The Coral (album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Coral
Type = Album
Artist = The Coral


Released = July 29 2002
Recorded = 2001 - 2002
Genre = Indie
Length = 48:35
Label = Deltasonic
Producer = Ian Broudie
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:emf1zfs3ehok link]
*PopMatters [positive] [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/c/coral-st.shtml link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thecoral/albums/album/270447/review/5945275/the_coral link]
Last album =
This album = "The Coral"
(2002)
Next album = "Magic and Medicine"
(2003) |

"The Coral" is the self-titled debut album by The Coral, and was released July 29 2002 in the United Kingdom on the Deltasonic label, where it debuted at number 5 in the charts, and on March 3 2003 in the United States on Columbia Records (see 2002 in music). It was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.

Track listing

#"Spanish Main" (James Skelly)
#"I Remember When" (Skelly)
#"Shadows Fall" (The Coral)
#"Dreaming of You" (Skelly)
#"Simon Diamond" (Skelly, Nick Power)
#"Goodbye" (Skelly, Power)
#"Waiting for the Heartaches" (Skelly)
#"Skeleton Key" (Skelly, Power)
#"Wildfire" (Power)
#"Bad Man" (Skelly, Power)
#"Calendars and Clocks" (Skelly, Power)
#*"Time Travel" (Skelly) (hidden track)
*Hidden track on Japanese copies and vinyl: "Simian Technology"

Miscellanea

* The US release features the videos to "Dreaming Of You" and "Goodbye" and enables you to unlock content on the official Coral USA website.
* The LP title was rumoured to be called "Son of Becker" (Xfm interview 25 May 2002) and "Zion Egg" before it was finally named "The Coral". Other songs which were rumoured to appear on the debut before being left out were "Run Run!" and "Tumble Grave".
* "Dreaming of You" was used in My Monster, an episode of the American sitcom, Scrubs.
* Pete Doherty jokingly claimed to have written "Dreaming of You", he and bandmate Carl Barat can be heard playing the song on clips from the pair's Babyshambles Sessions in New York. The track is available at [http://www.albionarks.com/ Albion Arks] .