Effloresce (album)

Effloresce
Studio album by Oceansize
Released	September 29, 2003
Recorded	Jacob's Studio, Farnham, Surrey, February–March 2003
Genre	New prog Post-rock
Length	75:34
Label	Beggars Banquet Records
Producer	Chris Sheldon, Oceansize
Oceansize chronology
Relapse EP (2002) Effloresce (2003) Music for Nurses (2004)

Effloresce is the debut album by British progressive rock band Oceansize, released on 29 September 2003. It garnered considerable praise from critics.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Drowned in Sound	link
God Is in the TV Zine	link
Kerrang!	[citation needed]
Playlouder	[citation needed]
Rolling Stone	(Not rated) link

Track listing

All songs written by Oceansize.

1. I Am the Morning – 4:18
2. Catalyst – 6:40
3. One Day All This Could Be Yours – 4:19
4. Massive Bereavement (Featuring Can) – 9:59
5. Rinsed – 3:58
6. You Wish – 6:00
7. Remember Where You Are – 5:22
8. Amputee – 5:32
9. Unravel – 2:50
10. Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs – 8:30
11. Saturday Morning Breakfast Show – 9:04
12. Long Forgotten – 8:57

Trivia

• The piano line playing on Track 9, "Unravel," is an excerpt of the second piece, Le Gibet, from Maurice Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit.

• The title of "Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs" was coined by bassist Jon Ellis, who saw the headline of the same name in Cosmopolitan Magazine.^[1]

Personnel

• Mike Vennart – guitar, vocals
• Steve Durose – guitar, backing vocals
• Richard 'Gambler' Ingram – guitar
• Jon Ellis – bass, keyboards
• Mark Heron – drums

Additional personnel

• Chris Sheldon – production (with Oceansize), mixing
• Adrian Newton – assistant engineer
• Louis Read – assistant engineer
• Dario Dendi – assistant engineer
• Jack Clark – assistant engineer
• Martin & Kimberly McCarrick – cello, violin, viola on "Massive Bereavement" and "Long Forgotten"
• Claire Lemmon – backing vocals on "Massive Bereavement" and "Saturday Morning Breakfast Show"

References

External links

• Lyrics
• Album Lyrics