Mantaray (album)

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Mantaray
Siouxsie Mantaray.jpg
Studio album by
Siouxsie
Released10 September 2007
Recorded2006–2007
StudioRiverside Studio and Stone Room, Bath, Somerset, UK
Genre
Length41:00
Label
Producer
Siouxsie chronology
Hái!
The Creatures
(2003)		Mantaray
(2007)
2023 re-release cover
Siouxsie Mantaray alternate album cover.jpeg
Mantaray track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Into a Swan"Siouxsie, Kookie1, Brion James4:13
2."About to Happen"Siouxsie, Noko, Charlie Jones, Steve Evans2:50
3."Here Comes That Day"Siouxsie, Noko, Kookie, Howard Gray4:03
4."Loveless"Siouxsie, Kookie, James4:25
5."If It Doesn't Kill You"Siouxsie, Jones, Evans4:32
6."One Mile Below"Siouxsie3:01
7."Drone Zone"Siouxsie, Steve Hilton3:22
8."Sea of Tranquility"Siouxsie, Jones, Evans5:13
9."They Follow You"Siouxsie, Jones, Evans, Graham Crabb 5:03
10."Heaven and Alchemy"Siouxsie, Jones, Evans4:19

Personnel

Notes

Charts

2007 chart performance for Mantaray
Chart (2007)Peak
position
French Albums Chart [28] 132
UK Albums Chart [29] 39
2023 chart performance for Mantaray
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [30] 10
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [31] 5

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