Seamonsters

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Seamonsters
Studio album by The Wedding Present
Released	May 1991
Recorded	1991, USA
Genre	indie
Length	46:58
Label	RCA
Producer(s)	Steve Albini
Professional reviews
All Music Guide [1]
The Wedding Present chronology
Bizarro (1989)	Seamonsters (1991)	Hit Parade 1 (1992)

Seamonsters is the third studio album by Leeds, England group The Wedding Present. It was recorded within 10 days by Steve Albini at his Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota in early 1991. Albini had previously recorded 2 EPs with the group, Brassneck and 3 Songs and, like those records, Seamonsters bore a rougher, harsher overall sound than the group's earlier records. All of the songs bore one-word titles in deliberate contrast to the full sentences that were found on several previous recordings, something for which the group had often been parodied within the music press. The album enjoyed a positive critical reception but guitarist Peter Solowka was sacked between the recording and the release of the album. He was replaced by Paul Dorrington.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by David Gedge unless otherwise noted.

1. "Dalliance"
2. "Dare"
3. "Suck"
4. "Blonde"
5. "Rotterdam"
6. "Lovenest"
7. "Corduroy"
8. "Carolyn"
9. "Heather"
10. "Octopussy"

[edit] Reissues

The album has been remastered and reissued with the additional songs found on the 3 Songs EP and the Dalliance and Lovenest singles being added to the running order.

1. Dalliance
2. Dare
3. Suck
4. Blonde
5. Rotterdam
6. Lovenest
7. Corduroy
8. Carolyn
9. Heather
10. Octopussy
11. Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) - a cover of the Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel song
12. Crawl
13. Corduroy - alternate version found on the 3 Songs EP
14. She's My Best Friend - a cover of the Velvet Underground song
15. Niagara
16. Mothers - a cover of the JPS Experience song
17. Dan Dare
18. Fleshworld