Volcano and Heart

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Volcano and Heart
VolcanoandHeart CoralSea.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 27, 2006 (2006-06-27)
Genre Alternative rock, indie rock
Length44:31
Label Hidden Agenda Records
Producer Tom Flowers
The Coral Sea chronology
Volcano and Heart
(2006)
Firelight
(2008)
Professional ratings
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Volcano and Heart is the debut album of California-based band The Coral Sea. It was self-released May 14th 2015, and then later released on June 26, 2006 on Hidden Agenda Records. Two songs from the album, "Look at Her Face" and "Yesterday/Tomorrow" were featured on television in 2006, in Grey's Anatomy and Standoff (TV series) respectively.

Contents

Writing for AllMusic, James Christopher Monger states that while "the arrangements and performances from both the band and string players are top-notch ... the whole affair is set far too deep in molasses, both emotionally and sonically, to ever rise above the tree line." [1]

Track listing

All songs composed by Rey Villalobos.

  1. Look at Her Face – 4:04
  2. Under the Westway – 3:55
  3. In Between the Days – 3:35
  4. In This Moment's Time – 4:52
  5. Yesterday/Tomorrow – 4:48
  6. Your Time Has Come – 5:36
  7. Lake and Ocean – 4:15
  8. Fell – 5:07
  9. Ancient Modern People – 3:46
  10. Descend – 4:49

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 , AllMusic Review by James Christopher Monger.
  2. "The Coral Sea: Volcano and Heart".