ARTIST: Big Blue Ball
TITLE: Big Blue Ball
LABEL: Real World
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 182kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 59m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-06-24
RIP DATE: 2008-06-19
Track List
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1. Whole Thing (Original Mix) 5:27
2. Habibe 7:12
3. Shadow 4:27
4. Altus Silva 6:07
5. Exit Through You 5:52
6. Everything Comes From You 4:42
7. Burn You Up, Burn You Down 4:30
8. Forest 6:16
9. Rivers 5:44
10. Jijy 3:59
11. Big Blue Ball 4:52
Release Notes:
Big Blue Ball is an upcoming album by multiple artists which grew from
"recording weeks" at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in the early 1990s.
In production for more than 15 years, "Big Blue Ball" is a project featuring
several artists from all around the world working together. According to
Gabriel, the initial recording was finished in three years during the early
'90s, but "the tapes were left in a mess and it's taken this long to sort out."
Producer Stephen Hague was finally called in to sort out the project.
Guests featured on the album will include SinΘad O'Connor, Karl Wallinger (of
World Party), Natacha Atlas, and Papa Wemba. Gabriel will take the lead vocals
on several tracks on the album. A mix of western, African, and Asian musicians
are also included.
Big Blue Ball will be launched in America thanks to a venture-capital trust
initiative. Bosses at London-based firm Ingenious have raised more than $4
million (GBP 2 million) to help promote his latest release in the US. The
venture capitalists, Gabriel, and his Real World Limited partners, have created
a new joint venture company, High Level Recordings Limited, to oversee the
release of the album. The new album deal covers the North America territory,
where Gabriel is currently out of contract. The worldwide distribution of the
album will be dealt by EMI.
The first track released from the project was Whole Thing. It is included on the
soundtrack album for the TV series Long Way Down , released 3rd December 2007.
A limited edition of 1000 copies of the album will be released on blue vinyl,
from Ryko Distribution.
Tracks:
"Whole Thing (Original Mix)" (featuring Francis Bebey, Alex Faku, Tim Finn,
Peter Gabriel, Karl Wallinger, Andy White)
"Habibe" (featuring Natacha Atlas, Hossam Ramzy, Neil Sparkes)
"Shadow" (featuring Juan Ca±izares, Papa Wemba)
"altus silva" (featuring Joseph Arthur, Ronan Browne, Deep Forest, James
McNally, Iarla ╙ Lionßird, Vernon Reid)
"Exit Through You" (featuring Joseph Arthur, Peter Gabriel, Karl Wallinger)
"Everything Comes From You" (featuring Richard Evans, Joji Hirota, Sevara
Nazarkhan, Sinead OÆConnor, Guo Yue)
"Burn You Up, Burn You Down" (featuring Billy Cobham, Peter Gabriel, The Holmes
Brothers, Wendy Melvoin, Arona NÆdiaye, Jah Wobble)
"Forest" (featuring Levon Minassian, Arona NÆDiaye, Vernon Reid, Hukwe Zawose)
"Rivers" (featuring Vernon Reid, Marta Sebestyen, Karl Wallinger)
"Jijy" (featuring Arona NÆDiaye, Rossy, Jah Wobble)
"Big Blue Ball" (featuring Peter Gabriel, Manu KatchΘ, Karl Wallinger)