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[The Zion Egg]: Releases (LPs/MiniLPs)

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The Coral

Label:
Deltasonic (DLTCD006)

Release Date:
29th of July 2002 (UK)
3rd of March 2003 (US) on Sony

Highest Chart position: Number 5 (UK)

Tracklisting:

1. Spanish Main
2. I Remember When
3. Shadows Fall
4. Dreaming Of You
5. Simon Diamond
6. Goodbye
7. Waiting For The Heartaches
8. Skeleton Key
9. Wild Fire
10. Bad Man
11. Calendars And Clock (+ Hidden Track: Time Travel)

Hidden track on Japanese copies and vinyl: Simian Technology

Produced by Ian Broudie. Tracks 1, 2, 4 and 7 written by James Skelly. Tracks 5, 6, 8, 10, 11 written by James Skelly and Nick Power. Track 9 written by Nick Power. Track 3 written by The Coral.

Formats:
CD and limited edition Vinyl (1000 copies)

Comments:

Album debuted at number 5 in the UK charts.

US release features the videos to "Dreaming Of You" and "Goodbye" and enables you to unlock content on the official Coral USA website.

Original release date was the 22nd of July. LP title was rumoured to be called "Son Of Becker" (Xfm interview 25/05/2002) and "Zion Egg" before it was named "The Coral". Other songs which were rumoured to appear on the debut before being left out were "Run Run!" and "Tumble Grave".

Nominate for the Mercury Music Award.

 

Magic and Medicine

Label:
Deltasonic (DLTCD014)

Release Date:
28th of July 2003 (UK)
10th of Febuary 2004 (US)

Highest Chart position: Number 1 (UK)

Tracklisting:

1. In The Forest
2. Don't Think You're The First
3. Liezah
4. Talkin' Gypsy Market Blues
5. Secret Kiss
6. Milkwood Blues
7. Bill McCai
8. Eskimo Lament
9. Careless Hands
10. Pass It On
11. All Of Our Love
12. Confessions of A.D.D.D.

Produced by Ian Broudie. Tracks 1, 3 and 11 written by james Skelly and Nick Power. Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 12 written by James Skelly. Track 8 written by Nick Power. Track 9 written by James Skelly and Bill Ryder-Jones.

Formats:
CD and Vinyl

Comments:

Album debuted at number 1 in the UK charts.

Some copies of the album (Imported ones from a cheap online store...) don't have All Of Our Love on it, Argentinian versions don't have it either (Thanks Andy).

US release features a limited edition EP, "Nightfreak And The Sons Of Becker". Don't know if it's the same tracklisting as the mini LP version of Nightfreak.

Rumoured to be called "The Matrix Farm".

 

Nightfreak and The Sons Of Becker

Label:
Deltasonic (DLTCD018)

Release Date:
26th of january 2004 (UK)

Highest Chart position: Number 5 (UK)

Tracklisting:

1. Precious Eyes
2. Venom Cable
3. I Forgot My Name
4. Song Of The Corn
5. Sorrow Or The Song
6. Auntie's Operation
7. Why Does The Sun Come Up?
8. Grey Harpoon
9. Keep Me Company
10. Migraine
11. Lover's Paradise

Formats:
CD and Vinyl, limited amount of copies (75'000)

Comments:

Recorded over a week and a half in Wales, at Bryn Derwen studios in North Wales. Once again, produced by Ian Broudie. Not really a 3rd album as such, more of a stop-gap, or a christmas present. No singles will be taken from it. The album was spontaneous, some of the tracks being written on the day, like Grey Harpoon.

 

The Invisible Invasion

Label:
Deltasonic (DLTCD036 & DLTCDLE036)

Release Date:
23rd of May 2005 (UK)

Highest Chart position: TBA

Tracklisting:

1. She Sings The Mourning
2. Cripples Crown
3. So Long Ago
4. The Operator
5. A Warning To The Curious
6. In The Morning
7. Something Inside Of Me
8. Come Home
9. Far From The Crowd
10. Leaving Today
11. Arabian Sand
12. Late Afternoon

Formats:
CD and Limited Edition CD featuring 8 tracks recorded during a radio 1 session.

Comments:

3rd album proper by the band. Produced by Adrian Utley and Geoff Barrow of Portishead fame. Recorded in september of 2004 at the Monnow Valley studios in South Wales, mixed in November 2004 by Nick & James in Bath. Tracks that were rumoured to be on the album: Monkey To The Moon. James Skelly says 'Arabian Sand' is about the Dali painting 'Mad Man in the Desert'.