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The second and final album by S.F. Seals is really a Barbara Manning solo album in all but name. Although the group started as a collaboration between Manning and drummer/vocalist Melanie Clarin, Clarin is reduced to a supporting role here, with no solo songwriting credits of her own and only one lead vocal, on the brooding Manning composition "Bold Letters." Manning dominates the album, singing all the other leads and writing the majority of the tracks. It's probably Manning's darkest record, with rich and varied arrangements that add trumpet, vibes, strings, even calliope (on the swirling "Kid's Pirate Ship") to the acoustic guitar-based songs, and lyrics heavy on the disturbing metaphors, from the stomach-churning (literally) "Ipecac" to the downright masochistic "Pulp." Manning's usual excellent taste in covers remains, as the album is bracketed by versions of the Pretty Things' "SF Sorrow Is Born" and John Cale's "Soul of Patrick Lee," with an unexpected but brilliant cover of Faust's "Flashback Caruso" as the album's centerpiece.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Dick Taylor, ComposerLyricist - Phil May, ComposerLyricist - Margaret Murray, AssociatedPerformer - Deborah Fox, AssociatedPerformer - SF Seals, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Barbara Manning, AssociatedPerformer - Peer Music Publishing Co. Ltd, MusicPublisher - Walley Waller, ComposerLyricist - Melanie Anne Clarin, AssociatedPerformer - Brently Pusser, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Andy DiGiovanni, AssociatedPerformer
1995 Matador Records 1995 Matador Records
William Winant, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Murray, AssociatedPerformer - Deborah Fox, AssociatedPerformer - SF Seals, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Barbara Manning, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Melanie Anne Clarin, AssociatedPerformer - Brently Pusser, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Meown Music, BMI, MusicPublisher - Cathy Fitzhugh, AssociatedPerformer
1995 Matador Records 1995 Matador Records
Margaret Murray, AssociatedPerformer - Deborah Fox, AssociatedPerformer - SF Seals, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Barbara Manning, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Melanie Anne Clarin, AssociatedPerformer - Brently Pusser, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Meown Music, BMI, MusicPublisher - Sarah Selgren, AssociatedPerformer
1995 Matador Records 1995 Matador Records
Margaret Murray, AssociatedPerformer - Deborah Fox, AssociatedPerformer - SF Seals, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Barbara Manning, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Brent Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Melanie Anne Clarin, AssociatedPerformer - Brently Pusser, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Meown Music, BMI, MusicPublisher - Jeffrey Lucas, AssociatedPerformer
1995 Matador Records 1995 Matador Records
Margaret Murray, AssociatedPerformer - Deborah Fox, AssociatedPerformer - SF Seals, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Barbara Manning, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Melanie Anne Clarin, AssociatedPerformer - Brently Pusser, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Meown Music, BMI, MusicPublisher - Jeffrey Lucas, AssociatedPerformer
1995 Matador Records 1995 Matador Records
Greg Freeman, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Murray, AssociatedPerformer - Deborah Fox, AssociatedPerformer - SF Seals, MainArtist - Jean-Hervé Peron, ComposerLyricist - Barbara Manning, AssociatedPerformer - Melanie Anne Clarin, AssociatedPerformer - Brently Pusser, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Jeffrey Lucas, AssociatedPerformer
1995 Matador Records 1995 Matador Records
Margaret Murray, AssociatedPerformer - SF Seals, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Barbara Manning, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Melanie Anne Clarin, AssociatedPerformer - Brently Pusser, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Meown Music, BMI, MusicPublisher
1995 Matador Records 1995 Matador Records
John Cale, ComposerLyricist - William Winant, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Murray, AssociatedPerformer - Deborah Fox, AssociatedPerformer - SF Seals, MainArtist - Barbara Manning, AssociatedPerformer - John Cale Music Inc. (BMI), MusicPublisher - Melanie Anne Clarin, AssociatedPerformer - Brently Pusser, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher
1995 Matador Records 1995 Matador Records
William Winant, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Freeman, AssociatedPerformer - SF Seals, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Barbara Manning, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Melanie Anne Clarin, AssociatedPerformer - Brently Pusser, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Meown Music, BMI, MusicPublisher - Cathy Fitzhugh, AssociatedPerformer
1995 Matador Records 1995 Matador Records
Margaret Murray, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Deborah Fox, AssociatedPerformer - SF Seals, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Barbara Manning, AssociatedPerformer - David Brent Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Barbara Lynne Manning, ComposerLyricist - Melanie Anne Clarin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brently Pusser, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Meown Music, BMI, MusicPublisher
1995 Matador Records 1995 Matador Records
Margaret Murray, AssociatedPerformer - SF Seals, MainArtist - Harry Fox Agency, MusicPublisher - Barbara Manning, Composer, AssociatedPerformer - Barbara Manning Music (BMI), MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Jeffrey Lucas, AssociatedPerformer
1995 Matador Records 1995 Matador Records
Album review
The second and final album by S.F. Seals is really a Barbara Manning solo album in all but name. Although the group started as a collaboration between Manning and drummer/vocalist Melanie Clarin, Clarin is reduced to a supporting role here, with no solo songwriting credits of her own and only one lead vocal, on the brooding Manning composition "Bold Letters." Manning dominates the album, singing all the other leads and writing the majority of the tracks. It's probably Manning's darkest record, with rich and varied arrangements that add trumpet, vibes, strings, even calliope (on the swirling "Kid's Pirate Ship") to the acoustic guitar-based songs, and lyrics heavy on the disturbing metaphors, from the stomach-churning (literally) "Ipecac" to the downright masochistic "Pulp." Manning's usual excellent taste in covers remains, as the album is bracketed by versions of the Pretty Things' "SF Sorrow Is Born" and John Cale's "Soul of Patrick Lee," with an unexpected but brilliant cover of Faust's "Flashback Caruso" as the album's centerpiece.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:40
- Main artists: SF Seals
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Matador
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
1995 Matador Records 1995 Matador Records
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