Great Divide (album)

Great Divide
Studio album by Semisonic
Released	April 9, 1996
Recorded	July, 1995
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	45:39
Label	MCA
Producer	Paul Fox
Semisonic chronology
Pleasure EP (1995) Great Divide (1996) Feeling Strangely Fine (1998)
Singles from Great Divide
"Down in Flames" Released: 1996 "F.N.T." Released: 1996 "Delicious" Released: 1996 "If I Run" Released: 1996

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[3]

Great Divide is the debut studio album released by American rock band Semisonic. It was released April 9, 1996 by MCA Records. It was produced by Paul Fox, and recorded/mixed by Ed Thacker.

History

Semisonic had signed a record contract with Elektra Records to record the Great Divide album. During recording, Bob Krasnow, the president of Elektra Records had quit, and in the changeover to a new president, the label dropped Semisonic. The band then signed with MCA Records, and finished recording the album. ^[4] "F.N.T." was featured in the 1999 film 10 Things I Hate About You.

Track listing

All tracks written by Dan Wilson unless otherwise noted.

1. "F.N.T." (Wilson, Jacob Slichter) - 3:29
2. "If I Run" (Wilson, Slichter) - 4:16
3. "Delicious" - 3:57
4. "Down in Flames" - 4:02
5. "Across the Great Divide" - 3:00
6. "Temptation" (Wilson, Slichter) - 3:38
7. "The Prize" - 3:58
8. "No One Else" - 3:30
9. "Brand New Baby" (Wilson, John Munson) - 3:37
10. "Falling" - 3:37
11. "In Another Life" - 4:07
12. "I'll Feel for You" - 4:24

Personnel

Semisonic

• John Munson – bass, vocals, guitar, moog, slide guitar, moog bass, piano, loops
• Jacob Slichter – drums, vocals, conducting, piano, string arrangement, rhodes, wurlitzer, mellotron, moog, loops, flute arrangement
• Dan Wilson – vocals, guitar, piano, string arrangement, rhodes, synth whistle, loops, flute arrangement

References