Cruel Sister (Rachel Unthank and the Winterset album)

Cruel Sister
Studio album by
Released11 May 2005 (UK)
GenreFolk
Length54:30
LabelRabble Rouser – RR005 (UK); Cortex – CTX392CD (Australia), licensed to Shock Records
ProducerAdrian McNally
Rachel Unthank and the Winterset chronology
Cruel Sister
(2005)
The Bairns
(2007)

Cruel Sister, the first album by English folk group Rachel Unthank and the Winterset (later to become the Unthanks) was released on 11 May 2005 and launched at Holmfirth Festival of Folk. Described by BBC Music as "an outstanding debut", it received support from a number of DJs on BBC Radio 2 and was subsequently awarded Folk Album of the Year by MOJO.