| The Conch | ||||
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| Released | January 23, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2005–2006 | |||
| Genre | Rock, jam, progressive rock | |||
| Label | Fatboy Records | |||
| Producer | Moe | |||
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| Rolling Stone | [2] |
The Conch is the eighth studio album by the American rock band Moe. It was released on January 23, 2007, by Fatboy Records. The Conch was Moe's first studio release in four years.
Since 2004, the band had been working on the follow-up to their 2003 release Wormwood . The band had debuted well over a dozen new songs since Wormwood, but had indicated in articles and interviews that there were some songs that they had recorded that they hadn't even performed live yet. As with the previous album, the band decided to try to record and then mix in live samples of their new songs from shows on June 10, 2005 and June 11, 2005 in order to create a meld between studio and live settings. The band performed these two special shows in Portland, Maine and recorded the audio for possible inclusion on the new album. For this reason, the band, usually taper-friendly, did not allow audio taping by the fans for these two shows.
We thought we were done [with the new 2006 album], but we're not. We're going back into the studio to adjust a few things, and we'll probably end up replacing a couple songs that we were originally going to put on there ... Sometimes it's hard to get enough time [between the album and touring]. What we really need is a second band.
In 2006, it was announced that the new album would be released in January 2007 and would be called The Conch. [4]
From clips that were available at the MTV [5] and VH1 [6] websites, it was determined that one track, "Y Eaux Massa", would be audio from the aforementioned shows. During intermission at the June 11, 2005 show, Al Schnier led the crowd in a repeating chant of "be on my side, I'll be on your side," which is a line from the chorus of "Wind It Up," the previous track on the album. When the pre-release sale for the album began on November 20, 2006, a free five song live EP was offered with each purchase. The EP included over 65 minutes of music from the shows mentioned above.
Bonus CD offered during preorder sale.
Moe:
Album – Billboard
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Billboard 200 (U.S.) [7] | 120 |
| 2007 | Billboard Heatseekers (U.S.) [7] | 1 |
| 2007 | Billboard Top Independent Albums (U.S.) [7] | 9 |
| 2007 | Billboard Top Internet Albums (U.S.) [7] | 120 |
Moe is an American jam rock band, formed at the University at Buffalo in 1989. The band members are Rob Derhak, Al Schnier, Chuck Garvey, Vinnie Amico (drums), Jim Loughlin (percussion) and Nate Wilson (keyboard).
Wormwood is an album by Moe. It was released on February 4, 2003 by Fatboy Records.
Warts and All: Volume 1 is the first volume in a collection of commercially released, full-concert live albums by the American jam band Moe. It was recorded live on February 28, 2001 at the Scranton Cultural Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Warts and All: Volume 2 is the second volume in a collection of commercially released, full-concert live albums by the American jam band Moe. It was recorded live on February 23, 2002 at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia. This set features the first released version of "Kids", predating its release on Wormwood by five months.
Warts and All: Volume 3 is the third volume in a collection of commercially released, full-concert live albums by the American jam band Moe. It was recorded live on November 13, 1998 at the Vic Theater in Chicago, Illinois. This set features the first released version of the instrumental, "CalifornIA".
Warts and All: Volume 4 is a live album recorded on July 18, 1998, at the Copper Dragon in Carbondale, Illinois. It is the fourth set in a collection of commercially released full-concert live albums by the American jam band moe.
Season's Greetings from Moe is a Christmas-themed album by the American jam band Moe.
Dither is the fifth studio album by the American rock band moe. It was released on February 6, 2001 on the band's new, self-owned label Fatboy Records. It was their first album after their split with former label Sony BMG. It was recorded in several studios around the country, from the summer of 1999 through the summer of 2000. The album features guest appearances by DJ Logic, Kirk Juhas, and the Nykw-ILL bros.
Tin Cans and Car Tires is an album by moe. It was released in 1998. It marked the recorded debut of drummer Vinnie Amico, who had taken over the position from Chris Mazur in 1996. Most of the material on the album had been included in the band's live sets for a number of years before being recorded for the album, including "Queen of the Rodeo", which first appeared in 1995 as part of the "rock opera" Timmy.
No Doy is the first commercial release by the American jam band moe. through a major label, Sony Music Entertainment. "Spine of a Dog" is a re-recording of a song that originally appeared on the first moe. album, Fatboy and "St. Augustine" is a re-recording of the song from Headseed. Several of the songs on this album, including "Buster", "Rebubula", "Moth", and "32 Things" have gone on to become cornerstones of the band's live-set rotation.
Fatboy was the first studio album by the jam band Moe. It was first released in 1992 as a cassette of which only 1,000 were released. The band re-released the album in September 1999 on CD.
Loaf is the first live album release by the jam band moe. Recorded live at The Wetlands Preserve in New York City, New York on November 24 and 25 1995. 2,000 copies were released. It is out of print.
Headseed is the second studio release from the jam band Moe, released on their own label, Fatboy Records. This was the first album to feature Jim Loughlin, and the only one on which he is the drummer. A re-recording of "St. Augustine" would also appear on the band's 1996 major label debut, No Doy, while the version of "Yodelittle" heard here is a re-recording of a song from Fatboy, the band's 1992 debut. The majority of the songs on this album became standards of the band's live-set rotation and have seen frequent performances throughout the band's career.
Al Schnier is a musician most noted for being one of two guitarists for the American jam band Moe.
moe.: Live at the Fillmore is the first live concert DVD released by moe., an American rock band. It was recorded on April 2, 2005 at the Fillmore Denver in Denver, Colorado and released to the public on October 3, 2006.
Warts and All: Volume 5 is a live album recorded on February 22, 2005 at the Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines, Iowa. It is the fifth set in a collection of commercially released full-concert live albums by the American jam band moe. Unlike most of the Warts and All releases, it does not contain any filler track(s). It was released on June 12, 2007.
Sticks and Stones is the ninth studio album by the American rock band, Moe. It was released on January 22, 2008, by Fatboy Records, almost one year to the day after the release of their last studio album, The Conch. It was the first Moe album to also be released on vinyl.
Dr. Stan's Prescription, Volume 1 is a live album by the American rock band moe. It contains the complete concert recorded on board their Caribbean cruise on March 8, 2004, with bonus tracks recorded in Vail, Colorado on March 17, 1995.
What Happened to the La Las is the tenth studio album by the American rock band moe. It was released on January 24, 2012.
No Guts, No Glory is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band moe. It was released by Sugar Hill Records and Vanguard Records on May 27, 2014. moe. debuted the album live over the course of the 2014 Summer Camp Music Festival in Chillicothe, Illinois, allowing attendees to purchase the album at the concessions the weekend before its official release date.
