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Great Divide is the debut studio album by American rock band Semisonic. It was released April 9, 1996, by MCA Records. It was produced by Paul Fox, and was recorded and mixed by Ed Thacker. History. Semisonic had signed a record contract with Elektra Records to record the Great Divide album.
- July 1995
- Paul Fox
- April 9, 1996
Great Divide è il primo album in studio del gruppo musicale rock statunitense Semisonic, pubblicato nel 1996. Tracce. F.N.T. – 3:29; If I Run – 4:16; Delicious – 3:57; Down in Flames – 4:02; Across the Great Divide – 3:00; Temptation – 3:38; The Prize – 3:58; No One Else – 3:30; Brand New Baby – 3:37; Falling – 3:37
Great Divide Lyrics: Over mountains / That's where my love lives / A long, long ride to sun-land / Here where I did this / Across the great divide alone / (wondering open afraid and) /...
Great Divide by Semisonic released in 1996. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Formation and debut album
After the breakup of Trip Shakespeare, Wilson and Munson joined up with drummer Slichter to form the band Pleasure in 1993. By 1995, they had changed their name to Semisonic. An EP, Pleasure, was released that year on Boston indie label CherryDisc, and the studio full-length Great Divide in 1996 on MCA.
Breakthrough and international success
Semisonic's breakthrough came two years later in 1998 when their second album, Feeling Strangely Fine, reached the Top 50 chart on the strength of the hit single "Closing Time", their biggest hit in the United States. During a 2008 performance at Harvard's Sanders Theatre, Wilson said that it was originally written about the birth of his first child. Their international career also blossomed when another song from the album, "Secret Smile", quickly became a UK radio favorite in the summer of...
Third album and hiatus
In early 2001, the band released its third album, All About Chemistry, The single "Chemistry" was a mainstay overseas; however the album did not fare as well in the United States. Another song, "Over My Head", was used in the 2001 teen flick Summer Catch, and Semisonic rode the wave touring various cities in and around the UK. Wilson had spoken about doing more Semisonic music in the future but said, "The busy day-to-day life keeps pushing it further into the future." All About Chemistry woul...
Live albums
1. One Night at First Avenue(2003)
EPs
1. Pleasure EP(1995) 2. You're Not Alone(2020)
Soundtracks and compilations
1. Semisonic performed "Sugar, Sugar" with Mary Lou Lord on the 1995 tribute album Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, produced by Ralph Sall for MCA Records. 2. Semisonic contributed the title song for the 1999 Kevin Costner movie For Love of the Game. 3. Multiple Semisonic songs were featured in episodes of the television sitcom Friends, with "Delicious" and "Closing Time" later being featured in the soundtrack albums Friends Again and Friends: The Ultimate Soundtrackrespectively. 4....
Wilson took time out to do some solo projects and play tour dates around the Midwest in December. Munson joined Wilson's brother and former Trip Shakespeare frontman Matt Wilson to form a side project, The Flops, in 2001, though they were expected to make a final performance in early 2005. In 2009, John Munson and Matt Wilson reunited to form a new...
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9 apr 1996 · Great Divide is the debut studio album by American rock band Semisonic, released on April 9, 1996 via MCA Records. The album did not appear on any Billboard charts, and was a commercial...
