King Swamp is the self-titled debut album of the British rock band King Swamp

King Swamp

King Swamp was a British rock band, consisting of Walter Wray , Dave Allen , Steve Halliwell , Dominic Miller , and Martyn Barker . The band was formed in 1988 in London, after Allen and Barker had parted ways with Shriekback and recruited Wray as frontman...

. Originally released in May 1989, the album was well-received by critics. But, its failure to peak even in the top-150 on the Billboard 200 proved to be a bad omen. When their second album failed to chart anywhere in the U.S. or the U.K., the band split up. Despite the failure of the album to find a commercial audience, it did have the unique distinction of being featured on the 1980s TV show Miami Vice

Miami Vice

Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...

. The track 'Year Zero' was used during the pre-credit car chase sequence of the two-hour finale episode titled 'Freefall' (first aired on May 21, 1989).

Track listing

1. "Is This Love?" - 4:00
2. "Blown Away" - 4:11
3. "Man Behind the Gun" - 4:27
4. "Original Man" - 3:24
5. "Widders Dump" - 4:53
6. "Year Zero" - 3:54
7. "Mirror" - 4:57
8. "Motherlode" - 4:26
9. "Louisiana Bride" - 4:34
10. "Sacrament" - 5:15
11. "Glow" - 5:42 (Bonus Track on UK CD)

Chart performance

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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...

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Personnel

• Lead Vocals: Walter Wray
• Additional Vocals: Steve Halliwell
• Guitars: Dominic Miller
  Dominic Miller
  Dominic Miller is an Argentine-English guitarist who toured and recorded with World Party and King Swamp, worked on Phil Collins' solo album ...But Seriously and played guitar on every Sting album and tour since 1990...
  
  
• Dobro: Dominic Miller
• Bass Guitars: Dave Allen
  Dave Allen (producer/bassist)
  Dave Allen was the bass guitarist for the post-punk band, Gang of Four. In 1981, he left Gang of Four to found Shriekback....
  
  
• Drums: Martyn Barker
  Martyn Barker
  Martyn Barker is an English drummer, best known as the drummer for Shriekback. He has also been a member of King Swamp, and worked with Paula Rae Gibson, Billy Bragg and Beth Gibbons, Rustin Man and Juldah Camara & Justin Adams....
  
  
• Keyboards: Steve Halliwell
• Mixed by Bob Clearmountain
  Bob Clearmountain
  Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Bruce Springsteen , The Rolling Stones , Bryan Adams , Robbie Williams Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He...