Here Come the Waterworks

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Here Come the Waterworks
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 6, 2007
Genre Heavy metal, sludge metal, stoner rock
Length40:43
Label Hydra Head Records
(HH666-121)
Producer Phil Ek
Big Business chronology
Head for the Shallow
(2005)
Here Come the Waterworks
(2007)
Mind the Drift
(2009)
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Review scores
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Here Come the Waterworks is the second album by heavy metal band Big Business. It was released by Hydra Head Records on March 6, 2007, [6] to critical acclaim.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Just as the Day Was Dawning"4:13
2."Hands Up"2:59
3."Shields"3:07
4."Grounds for Divorce"5:30
5."Another Fourth of July… Ruined"4:30
6."Start Your Digging"4:05
7."I’ll Give You Something to Cry About"9:09
8."Another Beautiful Day in the Pacific"7:10

Personnel

Band members
Other personnel

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