Open Season (British Sea Power album)

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Open Season
Studio album by British Sea Power
Released	4th April 4 2005
Recorded	Kore Studios, West London and Rockfield Studios, South Wales in 2004
Genre	Indie Rock
Length	46:36
Label	Rough Trade Records
Producer(s)	Mads Bjerke
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Pitchfork Media (7.8/10) link PopMatters (4/10) link Metacritic (74/100) link
British Sea Power chronology
The Decline of British Sea Power (2003)	Open Season (2005)

Open Season is the second album from the Brighton-based English band, British Sea Power. It was released on April 4 2005 to positive reviews. It showcased a more accessible, mainstream sound and reached #13 in the UK album charts. Almost all of the songs featured on the album were recorded with Mads Bjerke, who had previously worked with the band on their 2002 album, The Decline of British Sea Power and also with Primal Scream, Girls Aloud and Spiritualized, and mixed by Bill Price, with the exceptions of "Please Stand Up" and "North Hanging Rock", which were recorded and engineered by Graham Sutton and Phill Brown, respectively. "Oh Larsen B" was recorded by George Apiston and Tariq Zaid Al-Nasrawi. Two singles were picked from it: "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (UK #18) and "Please Stand Up" (UK #34).

If the CD is rewound 2:31 before the first track, an organ version of the song "How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?" is found.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 UK - CD (RTRADCD200) & 12" (RTRADLP200) 1.2 Japan - CD (TFCK-87384) 2 British Sea Power 3 Additional personnel 4 External links

[edit] Track listing

[edit] UK - CD (RTRADCD200) & 12" (RTRADLP200)

1. "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (BSP) – 4:23
2. "Be Gone" (Yan/BSP) – 2:52
3. "How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?" (Hamilton/BSP) – 3:11
4. "Like a Honeycomb" (Yan/BSP) – 4:31
5. "Please Stand Up" (Yan/BSP) – 3:07
6. "North Hanging Rock" (Yan/BSP) – 4:26
7. "To Get to Sleep" (BSP) – 3:16
8. "Victorian Ice" (Yan/BSP) – 3:26
9. "Oh Larsen B" (Yan/BSP) – 5:30
10. "The Land Beyond" (Hamilton/BSP) – 4:01
11. "True Adventures" (Hamilton/BSP) – 7:52

[edit] Japan - CD (TFCK-87384)

1. "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (BSP) – 4:23
2. "Be Gone" (Yan/BSP) – 2:52
3. "How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?" (Hamilton/BSP) – 3:11
4. "Like a Honeycomb" (Yan/BSP) – 4:31
5. "Please Stand Up" (Yan/BSP) – 3:07
6. "North Hanging Rock" (Yan/BSP) – 4:26
7. "To Get to Sleep" (BSP) – 3:16
8. "Victorian Ice" (Yan/BSP) – 3:26
9. "Oh Larsen B" (Yan/BSP) – 5:30
10. "The Land Beyond" (Hamilton/BSP) – 4:01
11. "True Adventures" (Hamilton/BSP) – 7:52
12. "Don't You Want to Be a Bird?" (Hamilton/BSP) – ??:??

[edit] British Sea Power

• Yan – vocals, guitar, piano, organ
• Hamilton – vocals, bass, guitar, piano, organ, backing vocals
• Noble – guitar, piano, backing vocals, organ
• Wood – drums

[edit] Additional personnel

• Abi Fry – viola
• Phil Sumner – cornet
• Axl – miniature Italian greyhound
• Graham Sutton – string arrangements and additional programming

[edit] External links

• British Sea Power's official website

British Sea Power
Yan | Hamilton | Noble | Wood
Eamon | Abi Fry | Phil Sumner
Albums
The Decline of British Sea Power | Open Season
Singles
"Fear of Drowning" | "Remember Me" | "The Lonely" | "Childhood Memories" "Carrion"/"Apologies to Insect Life" | "Remember Me" | "A Lovely Day Tomorrow" "It Ended on an Oily Stage" | "Please Stand Up" | "Remember Me"/"I Am a Cider Drinker"
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Rough Trade Records | Roy Wilkinson | Brakes | Brighton | Frank Sidebottom