Wait Long by the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By

Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By
Studio album by The Drones
Released	18 April 2005
Recorded	Atlantis Studios - 2004
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	In-Fidelity (Australia) ATP Records (UK/Europe)
Producer	Locki Lockwood Gareth Liddiard
The Drones chronology
Here Come the Lies (2002) Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By (2005) The Miller's Daughter (2005)

Wait Long By The River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By is the second album released by The Drones, a band formed in Perth and based in Melbourne.

The album was also nominated for Triple J's inaugural J Award prize in 2005 (but eventually lost out to Wolfmother) and topped many Australian critics' end-of-year Top 10 lists.

Furthermore, Triple J put the album tracks "Shark Fin Blues" and "Baby²" on medium rotation. During an extensive six-month tour encompassing Europe and the US, All Tomorrow's Parties issued Wait Long By The River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By outside of Australia towards the end of 2005.

The album won the inaugural Australian Music Prize, defeating eight other finalists to win the album of the year.

In September 2009 the album was performed live in its entirety as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties-curated Don't Look Back series.

Shark Fin Blues was voted by contemporary songwriters as the greatest Australian song.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Shark Fin Blues" - (Liddiard, Pereira) 5:43
2. "Baby²" - (Liddiard, Pereira, Kitschin, Strybosch) 3:34
3. "The Best You Can Believe In" - (Liddiard) 7:35
4. "Locust" - (Liddiard, Pereira, Kitschin, Strybosch) 6:40
5. "You Really Don't Care" - (Liddiard) 4:40
6. "Sitting On The Edge Of The Bed Cryin'" - (Liddiard, Pereira, Kitschin, Strybosch) 7:38
7. "The Freedom In The Loot" - (Liddiard) 6:16
8. "Another Rousing Chorus You Idiots!!!!" - (Liddiard) 5:57
9. "This Time" - (Liddiard, Mc Cann) 5:34

Personnel

The Drones

• Rui Pereira - guitar, vocals, violin
• Fiona Kitschin - bass, vocals, piano
• Gareth Liddiard - guitar, vocals, synth, hammond
• Christian Strybosch - drums, vocals

Additional musicians

• Steve Hesketh - hammond wurlitzer

References