Ignite the Seven Cannons

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Ignite the Seven Cannons
Ignite the Seven Cannons cover
Studio album by Felt
Released 1985
Genre Alternative rock
Label Cherry Red
Producer(s) Robin Guthrie
Professional reviews
Felt chronology
The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories
(1984)
Ignite the Seven Cannons
(1985)
Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death
(1986)


Ignite the Seven Cannons is the fourth album by British alternative rock band Felt, released in 1985. The album was produced by Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins, and features his bandmate Elizabeth Fraser as a backing vocalist. The band's most successful single, "Primitive Painters", was culled from this album. All the songs on the album were written by Lawrence and Maurice Deebank, except "Elegance", which was written by Maurice Deebank, and "Serpent Shade", which was written by Lawrence.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "My Darkest Light Will Shine"
  2. "The Day the Rain Came Down"
  3. "Scarlet Servants"
  4. "I Don't Know Which Way to Turn"
  5. "Primitive Painters"
  6. "Textile Ranch"
  7. "Black Ship in the Harbour"
  8. "Elegance"
  9. "Only Dream"
  10. "Serpent Shade"
  11. "Caspian See"
  12. "Southern State Tapestry"

[edit] Personnel