Undertow (Mark Seymour album)

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Undertow
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Studio album by
Released27 May 2011
RecordedPony Studios, Hallam, Victoria, Sing Sing Studios, Richmond, Victoria
Genre Rock, pop
Length44:06
Label Liberation Music
Producer Cameron McKenzie
Mark Seymour chronology
Westgate
(2007)
Undertow
(2011)
Seventh Heaven Club
(2013)

Undertow is the seventh studio album by Australian musician Mark Seymour, and first credited to Mark Seymour and the Undertow. The album was released on 27 May 2011. [1] It is the first post-Hunters & Collectors album by Seymour that is credited to a band.

Contents

Track listing

(All songs by Mark Seymour except where indicated)

  1. "Castlemaine" – 4:42
  2. "Sometimes I Wonder if I Know Too Much About You" – 4:09
  3. "Little Bridges" (Mark Seymour, Angie Hart) – 5:00
  4. "Sylvia's in Black" – 5:18
  5. "Legend of the Snowmen" – 2:40
  6. "Eldorado" – 3:14
  7. "Cry in the Rain" – 4:14
  8. "Classrooms and Kitchens" – 4:10
  9. "The Red Lady's Gone" – 2:57
  10. "One More Ride" – 3:36
  11. "The Patsy" (Seymour, The Undertow) – 4:06

Personnel

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References

  1. "Hot Tours", Sydney Morning Herald Metro section, 8 April 2011, page 6.