Cut (Hunters and Collectors album)
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Cut is a 1992 album by Australia
n rock band
Hunters & Collectors
. Produced by American Don Gehman
(R.E.M., John Mellencamp
), it reached No. 6 on the Australian album chart. The band was nominated for Best Group in the 1992 ARIA Music Awards
and for Album of the Year for Cut a year later.
Singles from the album were "Head Above Water", "We The People" and "Holy Grail".
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rock band
Rock Band
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Hunters & Collectors
Hunters & Collectors
Hunters & Collectors were an Australian rock music band formed in Melbourne in 1981, fronted by singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour, they developed a blend of pub rock and art-funk...
. Produced by American Don Gehman
Don Gehman
Don Gehman is an American record producer, best known for his work in the 1980s with John Mellencamp.Gehman grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and played bass in a local rock band...
(R.E.M., John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock that eschews synthesizers and other artificial sounds...
), it reached No. 6 on the Australian album chart. The band was nominated for Best Group in the 1992 ARIA Music Awards
ARIA Music Awards
The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association...
and for Album of the Year for Cut a year later.
Singles from the album were "Head Above Water", "We The People" and "Holy Grail".
Track listing
(Music on all songs by Hunters & Collectors, lyrics by Mark SeymourMark Seymour
Mark Seymour is an Australian musician and vocalist best known for his work as the frontman and songwriter of rock band Hunters & Collectors...
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- "Head Above Water" – 4:19
- "Holy GrailHoly Grail (song)Holy Grail is a song performed by the Australian band Hunters & Collectors on their 1992 album Cut. With lyrics referring to popular Holy Grail mythology, the song is an anthemic single inspired by Napoleon's march to Russia in 1812, but also referencing the Hunters and Collectors' flagging...
" – 3:43 - "Grindstone" – 3:47
- "True Tears of Joy" – 4:20
- "We the People" – 3:40
- "Hear No Evil" – 4:14
- "Edge of Nowhere" – 5:00
- "Love That I Long For" – 5:21
- "Where Do You Go?" – 3:56
- "Imaginary Girl" – 4:55
- "Angel of Mercy" – 5:54
Personnel
- Mark Seymour - Lead vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - John Archer - Electric bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Doug Falconer - DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, backing vocals, programmingProgramming (music)Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices, often sequencers or computer programs, to generate music. Programming is used in nearly all forms of electronic music and in most hip hop music since the 1990s. It is also frequently used in modern pop and rock...
, percussion and tape loops - Jack Howard - TrumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, backing vocals - Barry PalmerBarry Palmer (musician)Barry Palmer is an Australian musician, songwriter and record producer based in Melbourne, best known as a member of the band Hunters & Collectors, from 1988-1998.-History:...
- Lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure... - Jeremy SmithJeremy Smith (musician)Jeremy Smith is a Melbourne-based musician; he was a founding member of Hunters & Collectors on French horn, guitars, keyboards, programming, and backing vocals...
- French horn, keyboards, guitars, backing vocals - Michael Waters - TromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Robert Miles - Live sound, Artwork and Design
Credits
- Produced by Don GehmanDon GehmanDon Gehman is an American record producer, best known for his work in the 1980s with John Mellencamp.Gehman grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and played bass in a local rock band...
for Rhapsody Productions Inc. - Associate producer: Rick Will
- Recorded at Festival Studios, Sydney and Platinum Studios, Melbourne
- Mixed at The Grey Room and Larrabee Sound Studios, Los Angeles
- Carved by Don & Rick, mixed by Rickster, assisted by Lori Fumar
- "Where Do You Go?" produced by H&C and Nick SansanoNick SansanoNick Sansano is an American record producer, engineer, and musician. He coproduced and recorded Sonic Youth's albums Daydream Nation and Goo. He also engineered and mixed selections from Public Enemy's albums It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Fear of a Black Planet and Muse...
, engineered by Nick Sansano & remixed by Rickster - Lyrics: Mark Seymour / Music: H&C / Human Frailty/Mushroom Music
- Management by Michael Roberts & Sarah Pearson for Loud And Clear