Big Calm

Big Calm (released in 1998) is the second album by Morcheeba. "The Music That We Hear", included on special-edition versions of the album, is a reworking of "Moog Island" from Morcheeba's first album, Who Can You Trust?.

Track listing

1. "The Sea" - 5:47
2. "Shoulder Holster" - 4:04
3. "Part of the Process" - 4:24
4. "Blindfold" - 4:37
5. "Let Me See" - 4:20
6. "Bullet Proof" - 4:11
7. "Over and Over" - 2:20
8. "Friction" - 4:13
9. "Diggin' a Watery Grave" - 1:34
10. "Fear and Love" - 5:04
11. "Big Calm" - 6:00
12. "The Music That We Hear" - 3:49 (bonus track)

• Japanese Bonus Tracks

12. "Shoulder Holster" (Radio Mix) - 4:14

13. "Shoulder Holster" (Diabolical Brothers Mix) - 5:56

Personnel

• Skye Edwards - vocals & reproduction
• Paul Godfrey - navigation, programming, scratching, live drums & lyrics
• Ross Godfrey - all guitars, sitar, pedal steel, lap steel, clavinet, hammond, fender rhodes, wurlitzer piano, drums, ems synth, mks 80, and no factory presets
• Pete Norris - sound surgery, synthesizer programming & dropping science
• Thomas Porter - number one album habitué
• Jessica Kennedy - number two album habitué

Trivia

The album cover was inspired by that of the 1966 Ray Conniff compilation Hi Fi Companion. (*View image)

The song "The Sea" was used as the theme tune for the UK reality TV show Shipwrecked, featured in a set of advertisements for TDT TV, and is featured in the new Thomas Cook adverts starring Jamie and Louise Redknapp.