''Sea of No Cares'' is the fifth studio album by
Great Big Sea
Great Big Sea was a Canadian folk rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year Irish, Scot ...
, released on February 19, 2002 in Canada and on February 26 in the United States. The album is
platinum certified (100,000 copies sold is Platinum status in Canada), and won five ECMA's (
East Coast Music Awards
The East Coast Music Association is a non-profit association that hosts an annual awards ceremony based in Atlantic Canada for music appreciation on the East Coast of Canada. Its mission is to develop, advance and celebrate East Coast Canadian mus ...
) for the band (Album of the Year, Group of the Year, Entertainer of the Year, Video of the Year, Pop Artist of the Year).
Track listing
#"Sea Of No Cares" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Chris Trapper) 3:41
#"Penelope" (Chris Hynes) 2:45
#"Clearest Indication" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Chris Trapper) 4:14
#"Scolding Wife" (Traditional Arranged By Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) 3:09
#"Stumbling In" (Alan Doyle) 3:20
#"A Boat Like Gideon Brown" (Frank Dwyer, writer, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) 2:56
#"Widow In The Window" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Chris Trapper) 5:22
#"French Perfume" (Bob Hallett) 3:06
#"
Yarmouth Town
"Yarmouth Town" is a traditional English song. It is a shanty about the town of Great Yarmouth on the Norfolk coast. It recounts a story of a young woman, the daughter of a pub landlord, who takes many lovers amongst the sailors passing throug ...
" (Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) 2:34
#"Barque In The Harbour" (Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) 3:45
#"Own True Way" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Chris Trapper) 3:53
#"Fortune" (Arranged By Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) 2:53
Song information
*"Sea of No Cares", "Clearest Indication", and "Stumbling In" have been made into videos and have been released as radio singles.
*"Clearest Indication" references Newfoundland's confederation with Canada.
*"French Perfume" is about smuggling rum (and other things) from the French island of
St. Pierre to the Burin Peninsula. More specifically, it tells the dark story of a "bold young smuggler" who haunts the rocks the Mounties drove him into.
References
External links
*
Sea of no Cares page at the Official GBS Website
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2002 albums
Great Big Sea albums
Warner Music Group albums