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Artist
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Sea Power
ReleaseProduct
Open Season
Label
Rough Trade
Catalogue Number
RTRADDA200
Release Date
April 4, 2005

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Rough Trade reissue UK indie rock legends British Sea Power’s seminal critical darling of an LP Open Season upon its 15th birthday. Though the contents of the record recall the likes of Spiritualized and Primal Scream, British Sea Power do majestic, open-armed, stadium-sized tunes unlike any other, and Open Season is their definitive statement. From the windswept imagery and shoegaze atmospherics of opener ‘It Ended On an Oily Stage’ to the great upsweep of tremoloed notes that send ‘North Hanging Rock’ blossoming at its half-way point, Open Season is still unmatched in its total rock affirmation. The reissued edition comes with a second disc of live cuts and demos.

Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 It Ended on an Oily Stage 4:23 Buy

    It Ended on an Oily Stage

  2. 2 Be Gone 2:52 Buy
  3. 3 How Will I Ever Find My Way Home? 3:11 Buy

    How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?

  4. 4 Like a Honeycomb 4:31 Buy

    Like a Honeycomb

  5. 5 Please Stand Up 3:07 Buy

    Please Stand Up

  6. 6 North Hanging Rock 4:26 Buy

    North Hanging Rock

  7. 7 To Get to Sleep 3:16 Buy

    To Get to Sleep

  8. 8 Victorian Ice 3:26 Buy
  9. 9 Oh Larsen B 5:30 Buy
  10. 10 The Land Beyond 4:00 Buy

    The Land Beyond

  11. 11 True Adventures 7:52 Buy

    True Adventures

LP Track List

LP1/CD1

It Ended on an Oily Stage
Be Gone
How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?
Like a Honeycomb
Please Stand Up
North Hanging Rock
To Get to Sleep
Victorian Ice
Oh Larsen B
The Land Beyond
True Adventures

LP2/CD2

It Ended on an Oily Stage (recorded for the Mark Radcliffe Show on BBC Radio 2 – First broadcast on 31st March 2005)
How Will I Ever Find My Way Home? (recorded for the Mark Radcliffe Show on BBC Radio 2 – First broadcast on 31st March 2005)
Don’t You Want to Be a Bird? (recorded for the Gideon Coe on BBC Radio 6 – First broadcast on 28th March 2005)
When I Go Out (recorded for the Gideon Coe on BBC Radio 6 – First broadcast on 28th March 2005)
Crystal Horse (originally appeared on ‘It Ended On An Oily Stage’ CD Single 2)
Over in the Corner (originally appeared on ‘Please Stand Up’ CD Single 1)
How Will I Find My Way Home? (Organ Version) (originally appeared as a hidden track on Open Season CD)
How Animals Work (Mike Hedges Version – previously unreleased)
Runaway (originally appeared as ‘Gale Warnings in Viking North’ on ‘Please Stand Up’ 7”)
Green Grass of Tunnel (originally appeared on ‘It Ended On An Oily Stage’ CD Single 1)
Grey Goose (originally appeared on ‘Please Stand Up’ CD Single 2)
Chicken Pig (True Adventures Instrumental Demo) (originally appeared on ‘Please Stand Up’ CD Single 2)
I Am a Cider Drinker (originally appeared on the split 7” single by British Sea Power and The Wurzels)

Digital Track List

It Ended on an Oily Stage
Be Gone
How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?
Like a Honeycomb
Please Stand Up
North Hanging Rock
To Get to Sleep
Victorian Ice
Oh Larsen B
The Land Beyond
True Adventures

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