''In a Bar, Under the Sea'' is the second studio album by Belgian
rock
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band
Deus. The cover art was designed by guitarist
Rudy Trouvé. The original Belgian release was by Bang!, with the only difference that track 14 is simply named "Roses", like the single.
The album was produced by
Eric Drew Feldman
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(who was keyboard and bass player for
Captain Beefheart in the late seventies and early eighties) and welcomes guests such as Scott McCloud from
Girls Against Boys
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(on ''Fell Off the Floor, Man''),
Dana Colley
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Colley was born in Portland, Maine, but he was raised in Hanson, Massachusetts, wh ...
from
Morphine
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(on ''Supermarketsong'') and
Bart Maris from
X-Legged Sally (on ''Nine Threads'').
''In a Bar, Under the Sea'' reached Gold in
Belgium
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(selling over 25,000 copies) and sold around 250,000 copies worldwide.
Track listing
Personnel
dEUS
* Stef Kamil Carlens: vocal, guitar, bass, double bass, percussion, claps
* Tom Barman: vocal, guitar, Hammond, Talkback, samples, percussion, synthesiser, cma^s
* Jules de Borgher: drums, percussion, bells, claps
* Craig Ward: vocal, guitar, sax, mandolin, claps, ukulele, slide guitar
* Klaas Janzoons: vocal, percussion, Talkback, piano, violin, synthesiser, beatbox, claps
* Rudy Trouvé: vocal, piccolo, harmonica, guitar, ukulele
guest musicians
* Didier Fontaine: Vocal
* Scott McCloud: "philosophy"
* Eric Drew Feldman: Hammond, percussion, egg, piano
* Pieter Lamot: trombone
* Ian Humphries: violin
* Charles Mutter: violin
* Nic Pendlebury: viola
* Deirdre Cooper: cello
* Dana Colley: saxophones
* Vincienne: claps
* Jim Brumby: claps, rate and depth
* Piet Jorens: piano, gong
* Bart Maris: trumpet
Singles
* "Theme from Turnpike" (June 1996)- #68 UK
* "Little Arithmetics" (October 1996)- #44 UK
* "For the Roses" (December 1996)- #56 UK
* "Fell Off the Floor, Man" - Belgian only single (June 1997)
Charts references: https://www.officialcharts.com/
Chart Stats – Deus
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References
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Deus (band) albums
1996 albums
Island Records albums