Flowermouth is the second studio album by British duo No-Man, released in 1994 on the One Little Indian Records label, and subsequently reissued on September, 1999 by 3rd. Stone Ltd, and in a deluxe format by Snapper Music in February 2005.
Flowermouth was considered the band's most ambitious album to date, and remains a fan favourite. Despite being the band's best selling release, it was obvious by now that No-Man couldn't continue along the path which their record company wanted them to follow. Following Flowermouth's release, No-Man parted company with both One Little Indian in Britain and Epic/Sony in the US.
Long-term band member Ben Coleman left prior to the album's release and by 1994, the band had effectively retired from live performance.
The original One Little Indian version of Flowermouth features several slightly different mixes to the ones featured on the later reissues.
For the second reissue, Steven Wilson delivered a definitive remaster and the band have added two bonus tracks to the running order ("Angeldust" and "Born Simple", both originally from the now-deleted "Flowermix" album and featuring extensive soundscape contributions from Robert Fripp). The reissue also features improved digi-pack artwork and new sleevenotes containing a combined band interview/essay by music journalist Dann Chinn.[6]
Portions of the recording sessions ran parallel to those of the Barbieri & Bowness' Flame project (released two months later, also on One Little Indian). Wire Magazine, in conjunction with the label, distributed a four-track sampler CD with their July 1994 issue which included two tracks from each release.[7]
The strings from the end of "Watching Over Me" were later sampled for the song "Only Rain" on Returning Jesus in 2001.
A music video was made for the song "You Grow More Beautiful."[8]
^"No-Man | Richard Barbieri / Tim Bowness – Wired 1 (1994, CD)". Discogs.
^"No-Man - You Grow More Beautiful (1994) Video". YouTube.
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flowermouth, second, studio, album, british, released, 1994, little, indian, records, label, subsequently, reissued, september, 1999, stone, deluxe, format, snapper, music, february, 2005, studio, album, manreleased27, june, 1994, recordedseptember, december, . Flowermouth is the second studio album by British duo No Man released in 1994 on the One Little Indian Records label and subsequently reissued on September 1999 by 3rd Stone Ltd and in a deluxe format by Snapper Music in February 2005 FlowermouthStudio album by No ManReleased27 June 1994 1 RecordedSeptember December 1993StudioNo Man s Land Hemel HempsteadGenreTrip hopDream popArt rockLength57 26LabelOne Little IndianProducerTim Bowness Steven WilsonNo Man chronologyLoveblows amp Lovecries A Confession 1993 Flowermouth 1994 Wild Opera 1996 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 Brum Beat 3 Melody Maker favourable 4 NME 5 Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 2 1 2005 bonus tracks 3 Personnel 4 Release history 5 ReferencesHistory editFlowermouth was considered the band s most ambitious album to date and remains a fan favourite Despite being the band s best selling release it was obvious by now that No Man couldn t continue along the path which their record company wanted them to follow Following Flowermouth s release No Man parted company with both One Little Indian in Britain and Epic Sony in the US Long term band member Ben Coleman left prior to the album s release and by 1994 the band had effectively retired from live performance Considered a vitally important evolution the album realized the expansive promise of the band s earlier material Combining dream pop art rock and moody minimalism with an epic orchestral scope Flowermouth was well served by the guest performances of Japan Rain Tree Crow s Jansen and Barbieri King Crimson s Robert Fripp and Mel Collins jazz trumpeter Ian Carr and Dead Can Dance singer Lisa Gerrard The original One Little Indian version of Flowermouth features several slightly different mixes to the ones featured on the later reissues For the second reissue Steven Wilson delivered a definitive remaster and the band have added two bonus tracks to the running order Angeldust and Born Simple both originally from the now deleted Flowermix album and featuring extensive soundscape contributions from Robert Fripp The reissue also features improved digi pack artwork and new sleevenotes containing a combined band interview essay by music journalist Dann Chinn 6 Portions of the recording sessions ran parallel to those of the Barbieri amp Bowness Flame project released two months later also on One Little Indian Wire Magazine in conjunction with the label distributed a four track sampler CD with their July 1994 issue which included two tracks from each release 7 The strings from the end of Watching Over Me were later sampled for the song Only Rain on Returning Jesus in 2001 A music video was made for the song You Grow More Beautiful 8 Track listing edit Angel Gets Caught in the Beauty Trap 9 56 You Grow More Beautiful 5 37 Animal Ghost 6 09 Soft Shoulders 3 57 Shell of a Fighter 7 48 Teardrop Fall 4 37 Watching Over Me 4 48 Simple 7 03 Things Change 7 31 2005 bonus tracks edit Angeldust 9 11 Born Simple 12 09Personnel editTim Bowness vocals words Steven Wilson instruments with Richard Barbieri electronics 5 Ian Carr trumpet 1 Ben Coleman violins 1 3 4 5 6 7 electric violin 9 Mel Collins soprano saxophone 1 flute 3 6 Robert Fripp guitar 1 3 5 6 8 frippertronics 1 5 8 9 Lisa Gerrard voice sample 8 Steve Jansen percussion 7 Chris Maitland drums 1 9 percussion 1 3 Silas Maitland fretless bass 1 Release history editRegion Date Label Format Catalog United Kingdom June 1994 One Little Indian CD TPLP67CD United Kingdom June 1994 One Little Indian Vinyl TPLP67 United Kingdom June 1994 One Little Indian Cassette TPLP67MC Japan 1994 One Little Indian CD COCY 78166 United Kingdom September 1999 3rd Stone Ltd CD Remastered Edition STONE 045CD United Kingdom July 2003 Hidden Art CD Reissue HI ART 17 United Kingdom October 2005 Snapper Music CD Remaster SDPCD195References edit No Man Richard Barbieri Tim Bowness Wired 1 1994 CD Discogs Allmusic review Brum Beat review Melody Maker review NME review SW discography 8th edition No Man Richard Barbieri Tim Bowness Wired 1 1994 CD Discogs No Man You Grow More Beautiful 1994 Video YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flowermouth amp oldid 1177657646, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
