King (Belly album)
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King is an album released by Belly
Belly (band)
Belly was an alternative rock band formed in 1991 by former Throwing Muses members Tanya Donelly and Fred Abong. The band was based in Boston, Massachusetts, though all of the original members grew up in Newport, Rhode Island. The band consisted of Donelly on lead vocals and guitar, Abong on bass,...

 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
    Tanya Donelly
    Tanya Donelly is an American Grammy-nominated singer songwriter and guitarist based in New England who co-founded Throwing Muses with her stepsister Kristin Hersh. She then went on to work in The Breeders and Belly in the 1990s...

    , Gail Greenwood
    Gail Greenwood
    Gail Greenwood is an American musician notable for performing with the bands Belly and L7. Having originally learned to play the baritone horn, she switched to guitar after high school. Her first band, the Dames, won the WBRU Rock Hunt in 1986...

    )
  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)

Album

Chart Position
US Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

57
UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

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
Modern Rock Tracks
Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...

17
UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

28
"Super-Connected" US Modern Rock 35
"Seal My Fate" UK Singles Chart 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.
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