''Tour De Flock'' is the first live album and DVD by
Bell X1
The Bell X-1 (Bell Model 44) is a rocket engine–powered aircraft, designated originally as the XS-1, and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics– U.S. Army Air Forces–U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by Be ...
. It is a 2-disc compilation featuring 16 tracks from their sold-out gig at The
Point Theatre
The Point Theatre (sometimes referred to as the Point Depot or simply as the Point) was a concert and events venue in Dublin, Ireland, that operated from 1988 to 2007, visited by in excess of 2 million people. It was located on the North Wall Q ...
, Dublin on 1 December 2006.
The album is the group's first since being leaving
Island Records and was issued through their own BellyUp label. The deluxe double package comes with a wallpaper style digipack sleeve. The release was timed to coincide with their summer shows at
Malahide Castle
Malahide Castle ( ga, Caisleán Mhullach Íde), parts of which date to the 12th century, lies close to the village of Malahide, nine miles (14 km) north of central Dublin in Ireland. It has over of remaining parkland estate, forming the ...
in
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
and
at the Marquee in
Cork in 2007.
Track listing
* The live DVD contains the following 16 songs from the show.
# "My First Born for a Song'
# "
Bigger Than Me"
# "Whitewater Song"
# "Next to You"
# "
Eve, the Apple of My Eye"
# "Trampoline"
# "
Rocky Took a Lover"
# "Alphabet Soup"
# "Bad Skin Day"
# "He Said She Said"
# "Tongue"
# "
Flame
A flame (from Latin '' flamma'') is the visible, gaseous part of a fire. It is caused by a highly exothermic chemical reaction taking place in a thin zone. When flames are hot enough to have ionized gaseous components of sufficient density they ...
"
# "I'll See Your Heart and I'll Raise You Mine"
# "Snakes and Snakes"
# "Blue Rinse Baby"
# "Lamposts"
The CD only has 13 tracks, omitting "Bigger Than Me", "Next To You" and "Alphabet Soup".
The songs "Godsong" and "Reacharound" are missing from th
listing despite having been played at the show.
DVD extras
* Extras on the DVD include:
** A version of
The Cake Sale's "Some Surprise" filmed live in Cork.
** ''Tour De Flock'' - a short film by Ian Thuillier. featuring "show-day shenanigans" in Waterford, Galway, Killarney, Cork and Dublin.
* ''The Making Of
Flock'' - a short film by Paul Noonan
* A ''Photogallery'' by Annika Johansson.
Related links
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References
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Bell X1 (band) albums
2007 live albums