Seamonsters

Infobox Album | Name = Seamonsters
Type = Album
Artist = The Wedding Present


Released = May 1991
Recorded = 1991, USA
Genre = indie
Length = 46:58
Producer = Steve Albini
Label = RCA
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lxouak8k5m3p]
Last album = "Bizarro"
(1989)
This album = "Seamonsters"
(1991)
Next album = "Hit Parade 1"
(1992)

"Seamonsters" is the third studio album by Leeds, England group The Wedding Present. It was recorded within 10 days by Steve Albini at his Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota in early 1991. Albini had previously recorded 2 EPs with the group, "Brassneck" and "3 Songs" and, like those records, "Seamonsters" has a rougher, harsher overall sound than the group's earlier records. All of the songs have one-word titles in deliberate contrast to the full sentences that were found on several previous recordings, something for which the group had often been parodied within the music press. The album enjoyed a positive critical reception but guitarist Peter Solowka was sacked between the recording and the release of the album. He was replaced by Paul Dorrington.

Track listing

All songs written by David Gedge unless otherwise noted.

#"Dalliance"
#"Dare"
#"Suck"
#"Blonde"
#"Rotterdam"
#"Lovenest"
#"Corduroy"
#"Carolyn"
#"Heather"
#"Octopussy"

Reissues

The album has been remastered and reissued with the additional songs found on the "3 Songs" EP and the "Dalliance" and "Lovenest" singles being added to the running order.

#Dalliance
#Dare
#Suck
#Blonde
#Rotterdam
#Lovenest
#Corduroy
#Carolyn
#Heather
#Octopussy
#Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) - "a cover of the Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel song"
#Crawl
#Corduroy - "alternate version found on the 3 Songs EP"
#She's My Best Friend - "a cover of the Velvet Underground song"
#Niagara
#Mothers - "a cover of the JPS Experience song"
#Dan Dare
#Fleshworld