Oceanview Motel
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Oceanview Motel is the debut album by Mae Moore
released in 1990. The Vancouver
-area musicians featured on this record include the members of Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
, Spirit of the West
and 54-40
.
Mae Moore
Mae Moore is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her music is a blend of pop, folk and jazz. Her most successful album, 1992's Bohemia, was an international hit, although her other albums have been successful mainly in Canada....
released in 1990. The Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
-area musicians featured on this record include the members of Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts are a Canadian rock band, based out of Vancouver that formed in 1980. The band's name was taken from the title of Lou Reed's 1983 album.-Biography:...
, Spirit of the West
Spirit of the West
Spirit of the West are a Canadian folk rock band, who were popular on the Canadian folk music scene in the 1980s before evolving a blend of hard rock, Britpop, and Celtic folk influences which made them one of Canada's most successful alternative rock acts in the 1990s.-Early years:The band began...
and 54-40
54-40
54•40 is a Canadian alternative rock group from Tsawwassen, British Columbia.The band takes their name from the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!", coined to express the expansionist agenda of James K...
.
Track listing
All songs written by Mae Moore.- "Red Clay Hills" - 5:24
- "I Will Watch Over You" - 4:15
- "Nothing But the Truth" - 4:14
- "Where Loneliness Lives" - 3:02
- "Down to the Wire" - 5:20
- "Warm Side of Town" - 4:12
- "Superstitious" - 5:14
- "Halfway Home" - 4:38
- "Stepping Through Fire" - 4:35
- "Nightbird" - 4:13
Personnel
- Mae Moore - vocals, acoustic guitars
- Colin Nairne - guitar
- Barney Bentall - background vocals, piano on "I'll Watch Over You", TR 808Roland TR-808The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer was one of the first programmable drum machines . Introduced by the Roland Corporation in early 1980, it was originally manufactured for use as a tool for studio musicians to create demos. Like earlier Roland drum machines, it does not sound very much like a real...
on "Superstitious" & "Halfway Home", piano on "Stepping Through Fire" - Cam Bowman - piano, organ
- Barry Muir - bass, harmony bass
- Jack Guppy - drums, percussion
- Vince DitrichVince DitrichVince Ditrich is a Canadian rock musician.A drummer, Ditrich has played with a variety of musicians, including pre-Odds bands with Doug Elliott and Steven Drake, Long John Baldry, Paul Hyde, Sue Medley, Mae Moore, Great Big Sea and Doug and the Slugs.In late 1989, he joined Spirit of the West, and...
- drums, percussion - Hugh McMillanHugh McMillan (musician)Hugh McMillan is a Canadian folk/jazz/rock musician.McMillan is a member of the folk rock band Spirit of the West, and is a multi-instrumentalist who has played guitars, bass, banjo, trombone, mandolins, Chapman stick, piano, and keyboards on the band's albums...
- mandola on "I'll Watch Over You" - Geoffrey KellyGeoffrey KellyGeoffrey Kelly is a Canadian rock musician.He plays guitars, flutes and bodhran for the folk rock band Spirit of the West, for whom he is also the lead vocalist on some songs. He and John Mann are the band's primary songwriters.Kelly is also a full time member of The Paperboys, and released a solo...
- background vocals on "I'll Watch Over You" and "Warm Side of Town" - Shael Wrinch - Guitar on "I'll Watch Over You"
- Ashwin SoodAshwin SoodAshwin Sood is a Canadian musician. Sood plays drums, percussion, keyboards, and sings.Sood was Sarah McLachlan's drummer, and was also married to McLachlan, although they are now separated....
- percussion on "I'll Watch Over You" - Phil Comparelli - trumpet on "Down to the Wire"
- Richard Zuckerman - piano on "Stepping Through Fire"
- The Purcell String Quartet - strings on "Nightbird"
Production
- Barney Bentall - producer
- Colin Nairne - producer
- Gary Fraser - associate producer
- Ken Marshall - mixing
- Rob Potter - mixing
- Hugh SymeHugh SymeHugh Syme is a Canadian Juno Award-winning graphic artist who is best known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands. He is also a musician and has appeared in some Rush songs as a keyboard player. Syme is notably responsible for all of Rush's album cover art since 1975's Caress...
- art direction & design - Deborah Samuel - photography