Giving Birth to a Stone

Giving Birth to a Stone
Studio album by Peach
Released 1994
26 September 2000 (re-release)
Recorded The Palace of Light and Sound
Genre Alternative metal
Length 44:25
Label Mad Minute
Producer Jessica Corcoran, Ian Shaw
Peach chronology
Spasm
(1993)Spasm1993		 Giving Birth to a Stone
(1994)		 Suns of the Tundra
(2004)Suns of the Tundra2004
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Giving Birth to a Stone is the debut and only studio album by UK metal band Peach, released in 1994 through Mad Minute Records. It was re-released in 2000 through Beatville Records, with different artwork, designed by Adam Jones of Tool. It was re-released again globally on April 2, 2007 through Sony BMG - and is also being made available in downloadable formats. The song "You Lied" was covered live by Tool and was included on their box set Salival.

Following the album's release, Peach broke-up in 1995, reforming under the name Suns of Tundra in 2003.[2] Bassist Justin Chancellor joined Tool in September 1995.

Background

Every song on Giving Birth to a Stone previously appeared on an earlier EP by the band.

The songs "Signpost In the Sea," "Don't Make Me Your God" and "Dougal" originally appeared on the EP Don't Make Me Your God, released in 1992.. The songs "Velvet" and "Peach" originally appeared on the EP Disappear Here, also released in 1992. The songs "Burn," "Naked" and "You Lied" originally appeared on the EP Burn, released in 1993. The songs "Spasm" and "Catfood" originally appeared on the album Spasm, also released in 1993.

Track listing

All tracks written by Peach, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Spasm" 4:29
2."Naked" 4:15
3."Catfood" (King Crimson cover)Robert Fripp, Peter Sinfield, Ian McDonald3:47
4."Velvet" 4:12
5."Dougal" 4:42
6."Burn" 3:11
7."Signpost in the Sea" 4:55
8."You Lied" 6:57
9."Don't Make Me Your God" 3:22
10."Peach" 4:35
Total length:44:25

Personnel

Peach
Additional
  • Stewart Lee - inaudibly mixed spoken word section on the track "You Lied"[3]
  • Jessica Corcoran – Producer
  • Ian Shaw – Producer
  • Andy Levine – Engineer
  • Adam Jones – Artwork (re-release)
  • Brian Rose – Mastering

References

  1. ↑ Bekkala, Steve. "Giving Birth to a Stone - Peach". AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Peach|Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Contributions To Other People's Work". Stewart Lee. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
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