I thought I'd continue this little journey through my back catalogue and write a post about my first album - "Human Conditions". I made this album in the summer of 2006, and the thing most people comment on is the fact that I've lost a couple of stone since the cover pictures were taken.

I'd been in a studios quite a bit, but never recorded any of my own songs. Once again I set myself a tight deadline and had to race to meet it - I really wanted the CDs back for some gigs at the end of August. In the end they were delivered to the Lincolnshire showground on the Friday of the gig, and my Dad had to fit 1000 CDs in his car in addition to all the other stuff he already had with him.

For me, the standout tracks were "Ships", "Slippers" and "By the sea", and I still occasionally slot those into my live set. Lately I've been rediscovering a few of the others too - a couple of bluesey numbers "Long, long way" and "When I'm gone".

Slippers in particular always seems to strike a chord - it seems to manage to challenge people without them realising.

I guess this was my first chance to produce my own stuff as well, using some of the things I'd learned working with guys like Howard Williams and Dan Bowater, who I'd done sessions for in the past. I guess it was a chance to do some of the musical things I liked but hadn't had a chance to do before - like the layered up Ebow on "Ships", or the reverse wah wah solo on "Freedom".

In fact, it's probably some of the most involved guitar stuff I've done, and listening back to a few moments (like the octave solo in "This song won't change your life" or the "Guitar doubled with rhodes" solo in the title track usually raises a smile.

There are probably a few things I'd do differently if I did the album again, particularly focusing more on the vocals, but as a first attempt it has a special place in my musical journey.

As I tweeted a few days ago, I'm down to the last full box of these on CD, so if that's what you're after, don't hang around too long. Stocks of downloads aren't running as low (!), but you can buy that way too if that's your thing.