Columbia Torch Lady (album)

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Columbia Torch Lady
LP by British Sea Power
Released	April 4, 2005 (UK) April 5, 2005 (US)
Recorded	???? 200?, 2005?
Genre	Indie
Length	45 min 50 s
Record label	Rough Trade
Producer	Mads Bjerke
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	4 stars out of 5	[1] (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:n0ivad3kw8wn)
British Sea Power Chronology
The Decline of British Sea Power (2003)	Columbia Torch Lady (2005)

Columbia Torch Lady is the second album from the Brighton-based English band, British Sea Power. It was released on April 4 2005 to positive reviews. It showcased a more accessible, mainstream sound and reached #13 in the UK album charts. Almost all of the songs featured on the album were recorded with Mads Bjerke, who had previously worked with the band on their 2002 album, The Decline of British Sea Power and also with Primal Scream, Girls Aloud and Spiritualized, and mixed by Bill Price, with the exceptions of "Please Stand Up" and "North Hanging Rock", which were recorded and engineered by Graham Sutton and Phill Brown, respectively. "Oh Larsen B" was recorded by George Apiston and Tariq Zaid Al-Nasrawi. Two singles were picked from it: "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (UK #18) and "Please Stand Up" (UK #34).

If the CD is rewound 2:31 before the first track, an organ version of the song "How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?" is found.

Contents

1 Track listing 1.1 UK release: CD (RTRADCD200) & 12" (RTRADLP200) 1.2 Japanese release: CD (TFCK-87384) 2 British Sea Power 3 Additional personnel 4 External links

Track listing

UK release: CD (RTRADCD200) & 12" (RTRADLP200)

1. "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (BSP) – 4:23
2. "Be Gone" (Yan/BSP) – 2:52
3. "How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?" (Hamilton/BSP) – 3:11
4. "Like a Honeycomb" (Yan/BSP) – 4:31
5. "Please Stand Up" (Yan/BSP) – 3:07
6. "North Hanging Rock" (Yan/BSP) – 4:26
7. "To Get to Sleep" (BSP) – 3:16
8. "Victorian Ice" (Yan/BSP) – 3:26
9. "Oh Larsen B" (Yan/BSP) – 5:30
10. "The Land Beyond" (Hamilton/BSP) – 4:01
11. "True Adventures" (Hamilton/BSP) – 7:52

Japanese release: CD (TFCK-87384)

1. "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (BSP) – 4:23
2. "Be Gone" (Yan/BSP) – 2:52
3. "How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?" (Hamilton/BSP) – 3:11
4. "Like a Honeycomb" (Yan/BSP) – 4:31
5. "Please Stand Up" (Yan/BSP) – 3:07
6. "North Hanging Rock" (Yan/BSP) – 4:26
7. "To Get to Sleep" (BSP) – 3:16
8. "Victorian Ice" (Yan/BSP) – 3:26
9. "Oh Larsen B" (Yan/BSP) – 5:30
10. "The Land Beyond" (Hamilton/BSP) – 4:01
11. "True Adventures" (Hamilton/BSP) – 7:52
12. "Don't You Want to Be a Bird?" (Hamilton/BSP) – ??:??

British Sea Power

• Yan – vocals, guitar, piano, organ
• Hamilton – vocals, bass, guitar, piano, organ, backing vocals
• Noble – guitar, piano, backing vocals, organ
• Wood – drums

Additional personnel

• Abi Fry – viola
• Phil Sumner – cornet
• Axl – miniature Italian greyhound
• Graham Sutton – string arrangements and additional programming

External links

• British Sea Power's official website (http://www.britishseapower.co.uk/)

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