Seamonsters is the third studio album by English indie band The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present are a British indie rock group based in Leeds, England, formed in 1985 from the ashes of the Lost Pandas. The band's music has evolved from fast-paced indie rock in the vein of their most obvious influences The Fall, Buzzcocks and Gang of Four to more varied forms...

. It was recorded in ten days in 1991 by American producer Steve Albini

Steve Albini

Steven Frank Albini is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman, and Flour, and is currently a member of Shellac...

 at Pachyderm Studio

Pachyderm Studio

Pachyderm Recording Studio is a residential recording studio located in rural Cannon Falls, Minnesota, United States, 35.8 mi southeast of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. It is located in a secluded old-growth forest with a vibrant trout stream. The studio was founded in 1988...

 in Cannon Falls, Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. Albini had previously recorded two EPs with the group, Brassneck and 3 Songs and, like those records, Seamonsters has a rougher, harsher overall sound than the group's earlier two albums.
In deliberate contrast to the full sentences featured on previous recordings—something for which the group had often been parodied within the music press—all of the songs on Seamonsters have one-word titles. The album enjoyed a strongly positive critical reception. Guitarist Peter Solowka

Peter Solowka

Peter Solowka born in Leeds of Ukrainian and Irish descent was guitarist with the Wedding Present from its inception until 1991 after the recording of the Seamonsters album...

 was sacked between the recording and release of the album, replaced by Paul Dorrington

Paul Dorrington

Paul Dorrington is an English guitarist and bassist best known for his 1991-1995 tenure in The Wedding Present.Dorrington joined Sheffield group AC Temple in 1985, and recorded Rorschach Blot Test, a live compilation album featuring The Dustdevils and Kilgore Trout...

.

Track listing

All songs written by David Gedge

David Gedge

David Gedge is an English musician and songwriter. He is the main songwriter and vocalist in the bands The Wedding Present and Cinerama...

 unless otherwise noted.

1. "Dalliance" – 4:24
2. "Dare" – 3:45
3. "Suck" – 3:58
4. "Blonde" – 5:07
5. "Rotterdam" – 3:15
6. "Lovenest" – 5:10
7. "Corduroy" – 3:28
8. "Carolyn" – 3:39
9. "Heather" – 3:32
10. "Octopussy" – 6:21

U.S. edition

In addition to the original ten tracks, this edition added three bonus tracks.

11. "Niagara" - 4:06
12. "Dan Dare" - 1:40
13. "Fleshworld" - 4:26

2001 reissue

The album was remastered and reissued in 2001 with additional songs from the 3 Songs EP and the Dalliance and Lovenest singles.

11. "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
    Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)
    "Make Me Smile " is a song written and recorded by Steve Harley. It was originally recorded by his band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel on the album The Best Years of Our Lives and released as a single in 1975...
    
    " (Steve Harley
    Steve Harley
    Steve Harley is an English singer and songwriter, best known for his work with the 1970s rock group Cockney Rebel, with whom he still occasionally tours .-Biography:As a child, Harley suffered from polio, spending four years in hospital up to the...
    
    ) - 3:44
12. "Crawl" - 2:44
13. "Corduroy" (single version) - 3:23
14. "She's My Best Friend" (lou reed) - 2:55
15. "Niagara" - 4:06
16. "Mothers" (Jean-Paul Sartre Experience
    Jean-Paul Sartre Experience
    The Jean-Paul Sartre Experience, later renamed JPS Experience after a lawsuit by the estate of Jean-Paul Sartre, were an indie rock band on New Zealand's Flying Nun Records.-History:...
    
    ) - 2:56
17. "Dan Dare" - 1:40
18. "Fleshworld" - 4:26

Personnel

• David Gedge
  David Gedge
  David Gedge is an English musician and songwriter. He is the main songwriter and vocalist in the bands The Wedding Present and Cinerama...
  
   - Vocals, Guitar
• Peter Solowka
  Peter Solowka
  Peter Solowka born in Leeds of Ukrainian and Irish descent was guitarist with the Wedding Present from its inception until 1991 after the recording of the Seamonsters album...
  
   - Guitar
• Keith Gregory - Bass
• Simon Smith
  Simon Smith
  Simon Smith has been the drummer with several British Indie rock bands, most notably The Wedding Present from Leeds, which he joined in 1988, and also worked with its offshoot The Ukrainians.-Career:...
  
  - Drums

External links

• Review of Seamonsters at Dailymusicguide