''Skywriting'' is the second album by
the Field Mice
The Field Mice were an English indie rock band on the independent record label Sarah Records. They had top 20 success in both the singles and albums UK Independent Charts.
Career
The Field Mice initially formed as a duo from South London subur ...
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It is often regarded as the most experimental of their three albums: featuring six wildly eclectic tracks ranging from post-acid house electronica (the side-long opener "Triangle"), country and western (side two's opener "Canada"), ''
Go-Betweens''-influenced jangle pop ("Clearer") and New Order-type sequencer/guitars ("It Isn't Forever"), to wistful, atmospheric, slow-motion ambience ("Below The Stars") and bizarre sample-strewn noise-collages (final track "Humblebee").
Track listing
# "Triangle" – 8:55
# "Canada" – 3:28
# "Clearer" – 3:56
# "It Isn't Forever" – 6:01
# "Below the Stars" – 5:36
# "Humblebee" – 6:32
2005 bonus tracks
The following tracks appear on the 2005 reissue of the album from LTM recordings.
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"Landmark"
# "Quicksilver"
# "Holland Street"
# "Indian Ocean"
# "So Said Kay"
;Disc Two
# "If You Need Someone"
# "The World to Me"
# "Song Six"
# "Anyone Else Isn't You"
# "Bleak"
# "I Thought Wrong"
# "Right as Rain"
# "A Heart Disease Called Love"
# "This Is Not Here (1998)"
# "Other Galaxies"
"This Is Not Here (1998)" is the remixed version first issued on '' Where'd You Learn to Kiss That Way?''. The original version appears on '' For Keeps''. "A Heart Disease Called Love" is a cover of a John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke (born 25 January 1949) is an English performance poet, who first became famous as a "punk poet" in the late 1970s. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he released several albums. Around this time, he performed on stage with sev ...
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References
The Field Mice albums
1990 albums
Sarah Records albums
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