King Tide (album) explained

King Tide
Type:Album
Artist:Weddings Parties Anything
Cover:Wpa-kingtide.jpg
Released:October 1993
Recorded:Periscope Studio, Caulfield
March 1993
Genre:Rock / Folk rock
Label:RooArt/East-West/WEA
Producer:Paul Kosky / Weddings Parties Anything
Prev Title:Difficult Loves
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:Donkey Serenade
Next Year:1995

King Tide is the fifth studio album released by Australian rock band Weddings Parties Anything. The album was released in October 1993 on the RooArt label and peaked at No. 20 on the ARIA Album Charts.[1]

Billy Bragg provides the vocals with Mick Thomas on "Island of Humour".[2] "Stalactites" marks the first occasion when all members collaborated on the writing of a WPA song[3] and it refers to a well known Melbourne restaurant.[4]

The first single from the album, "Monday's Experts", released in August 1993, peaked at No. 45 on the ARIA Singles Charts.[5] The two subsequent singles, "The Rain in My Heart" (December 1993) and "Island of Humour" (January 1994) however failed to chart.

Personnel

Credited to:[6]

Weddings Parties Anything

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (1993)!Peak
position

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weddings Parties Anything - King Tide. Hung Medien. Australian Charts. 25 May 2015.
  2. Book: Billy Bragg: Still Suitable for Miners. Collins, Andrew. 2013. Random House. 338. 9780753549230.
  3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r367891|pure_url=yes}} King Tide]. Allmusic. Badgley. Aaron. 24 October 2008.
  4. Web site: ‘Since the Mine Closed Down’: Mining Town Closures in the Songs of Mick Thomas. PDF. Curtin. Genoni. Paul. 24 October 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080727130824/http://espace.lis.curtin.edu.au/archive/00000516/02/OVERLAND-2002.pdf. 27 July 2008. dead.
  5. Web site: Weddings Parties Anything - Monday's Experts. Hung Medien. Australian Charts. 25 May 2015.
  6. Web site: Artist Direct entry on King Tide . 30 October 2008 .