The Great Lake is the debut EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by Chalk Circle

Chalk Circle

Chalk Circle was a Canadian college rock band in the 1980s. The band consisted of lead singer and guitarist Chris Tait, bassist Brad Hopkins, keyboardist Tad Winklarz and drummer Derrick Murphy.-History:...

 released in 1986. The original release of the EP only featured six tracks. It was later re-released with three additional tracks on CD.

The EP contained two singles: "April Fool", a Top 10 hit in Canada, with its U2

U2

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-like guitar chords, and "Me, Myself and I" also a Top 10 Canadian hit.

The EP's back photo (and the CD's front) was taken along Lake Shore Boulevard in Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario

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, which is presumably also the subject of the album's title.

Chalk Circle was nominated for "Most Promising Group of the Year

Juno Award for New Group of the Year

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" at the 1986 Juno Awards

Juno Awards of 1986

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EP: Duke Street / DSRD-41024 (Canada)

1. "April Fool" (Lyrics - D. Murphy) - 5:19
2. "Trains" - 5:05
3. "Big White Clouds" - 4:06
4. "Me, Myself and I" - 4:08
5. "The Great Lake" - 4:09
6. "Superman (Meets the Man of Steel)" - 5:16

CD: Duke Street / DSMD-41024 (Canada)

1. "April Fool" (Lyrics - D. Murphy) - 5:19
2. "Trains" - 5:05
3. "Big White Clouds" - 4:06
4. "Me, Myself and I" - 4:08
5. "The Great Lake" - 4:09
6. "Superman (Meets the Man of Steel)" - 5:16
7. "20th Century Boy" (Marc Bolan
   Marc Bolan
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   ) - 3:42 *
8. "Come with Me" - 3:54 *
9. "Believe in Something" - 3:45 *

• 1988 CD reissue with three bonus tracks (tracks 8 and 9 feature as b-sides on "This Mourning
  This Mourning
  "This Mourning" is the lead single from Canadian band Chalk Circle's first full-length album, Mending Wall. It was released on Duke Street Records in 1987....
  
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Singles

• "April Fool
  April Fool (song)
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• "Me, Myself and I
  Me, Myself and I (Chalk Circle song)
  "Me, Myself and I" is the third single from Canadian band Chalk Circle's debut EP, The Great Lake.The single was only available in 7" vinyl single but the B-side is an as yet unreleased in CD remix of the track.-Personnel:*Chris Tait - vocals, guitars...
  
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Personnel

• Chris Tait
  Chris Tait
  Chris Tait is a Canadian singer–songwriter and producer, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for the rock band Chalk Circle and later the group Big Faith.-Chalk Circle:Tait grew up in Newcastle, Ontario and his first band was called "The Casualties"...
  
   - vocals, guitars
• Brad Hopkins - bass guitars
• Derrick Murphy - drums
• Tad Winklarz - keyboards, saxophone
• Chris Wardman - wobbly guitar, acoustic guitar on "Superman", "Me, Myself and I"
• Jason Sniderman
  Jason Sniderman
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   - keyboard programming on "20th Century Boy"
• Kenny MacLean
  Kenny MacLean
  Kenneth Irving MacLean was a Scottish-Canadian musician, best known as a former member of the multi-platinum selling band Platinum Blonde....
  
   - backing vocals on "20th Century Boy"
• Don Garbutt - computer programming on "20th Century Boy"
• Brian Leonard - tambourine on "Believe in Something"

Production

• Chris Wardman - producer, arranger
• Ron Searles - engineer
• Paul Lachapelle - engineer
• Aubrey Winfield - engineer, mixer on "Come with Me"
• Howie Weinberg
  Howie Weinberg
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  - mastering as Masterdisk, New York City