''Fellini Days'' is
Fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...
's seventh solo
studio album since leaving
Marillion
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in 1988, his first since ''
Raingods with Zippos
Derek William Dick (born 25 April 1958), better known by his stage name Fish, is a Scottish singer-songwriter and occasional actor.
Fish became widely known as the lead singer and lyricist of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion from 1981 ...
'' (1999) and the first on his own label
Chocolate Frog Records
Derek William Dick (born 25 April 1958), better known by his stage name Fish, is a Scottish singer-songwriter and occasional actor.
Fish became widely known as the lead singer and lyricist of the neo-progressive rock band Marillion from 198 ...
.
"Having long ago cast into exile the ghosts of
prog rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Initi ...
, Fish ushers guitars and female singers to the fore," observed ''
Classic Rock
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'', "and blends his trademark poetry into the spacious but claustrophobic, almost
Waitsian '3D', the
blues rock
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weight of 'Long Cold Day' and the gathering dramas of 'Tiki 4', 'The Pilgrim's Address' and the slowly creeping 'Clock Moves Sideways'."
Track listing
#"3D"
(Dick/Wesley Wesley may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Wesley (name), a given name and a surname
Places United States
* Wesley, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Wesley, Georgia, an unincorporated community
* Wesley Township, Will County, ...
/Young
Young may refer to:
* Offspring, the product of reproduction of a new organism produced by one or more parents
* Youth, the time of life when one is young, often meaning the time between childhood and adulthood
Music
* The Young, an American ro ...
) – 9.11
#"So Fellini"
(Dick/Wesley Wesley may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Wesley (name), a given name and a surname
Places United States
* Wesley, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Wesley, Georgia, an unincorporated community
* Wesley Township, Will County, ...
) – 4.06
#"Tiki 4"
(Dick/Wesley Wesley may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Wesley (name), a given name and a surname
Places United States
* Wesley, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Wesley, Georgia, an unincorporated community
* Wesley Township, Will County, ...
/Young
Young may refer to:
* Offspring, the product of reproduction of a new organism produced by one or more parents
* Youth, the time of life when one is young, often meaning the time between childhood and adulthood
Music
* The Young, an American ro ...
) – 7.32
#"Our Smile"
(Dick/Wesley Wesley may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Wesley (name), a given name and a surname
Places United States
* Wesley, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Wesley, Georgia, an unincorporated community
* Wesley Township, Will County, ...
/Young
Young may refer to:
* Offspring, the product of reproduction of a new organism produced by one or more parents
* Youth, the time of life when one is young, often meaning the time between childhood and adulthood
Music
* The Young, an American ro ...
) – 5.25
#"Long Cold Day"
(Dick/Wesley Wesley may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Wesley (name), a given name and a surname
Places United States
* Wesley, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Wesley, Georgia, an unincorporated community
* Wesley Township, Will County, ...
/Young
Young may refer to:
* Offspring, the product of reproduction of a new organism produced by one or more parents
* Youth, the time of life when one is young, often meaning the time between childhood and adulthood
Music
* The Young, an American ro ...
) – 5.33
#"Dancing in Fog"
(Dick/Wesley Wesley may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Wesley (name), a given name and a surname
Places United States
* Wesley, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Wesley, Georgia, an unincorporated community
* Wesley Township, Will County, ...
/Young
Young may refer to:
* Offspring, the product of reproduction of a new organism produced by one or more parents
* Youth, the time of life when one is young, often meaning the time between childhood and adulthood
Music
* The Young, an American ro ...
) – 5.30
#"Obligatory Ballad"
(Dick/Wesley Wesley may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Wesley (name), a given name and a surname
Places United States
* Wesley, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Wesley, Georgia, an unincorporated community
* Wesley Township, Will County, ...
) – 5.15
#"The Pilgrim's Address"
(Dick/Wesley Wesley may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Wesley (name), a given name and a surname
Places United States
* Wesley, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Wesley, Georgia, an unincorporated community
* Wesley Township, Will County, ...
) – 7.18
#"Clock Moves Sideways"
(Dick/Wesley Wesley may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Wesley (name), a given name and a surname
Places United States
* Wesley, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
* Wesley, Georgia, an unincorporated community
* Wesley Township, Will County, ...
) – 7.17
Bonus "Companion Disc"
#"3D" (live in Rotterdam 10/5/01)
#"So Fellini" (live in Poznan 31/05/01)
#"Tiki 4" (live in Oslo 18/05/01)
#"Pilgrim's Address" (live in Oslo 18/05/01)
#"Clock Moves Sideways" (live in Oslo 18/05/01)
#"Dancing In Fog" (
History Of Guns remix)
#"Obligatory Ballad" (Spaced Out remix)
#"Clock Moves Sideways" (Two Clocks in One Whole remix)
#"Our Smile" (Acoustic Version)
Credits (directly from sleeve notes)
Recorded at The Studio, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland with additional recordings taken from sessions at The Grand Hotel, Pristina, Kosovo and live recordings from Leeuwarden, Utrecht and Oberhausen.
Recorded, engineered and produced by
Elliot Ness.
Mixed by Calum Malcolm and
Elliot Ness.
Mastered by
Calum Malcolm
Calum Malcolm is a Scottish record producer, sound engineer and keyboardist, who is based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
He started his career in rock music with the band The Headboys in 1977.
From 1974, he has worked with bands and musicians such as ...
.
*Lead vocals: Fish
*Guitars:
John Wesley
*Keyboards:
John Young John Young may refer to:
Academics
* John Young (professor of Greek) (died 1820), Scottish professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow
* John C. Young (college president) (1803–1857), American educator, pastor, and president of Centre Coll ...
*Bass: Steve Vantsis
*Drums: Dave Stewart
*Backing Vocals: Susie Webb and Zoe Nicholas
*Percussion: Dave Haswell
Bonus disc credits:
Engineered, recorded, mixed and produced by Elliot Ness.
Mastered by Dallas Simpson at Serendipity.
*Drums: John Marter (1-5)
*Bass: Steve Barnacle (1-5)
*Keyboards:
John Young John Young may refer to:
Academics
* John Young (professor of Greek) (died 1820), Scottish professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow
* John C. Young (college president) (1803–1857), American educator, pastor, and president of Centre Coll ...
(1/4/5/6)
*Jim Heyden (2)
*
Max Rael (6/7/8)
*Vocals: Fish
*B-Vocals: Susie Webb and Zoe Nicholas (3/5/9)
*Programming:
Max Rael (6/7/8)
*Loops: Courtesy of Amg (6/7/8)
*Guitars:
John Wesley.
References
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2001 albums
Fish (singer) albums
Federico Fellini
Snapper Music albums