Drawn to the Deep End
Gene
CD Rel Date: 1984-03-19
Digitally re-mastered and expanded deluxe two CD edition of the Britpop quartet's 1997 release. Presented in case bound book packaging and featuring a host of bonus tracks, rarities, and featuring contributions from the band, these are the definitive reissues of their much loved catalog. Gene were formed in London in 1993 by singer Martin Rossiter, guitarist Steve Mason, bassist Kevin Miles and drummer Matt James. Inspired by the songs of the Smiths, the Jam and the Faces, Rossiter's literate vocals and Masons fluid guitar lines were perfectly complemented by the intuitive rhythm section of Miles and James. This expanded edition features 35 tracks including "Fighting Fit", "Speak to Me Someone", "As the Bruises Fade", "We Could Be Kings" and more.
Tracklist:
- New Amusements
- Fighting Fit
- Where Are They Now?
- Speak to Me Someone
- We Could Be Kings
- Why I Was Born
- Long Sleeves for the Summer
- Save Me I'm Yours
- Voice of the Father 1
- The Accidental 1
- I Love You, What Are You? 1
- Sub Rosa 1
- Drawn to the Deep End (Bonus Track) 1
- Autumn Stone (Bonus Track) 1
- Cast Out in the Seventies (Bonus Track) 1
- Nightswimming (Bonus Track) 1
- We Could Be Kings [Single Edit] (Bonus Track) 1
- Dolce ; Gabbana or Nowt (Bonus Track) 1
- Wasteland (Bonus Track) 2
- As the Bruises Fade (Bonus Track) 2
- The Ship Song (Bonus Track) 2
- Where Are They Now (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 2
- Save Me I'm Yours (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 2
- Voice of the Father (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 2
- Sub Rosa (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 2
- Speak to Me Someone (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 2
- Drawn to the Deep End (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 2
- New Amusements (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 2
- Olympian (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) 3
- Voice of the Father (BBC Session 2/10/96) 3
- Sub Rosa (BBC Session 2/10/96) 3
- The Accidental (BBC Session 2/10/96) 3
- Why I Was Born (BBC Session 2/10/96) 3
- For the Dead (BBC Session 24/6/97) 3
- Save Me I'm Yours (BBC Session 24/6/97)