Field of Crows explained

Field of Crows
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Fish
Cover:	FishFieldOfCrows.jpg
Caption:	Cover art by Mark Wilkinson
Released:	10 December 2003 (mail-order) 25 May 2004 (retail)
Recorded:	2003
Genre:	Progressive rock
Length:	66:58
Label:	Chocolate Frog Records Snapper Music
Producer:	Elliot Ness
Prev Title:	Fellini Days
Prev Year:	2001
Next Title:	Bouillabaisse
Next Year:	2005

Field of Crows is Fish's eighth solo studio album (seventh of original material) since he left Marillion in 1988 and the first since Fellini Days (2001). Released on Fish's own label Chocolate Frog Records, retail distribution is now handled by Snapper Music.

Track listing

1. "The Field" (Dick, Watson) – 8:42
2. "Moving Targets" (Dick, Watson, Duguid) – 5:46
3. "The Rookie" (Dick, Watson) – 5:35
4. "Zoo Class" (Dick, Watson, Duguid) – 5:23
5. "The Lost Plot" (Dick, Turrell) – 5:10
6. "Old Crow" (Dick, Watson, Duguid) – 5:20
7. "Numbers" (Dick, Watson, Usher) – 5:36
8. "Exit Wound" (Dick, Watson) – 5:55
9. "Innocent Party" (Dick, Watson, Duguid) – 7:37
10. "Shot The Craw" (Dick, Watson, Duguid) – 6:00
11. "Scattering Crows (Still Time)" (Dick, Watson, Turrell, Duguid) – 5:05

2016 The Remasters edition

Disc One Original studio album

Disc Two (Demo's & Live)

1. "The Lost Plot (Demo)" – 6:20
2. "Scattering Crows (Demo)" – 4:59
3. "The Field (Demo)" – 8:46
4. "The Rookie (Live 2004)" – 5:41
5. "Moving Targets (Live 2004)" – 6:14
6. "Innocent Party (Live 2004)" – 6:46
7. "Zoo Class (Live 2004)" – 5:06
8. "Numbers (Live 2004)" – 5:55
9. "Old Crow (Live 2004)" – 5:34
10. "The Lost Plot (Live 2004)" – 6:18

Total time: 61:38

Disc Three (Live)

1. "The Field (Live Acoustic 2006)" – 8:19
2. "Shot The Craw (Live Acoustic 2006)" – 5:23
3. "The Lost Plot (Live Acoustic 2006)" – 4:53
4. "Scattering Crows (Live Acoustic Version 2006)" – 5:22
5. "Innocent Party (Live 2005)" – 5:08
6. "Moving Targets (Live 2005)" – 7:08
7. "The Rookie (Live 2004)" – 5:56
8. "Zoo Class (Live 2004)" – 5:01
9. "Numbers (Live 2004)" – 5:36
10. "Moving Targets (Live 2004)" – 5:42
11. "Innocent Party (Live 2004)" – 7:08

Total time: 65:34

Personnel

• Fish (Derek W. Dick) – lead vocals
• Bruce Watson – guitars and e-bow
• Frank Usher – guitars, slide guitar
• Steve Vantsis – bass
• Mark Brzezicki – drums and percussion
• Tony Turrell – keyboards
• Dave Haswell – percussion
• Danny Gillan – backing vocals on 1,2,3,4,6,11
• Richard Sidwell – trumpet and flugel horn on 1,4,6,8,10
• Steve Hamilton – saxophone on 1,4,6,8,10
• Yatta, Lars K. Lande – "crowd" vocal on 1
• Irvin Duguid - clavinet on 6

Production

• Calum Malcolm – mastering
• Elliot Ness – producer, engineer, mixing
• Geoff Allan – assistant engineer
• Dave Axtell – artwork, design
• Mark Wilkinson – portraits
• Lars K. Lande – inside back photo

External links

• Web site: Official Fish site: Discography and lyrics - studio albums . fish-thecompany.com . 2012-09-25 . 2 January 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120102125814/http://fish-thecompany.com/disco/dafoccd.htm . dead .