Indian Ocean (album)

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Indian Ocean
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Studio album by
Released1993 [1]
Genre Fusion, Rock, Jazz
Label HMV [1]
Indian Ocean [1] chronology
Indian Ocean
(1993)
Desert Rain
(1997)

Indian Ocean also known as (A Musical Voyage With No Frontiers) [1] is the debut album from Indian Ocean. [2] The band's first album, recorded in just 10 days at HMV's Dumdum studio, Kolkata, in December 1992. [2] Shaleen Sharma played the drums on this album. [2] [1] This is the only album in which Shaleen Sharma was present; [3] [2] [1] in 2004 when he left the band [2] [3] he was replaced by Amit Kilam [4] [3] [2] Released on cassette [5] initially and later on CD [1] selling over 40,000 copies an incredible amount for the time. [2] This was a purely instrumental album with only a line or two sung by Asheem. [1] It was a fluid album and defined the true sound of Indian Ocean before they became more of a pop band. Recording engineer for this album was Raja Mukherjee. Cover concept was done by Manas Chakrabarti. The graphic design work was done by Navin Shiromani. [5] [1] The Durgapal family gave Indian Ocean all their time, patience and space while Indian Ocean prepared for this recording.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Village Damsel [1] "5:17
2."Out of the Blues [1] "4:55
3."Melancholic Ecstasy [1] "8:28
4."Going To ITO [1] "4:14
5."Torrent [1] "9:25
6."No Comebacks [1] "6:54
7."Brisk Lonely Walk [1] "5:49

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