The Bride Ship

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The Bride Ship
Crime and the City Solution - The Bride Ship.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 17, 1989 (1989-04-17)
RecordedJune–August 1988 (1988-08)
Studio Hansa Tonstudio
(Berlin, DE)
Genre Post-punk
Length46:07
Label Mute
Producer Gareth Jones
Crime & the City Solution chronology
Shine
(1988)
The Bride Ship
(1989)
Paradise Discotheque
(1990)
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The Bride Ship is the third studio album by Crime & the City Solution, released on July 11, 1989 through Mute Records.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Bonney, except where noted; all music is composed by Crime & the City Solution

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."The Shadow of No Man" 5:26
2."The Greater Head"Adams, Bonney4:22
3."Stone" 4:12
4."The Dangling Man" 4:30
5."Keepsake" 4:40
6."The Bride Ship" 6:22
7."Free World" 3:11
8."New World"Adams3:29
9."Three/Four" 3:16
10."The Bride Ship" 6:24

Personnel

Crime & the City Solution

Production and additional personnel

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References

  1. Raggett, Ned. "The Bride Ship". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 November 2012.