King (Belly album)

King
Studio album by Belly
Released February 13, 1995
Recorded Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
Genre Alternative
Length 45:00
Label Sire/Reprise
Producer Glyn Johns
Belly chronology

Star
(1993)
King
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Slant Magazine [2]

King is an album released by Belly in 1995, two years after their previous album, Star. Although the members had tightened their focus and polished their hook-laden songs, the album and its singles were commercial failures in the grunge-friendly atmosphere of 1995, and the band broke up shortly after it was released.

Track listing

  1. "Puberty" (Tanya Donelly, Gail Greenwood)
  2. "Seal My Fate" (Donelly)
  3. "Red" (Donelly, Tom Gorman)
  4. "Silverfish" (Donelly, Gorman)
  5. "Super-Connected" (Donelly, Greenwood)
  6. "The Bees" (Donelly)
  7. "King" (Donelly)
  8. "Now They'll Sleep" (Donelly, Gorman)
  9. "Untitled And Unsung" (Donelly)
  10. "L'il Ennio" (Donelly)
  11. "Judas My Heart" (Donelly, Gorman)

Chart positions

Album

Chart Position
US Billboard 200[3] 57
UK Albums Chart[4] 6

The album went on to sell over 350,000 copies in the US alone.

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1995 "Now They'll Sleep" US Modern Rock[5] 17
UK Singles Chart[4] 28
"Super-Connected" US Modern Rock[5] 35
"Seal My Fate" UK Singles Chart[4] 35

"Now They'll Sleep" was a modest Pop hit in the U.S charting on the Billboard's Bubbling Under The Hot 100 Singles for 5 weeks in the spring of 1995.

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Slant Magazine review
  3. "US Allmusic". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "UK Chartlog". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 2008-12-17.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "US Allmusic". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-12-17.