| Going, Going... | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | The Wedding Present |
| Cover: | WP Going Going.jpg |
| Released: | 2 September 2016 |
| Recorded: | 2015–16, Studios La Fabrique (Saint-Rémy-de-Provence), Parr Street Studios (Liverpool) |
| Genre: | Indie rock, post-rock[1] |
| Length: | 73:40 |
| Label: | Scopitones |
| Producer: | Andrew Scheps |
| Prev Title: | Valentina |
| Prev Year: | 2012 |
Going, Going... is the ninth studio album by English rock band The Wedding Present. It was released on 2 September 2016 in the UK and 2 December 2016 in the US, by their record label, Scopitones. It is a 20-song double multimedia album – each song has its own video included – that is also a travelogue about a journey across North America.[2]
Going, Going... came four years after the band's previous album, Valentina. David Gedge had decided that he didn't want the next album to be "just another album" and decided on a format of a number of interconnected pieces.[3] In 2014 he travelled across America with photographer Jessica McMillan and made a number of films. After that, says Gedge, it was a case of "progressing through the music, trying all sorts of ideas, seeing how they work set against the visuals."
| No. | Title | Length | Writer(s) | Related location[4] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kittery | 5:31 | David Gedge, Samuel Beer-Pearce, Charlie Layton | Kittery, Maine | |
| 2 | Greenland | 3:00 | Gedge, Layton | Greenland, New Hampshire | |
| 3 | Marblehead | 3:49 | Gedge, Beer-Pearce, Layton | Marblehead, Massachusetts | |
| 4 | Sprague | 2:42 | Gedge | Sprague, Connecticut | |
| 5 | Two Bridges | 3:58 | Gedge, Patrick Alexander, Layton | Two Bridges, Manhattan in New York City | |
| 6 | Little Silver | 4:39 | Gedge, Alexander, Layton | Little Silver, New Jersey | |
| 7 | Bear | 4:18 | Gedge, Alexander, Layton | Bear, Delaware | |
| 8 | Secretary | 2:01 | Gedge, Alexander, Layton | Secretary, Maryland | |
| 9 | Birdsnest | 3:35 | Gedge, Alexander, Layton | Birdsnest, Virginia | |
| 10 | Kill Devil Hills | 2:25 | Gedge, Alexander, Layton | Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina | |
| 11 | Bells | 3:33 | Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton | Bells, Tennessee | |
| 12 | Fifty-Six | 4:39 | Gedge, Alexander, Layton | Fifty-Six, Arkansas | |
| 13 | Fordland | 2:50 | Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton | Fordland, Missouri | |
| 14 | Emporia | 4:29 | Gedge, Beer-Pearce, Layton | Emporia, Kansas | |
| 15 | Broken Bow | 2:39 | Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton | Broken Bow, Nebraska | |
| 16 | Lead | 2:50 | Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton | Lead, South Dakota | |
| 17 | Ten Sleep | 2:11 | Gedge, Beer-Pearce, Layton | Ten Sleep, Wyoming | |
| 18 | Wales | 4:27 | Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton, Andrew Teilo | Wales, Utah | |
| 19 | Rachel | 3:42 | Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton | Rachel, Nevada | |
| 20 | Santa Monica | 6:22 | Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton | Santa Monica, California |
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