Flood (Headswim album)

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Flood
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Studio album by
Released24 October 1994 (1994-10-24)
Studio Rockfield Studios, Wales
Genre Alternative rock, grunge
Label Epic
Producer Dave Eringa
Headswim chronology
Tense Moments
(1994)
Flood
(1994)
Despite Yourself
(1997)
Singles from Flood
  1. "Gone to Pot"
    Released: 1 August 1994
  2. "Soup"
    Released: October 1994
  3. "Crawl"
    Released: 20 February 1995

Flood is the 1994 debut full-length album by the English rock band Headswim, released on 24 October 1994 on Epic Records. [1] Originally titled Precipity Flood, it was recorded over three weeks at Rockfield Studios in Wales, with Dave Eringa producing. [1] The album included three singles, "Gone to Pot", "Soup", and "Crawl".

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

David Sinclair of Q said, "Headswim have harnessed a big, abrasive rock guitar sound and produced a debut of some promise". [4]

Track listing

Flood
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Gone to Pot"D. GlendiningHeadswim4:41
2."Soup"D. GlendiningD. Glendining/N. Watts3:11
3."Try Disappointed"D. GlendiningD. Glendining/N. Watts3:51
4."Crawl"D. GlendiningD. Glendining/N. Watts3:57
5."Dead"D. Glendining/N. WattsD. Glendining/N. Watts5:14
6."Years on Me"D. GlendiningD. Glendining2:55
7."Apple of My Eye"D. GlendiningHeadswim4:17
8."Down"D. GlendiningHeadswim3:58
9."Stinkhorn"D. GlendiningD. Glendining/C. Taylor2:27
10."Safe Harvest"D. GlendiningHeadswim6:28
11."Beneath a Black Moon"D. GlendiningD. Glendining/N. Watts15:18

Personnel

Headswim

Additional personnel

Production

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  4. 1 2 Sinclair, David (January 1995). "Headswim – Flood". Q . No. 100. p. 256.