<i>In Your Bright Ray</i>

In Your Bright Ray

<p><i><b>In Your Bright Ray</b></i> is the fourth and final solo album, released in 1997, by <a href="/en/Grant_McLennan" title="Grant McLennan" class="wl">Grant McLennan</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="#cite_note-6" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[6]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="#cite_note-7" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[7]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-8"><a href="#cite_note-8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[8]</span></a></span></p>

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background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">In Your Bright Ray</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Bright_ray.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Bright_ray.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/66/In_Your_Bright_Ray_%28Grant_McLennan_album_-_cover_art%29.jpg/220px-In_Your_Bright_Ray_%28Grant_McLennan_album_-_cover_art%29.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" data-file-type="bitmap" height="220" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/In_Your_Bright_Ray_%28Grant_McLennan_album_-_cover_art%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/66/In_Your_Bright_Ray_%28Grant_McLennan_album_-_cover_art%29.jpg 2x" alt="In_Your_Bright_Ray_%28Grant_McLennan_album_-_cover_art%29.jpg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description notheme" style="background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/en/Album" title="Album" class="wl">Studio album</a><span> </span>by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/en/Grant_McLennan" title="Grant McLennan" class="wl">Grant McLennan</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">1997</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">Paradise Studios, <a href="/en/Sydney" title="Sydney" class="wl">Sydney</a>, December 1996</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Music_genre" title="Music genre" class="wl">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/en/Alternative_rock" title="Alternative rock" class="wl">Alternative rock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">50</span>:<span class="s">06</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Record_label" title="Record label" class="wl">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Cortex, <a href="/en/Beggars_Banquet_Records" title="Beggars Banquet Records" class="wl">Beggars Banquet</a><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-CL_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-CL-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Record_producer" title="Record producer" class="wl">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/en/Wayne_Connolly" title="Wayne Connolly" class="wl">Wayne Connolly</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description notheme" style="background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/en/Grant_McLennan" title="Grant McLennan" class="wl">Grant McLennan</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">
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<p>The album features Brett Myers of <a href="/en/Died_Pretty" title="Died Pretty" class="wl">Died Pretty</a> and <a href="/en/Wayne_Connolly" title="Wayne Connolly" class="wl">Wayne Connolly</a> of Knievel on guitars, Maurice Argiro of <a href="/en/Underground_Lovers" title="Underground Lovers" class="wl">Underground Lovers</a> on bass, and <a href="/en/Tim_Powles" title="Tim Powles" class="wl">Tim Powles</a> of <a href="/en/The_Church_(band)" title="The Church (band)" class="wl">The Church</a> on drums.</p>



In Your Bright Ray is the fourth and final solo album, released in 1997, by Grant McLennan. The album features Brett Myers of Died Pretty and Wayne Connolly of Knievel on guitars, Maurice Argiro of Underground Lovers on bass, and Tim Powles of The Church on drums. 