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Open Season is the second album from the Brighton-based English band, British Sea Power. It was released on 4 April 2005 to positive reviews. It showcased a more accessible, mainstream sound and reached #13 in the UK album charts. Almost all of the songs featured on the album were recorded with Mads Bjerke, who had previously worked with the band on their 2002 album, The Decline of British Sea Power and also with Primal Scream, Girls Aloud and Spiritualized, and mixed by Bill Price, with the exceptions of "Please Stand Up" and "North Hanging Rock", which were produced and mixed by Graham Sutton and engineered by Phill Brown. "Oh Larsen B" was recorded by George Apiston and Tariq Zaid Al-Nasrawi. Two singles were picked from it: "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (UK #18) and "Please Stand Up" (UK #34).
If the CD is rewound 2:31 before the first track, an organ version of the song "How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?" is found.
[edit] Track listing
- "It Ended on an Oily Stage" – 4:23
- "Be Gone" (Yan) – 2:52
- "How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?" (Hamilton) – 3:11
- "Like a Honeycomb" (Yan) – 4:31
- "Please Stand Up" (Yan) – 3:07
- "North Hanging Rock" (Yan) – 4:26
- "To Get to Sleep" – 3:16
- "Victorian Ice" (Yan) – 3:26
- "Oh Larsen B" (Yan) – 5:30
- "The Land Beyond" (Hamilton) – 4:01
- "True Adventures" (Hamilton) – 7:52
[edit] Japanese release bonus track
- "Don't You Want to Be a Bird?" (Hamilton) – 2:55
[edit] Personnel
- Yan – vocals, guitar, piano, organ
- Hamilton – vocals, bass, guitar, piano, organ, backing vocals
- Noble – guitar, piano, backing vocals, organ
- Wood – drums
[edit] Additional personnel
- Abi Fry – viola
- Phil Sumner – cornet
- Graham Sutton – string arrangements and additional programming
- Axl – miniature Italian greyhound
[edit] Release history
