower Shop
Format: LP, CD

align="center"|2001

|Everyday, Rock'n'Roll Is Saving My Life EP

Released: 1 October 2001
Label: Space Baby
Format: CD

|Includes an acoustic 4-track version of Swervedriver's "The Hitcher"

align="center"|2003

|Magnetic Morning

Released: 20 May 2003
Label: Sonic Unyon
Format: CD

|Double CD split with Sianspheric

align="center"|2005

|Everyday, Rock'n'Roll Is Saving My Life Vol.2

Released: 15 November 2005
Label: Sonic Wave Discs
Format: CD

|Compilation of previously unreleased demos and live recordings from 1995 to 2005

align="center" rowspan="2"|2006

|Birdsong EP

Released: 10 February 2006
Label: Shifty Disco
Format: internet download

|Contains two versions of "Birdsong", which later appear on Adam Franklin's debut album Bolts of Melody, and two versions of "Theme from LSD" demo from Everyday, Vol.2

"Syd's Eyes"