Weather Underground (album)

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Weather Underground
Geneva WeatherU.jpg
Studio album by
Released3 June 2000
Genre Indie rock, indie pop, art rock
Length53:39
Label Nude
Producer Howie B, TommyD [1]
Geneva chronology
Further
(1997)
Weather Underground
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Weather Underground is the second and final album by the Scottish indie rock band Geneva, released in 2000 on Nude Records. [5] "Dollars in the Heavens" peaked at No. 59 on the UK Singles Chart. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote that the band's "sweeping pop tracks can definitely push all the right buttons, and singer Andrew Montgomery's voice swells to heights that would make the Castrato opera singers wince." [7]

Track listing

All songs written by Andrew Montgomery and Stuart Evans, except where noted.

  1. "Dollars in the Heavens" - 3:47
  2. "If You Have to Go" - 4:07
  3. "Killing Stars" - 3:57
  4. "Museum Mile" (Montgomery, Douglas Caskie) - 6:01
  5. "Amnesia Valley" - 3:53
  6. "Morricone" (Keith Graham) - 5:10
  7. "Guidance System" (Montgomery, Graham) - 3:48
  8. "Cassie" (Graham) - 4:19
  9. "Rockets Over California" (Montgomery, Steven Dora) - 5:36
  10. "A Place in the Sun" (Montgomery, Steven Dora) - 5:39
  11. "Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?" - 7:22

Personnel

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