Oil and Gold
Oil and Gold | ||||
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Studio album by Shriekback | ||||
Released | 1985 | |||
Studio | Gaslight; Rockfield Studios (Monmouth, Wales) | |||
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Length | 44:15 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Barry Andrews | |||
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Singles from Oil and Gold | ||||
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Oil and Gold is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Shriekback, released in 1985 by Arista Records in UK and Europe, Australia and New Zealand and by Island Records in the United States,[1]
The album is widely considered the band's highest creative moment and saw them begin a metamorphosis from funk-influenced new wave towards darker and challenging art rock. The addition of Martyn Barker on drums and Lu Edmonds on guitar gives many of the songs a harder edge, while the album also features synthesizers from Hans Zimmer, best known for his work in film music.[2]
Oil and Gold served as a bridge between the founding trio of Barry Andrews, Carl Marsh, and Dave Allen, and a span of releases spearheaded by Andrews alone. Marsh, whose voice featured prominently on earlier releases, left the band after the recording and Andrews took over as primary vocalist. Marsh would return with the release of Having a Moment (2003), and remains involved with the band to the present day. Still, the album's highlights, including the three opening songs, sung by Marsh, and the minor hit, "Nemesis", became the band's signature song. The album's success widened their audience significantly, and sold well in the US.[3] Both of the singles released from the album reached the Top 100 in the UK singles chart: "Nemesis" reached number 94 and "Fish Below the Ice" reached number 88.[4]
In other media
Two songs from the album, "This Big Hush" and "Coelocanth", were featured in Michael Mann's 1986 film Manhunter. "Coelocanth" was also featured in the Canadian science fiction film, Come True (2020). "Faded Flowers" was featured in Band of the Hand (1986). "This Big Hush" was also used in season 6 episode 7 of Nip/Tuck.[5] The song "Everything That Rises Must Converge" refers to the short story of that name by Flannery O'Connor. The music video for the song "Nemesis" features the 2000 AD character Nemesis the Warlock.[6]
Track listing
All songs written by Dave Allen, Barry Andrews, Martyn Barker and Carl Marsh.
- "Malaria" – 4:29
- "Everything That Rises Must Converge" – 4:03
- "Fish Below the Ice" – 4:24
- "This Big Hush" – 6:11
- "Faded Flowers" – 3:44
- "Nemesis" – 3:43
- "Only Thing That Shines" – 4:23
- "Health and Knowledge and Wealth and Power" – 4:44
- "Hammerheads" – 4:17
- "Coelocanth" – 4:13
2011 bonus disc
- "Suck" (BBC Live at Hatfield Polytechnic 1984)
- "Mothloop" (BBC Live at Hatfield Polytechnic 1984)
- "Feelers" (BBC Live at Hatfield Polytechnic 1984)
- "Nemesis" (Extended Mix)
- "Nemesis" (Arch Deviant Mix)
- "Fish Below Ice" (7" Edit)
- "Lined Up"
- "My Spine (Is the Bassline)"
- "Fish Below Ice" (Plankton Enriched Mix)
- "Fish Below Ice" (Dance Mix)
Personnel
- Barry Andrews – keyboards; synthesizers; vocals
- Carl Marsh – guitars; vocals
- Dave Allen – bass
- Martyn Barker – drums
- Lu Edmonds – guitar
- Hans Zimmer – engineering; complicated shaker on "This Big Hush"
- Ian Caple – engineer
References
- ^ Shriekback – Oil And Gold discogs.com, retrieved 20 May 2015
- ^ Sound: Dialogue, Music, and Effects. Edited by Kathryn Kalinak, Rutgers University Press, 1 May 2015, Ch.5, p.120. ISBN 9780813564289
- ^ About Shriekback, MTV, retrieved 05 June 2016
- ^ Shriekback full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company, retrieved 14 June 2016
- ^ Shriekback Music - Tunefind retrieved 07 June 2016
- ^ Shriekback - Nemesis, YouTube, retrieved 01 June 2015
External links
- Oil and Gold at Discogs (list of releases)
- Oil and Gold on band's website
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- Brian Nevill
- Linda Nevill
- Pedro Ortiz
- Jessica Palin/Jose Fina Cupido
- Sarah Partridge
- Wendy Partridge
- Mark Raudva
- Kevin "Doc" Sullivan
- Luc van Acker
- Tench
- Care
- Jam Science
- Oil and Gold
- Big Night Music
- Go Bang!
- Sacred City
- Naked Apes and Pond Life
- Having a Moment
- Cormorant
- Glory Bumps
- Life in the Loading Bay
- Without Real String or Fish
- Why Anything? Why This?
- Some Kinds of Light
- Tench
- Knowledge, Power, Truth and Sex
- The Peel Sessions
- The Infinite (The Best of Shriekback)
- Evolution - Best of Shriekback vol. 2
- The Dancing Years
- Natural History - The Very Best of Shriekback
- Priests and Kannibals: The Best of Shriekback
- The Y Records Years
- Aberrations 81-84
- Vicissitudes
- Secrets Of The City
- Island of the Hopeful Monsters
- Peel Sessions And Singularities
- The Elated World
- 2 Live Shows
- Live at Hatfield
- Live At Park West, Chicago '87
- Big Live Band 2017
- "Sexthinkone"
- "My Spine Is the Bassline"
- "Lined Up"
- "Working on the Ground"
- "Lined Up (remix)"
- "Hand On My Heart"
- "Mercy Dash"
- "Nemesis"
- "Fish Below the Ice"
- "Gunning for the Buddha"
- "Running on the Rocks"
- "Intoxication"
- "Shark Walk"
- "Get Down Tonight"
- "The Bastard Sons of Enoch"
- Jungle Of The Senses
- Electric Guitars
- Gang of Four
- Happyhead
- King Swamp
- The League of Gentlemen
- Out On Blue Six
- The Veils
- XTC