Ocean Beach (album)
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| Ocean Beach | |||||
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| Studio album by Red House Painters | |||||
| Released |  March 27, 1995 March 28, 1995 |
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| Recorded | 1994 | ||||
| Genre | Folk rock, sadcore | ||||
| Length | 54:24 | ||||
| Label | 4AD | ||||
| Producer | Mark Kozelek | ||||
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| Red House Painters chronology | |||||
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Ocean Beach is the third album by the group Red House Painters, released in 1995 by 4AD. It is the first album that demonstrates what would become both the group's and Mark Kozelek's move toward a more pastoral and folk influenced arrangement style, and away from the lengthy, droning epics that had made their early albums notable. The album features an unlisted hidden track, referred to as "Brockwell Park, Part 2," less than 20 seconds after "Drop" ends. The double 10" vinyl release of the album (now long out of print) features the band's acoustic cover of Yes' 1971 hit "Long Distance Runaround." RHP would go on to record another version of the song (with electric guitars and an extended outro) for their next album, Songs for a Blue Guitar.
A rarely seen music video was produced for the song "Summer Dress."[1]
An original idea for the album's front cover artwork was a photo of what could be broken pews in an abandoned church, or old beds in an abandoned hospital ward.[2]
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] CD release:
- "Cabezon" – 3:09
- "Summer Dress" – 2:52
- "San Geronimo" – 7:37
- "Shadows" – 6:02
- "Over My Head" – 7:01
- "Red Carpet" – 2:34
- "Brockwell Park" – 3:51
- "Moments" – 7:52
- "Drop" / "Brockwell Park, Part 2" (hidden track) – 13:26
[edit] Double 10" vinyl LP release:
Side A:
- "Cabezon" – 3:09
- "Summer Dress" – 2:52
- "San Geronimo" – 7:37
Side B:
- "Shadows" – 6:02
- "Over My Head" – 7:01
- "Long Distance Runaround" - 2:29
Side C:
- "Red Carpet" – 2:34
- "Brockwell Park" – 3:51
- "Moments" – 7:52
Side D:
- "Drop" - 8:53
- "Brockwell Park, Part 2" (hidden track) - 4:15
[edit] Remastered
Red House Painters' 4AD catalog was remastered and reissued on CD in the late 1990s:
[edit] Notes
- Additional musicians: Dan Barbee and Carrie Bradley.
- Recorded and mixed at Coast Recorders, San Francisco.
- Additional recording at Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco; and David Wellhousen's Studio, San Francisco.
- Art direction and design by Paul McMenamin at V23.
- Photography by Melodie McDaniel.
- 4AD release: DAD D 5005 (vinyl), CAD 5005 CD (UK CD), GAD 5005 CD (US CD)
- Warner Bros. release: 9 45859-2 (US CD)
