The Secret Migration
Encyclopedia
The Secret Migration is the sixth album by the alternative rock
band
Mercury Rev
, released on January 24, 2005 in the UK (and a day later in the US). A limited edition of the American
release of the album featured special packaging and included a bonus disc featuring b-sides
, rarities, and live tracks.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band
Band (music)
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Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev is an American alternative rock group, that formed in the late 1980s in Buffalo, New York. Original personnel were David Baker , Jonathan Donahue , Sean Mackowiak, a.k.a...
, released on January 24, 2005 in the UK (and a day later in the US). A limited edition of the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
release of the album featured special packaging and included a bonus disc featuring b-sides
B-Sides
B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...
, rarities, and live tracks.
Track listing
All songs written by Mercury Rev.- "Secret for a Song" – 4:01
- "Across Yer Ocean" – 3:20
- "Diamonds" – 3:51
- "Black Forest (Lorelei)" – 4:46
- "Vermillion" – 4:07
- "In the Wilderness" – 2:32
- "In a Funny Way" – 4:02
- "My Love" – 4:14
- "Moving On" – 1:20
- "The Climbing Rose" – 3:19
- "Arise" – 3:49
- "First-Time Mother's Joy (Flying)" – 3:31
- "Down Poured the Heavens" – 1:36
American Limited Edition Bonus Disc
- "The Black Swan" – 4:13
- "My Love" (Live) – 4:04
- "Afraid" – 3:42
- "Black Forest (Lorelei)" (Live) – 4:44
- "Observatory Crest" – 3:45
- "Streets of Laredo" – 2:43
- "Diamonds" (Live) – 3:29
- "Mirror for a Bell" – 3:11
Singles
- "In A Funny Way" (January 17, 2005)
- "Across Yer Ocean" (March 21, 2005)
- "Secret for a Song" (PROMO ONLY) (June 2005)
Personnel
- Jonathan DonahueJonathan DonahueJonathan Daniel Donahue is an American rock musician. He has been an integral member of two of North America's more influential indie/experimental bands of the 1990s; The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev....
- Grasshopper (Sean Mackowiak)Grasshopper (musician)Grasshopper is an American musician with the band Mercury Rev. He has also appeared with Rev side-project Harmony Rockets, his own band Grasshopper and the Golden Crickets, and as a guest musician on numerous other recordings.-Early years:Mackowiak's early years have been colored by a 1991...
- Jeff Mercel
- Dave FridmannDave FridmannDave Fridmann is an American record producer and musician. From 1990 onwards he co-produced all releases by Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips...
- Carlos Anthony Molina