Seamonsters

Artist: The Wedding Present
Label: Manifesto Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 767004030326
EAN: 0767004030326
ASIN: B000005DDV

Release Date: 1994-10-18

Seamonsters

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Tracks:

Dallience
Dare
Suck
Blonde
Rotterdam
Lovenest
Corduroy
Carolyn
Heather
Octopussy

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Album Description

This album, produced by Steve Albini, has been voted the favorite album of Wedding Present fans, with 'Dalliance,' the opening track repeatedly voted as the favorite song. 10 tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Sound of speed.......2005-04-27

In the early 90's at one of the many low points of my life I discovered the Wedding Present. The music was vast, rambled on and was delivered with a bone crushing intensity. It seemed perfect. I related to everything about it except the lyrics ( well maybe a little). David Gedge seemed like a magnent for bad relationships, flirting and acting kinda dirty or sleazy. All of which I WASN'T BUT ADMIRED. Seamonsters marked a different direction for the band. Their fast and frenetic playing was augmented by the production duties of Steve Albini. Giving all the songs a puchy live in your living room feel that Albini does on all his productions. One of my favorite albums of the 90's. The only thing that is close to filler are the added b-sides. Even those are good.

TheWeddingPresent - Seamonsters.......2004-01-31

The first time I listened to this CD I knew it would become one of my favorites. The opening riff of Dalliance is merely an overture to the experience in which you are about to partake.

What makes this CD unique is, regardless of your state-of-mind, it wills you into that of the the artists' intended listener. From that point forward, you are guided by TheWeddingPresent through the rest of this work.

This CD is unmistakenly beautiful. I used to hear influences of Joy Division & The Buzzcocks. The time signatures reflected the early Pixies (but I doubt any influence). Now Seamonsters has taken on a life of its' own.

It's been 12 years since I originally purchased this CD. It still yields a different emotional interpretation everytime I listen to it.

Classic Gedge.......2003-06-17

If The Wedding Present came from Seattle they would probably be held in the same esteem as Nirvana are nowadays. "Seamonsters" was released the same year as "Nevermind" but is relatively obscure compared to that monster album. Still, sales alone does not a great album make and this is right up there with "Nevermind" in quality (some may argue that it's better).
"Seamonsters" moved away from the all out "fast and furious" approach of it's predecessor "Bizzaro". It is a lot more dynamic with delicate passages of music that sound like they're almost going to fall apart giving way to fierce multilayered guitar assaults. Breathtaking stuff and definitely not easy listening. That's not to say that there isn't any sweet pop music on this album "Heather", "Rotterdam" and "Dalliance" are wonderful tunes that point to Gedge's future pop writings with Cinerama and the Hit Parade tracks that immediately followed this album.
Lyrically he's again talking about love that has been lost, but the scenarios are more varied and unconventional this time around ("Octopussy" being an example). If you're fed up with the hundreds of dour "nu-metal" (or whatever they're calling it this week) soundalike [stuff] that clogs up the airwaves at the moment, this album will be a breath of fresh air. Honest music, honest production...awesome.

The most accessible Wedding Present release..........2002-08-23

More than a decade after its release, "Seamonsters" still finds its way into my CD player at least once a month. The Wedding Present are well-known in their native Britain for publishing 12 successive top-ten singles in one year (rivaling only Elvis Presley by achieving the feat), and the releases from that year are perhaps more representative of the "true" Wedding Present sound. However, the Steve Albini-produced "Seamonsters" packages David Gedge's ex-girlfriend-drunk-dial lyrics, painfully honest growl and moan, and beached-whale guitar sounds into a pop landscape that undulates, aches and ultimately leaves you wishing you could fold the lead singer in a comforting embrace - though you sense he might just push you away. Even if this CD does not become a portal to your Wedding Present addiction, as it did for me, it will remain a top-of-the-stack favorite for driving, getting over bad dates, and high volume reality escapes.

Middle of nowhere... Boombox on top of Pickup.......2001-12-16

This album was very defining. If you think you still have a mean streak... you DO! I listened to this album so many times when it came out. I also saw them twice live. David Gedge is back there selling t-shirts. The antithesis of a rock star.

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