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It Ended on an Oily Stage

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Released
  
21 March 2005

Genre
  
Indie

Producer(s)
  
Mads Bjerke

Format
  
CD, E-CD, 7" Vinyl

Label
  
Rough Trade Records

Length
  
CD – 9:46 E-CD – 9:50 7" – 7:11

"It Ended on an Oily Stage" was the first single from British Sea Power's second album Open Season. It reached number 18 in the UK Singles Chart and was critically praised, with the NME giving it their Track of the Week award. It received heavy airplay from the alternative radio sector. This track was previously called "Elegiac Stanzas" but was renamed when the band questioned whether radio presenters would be able to pronounce it.

Contents

Cd (rtradscd220)

  1. "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (BSP) – 4:23
  2. "Green Grass of Tunnel" (Gunnar Tynes/Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir/Gyda Valtýsdóttir/Örvar Smârason) – 5:23

E-CD (RTRADSCDX220)

  1. "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (BSP) – 4:23
  2. "When I Go Out (from the Evangeline sessions)" (Yan) – 2:44
  3. "Crystal Horse" (Hamilton/BSP) – 2:43

Also features the promo video for "It Ended on an Oily Stage" as a CD-ROM extra.

7" Vinyl (RTRADS220)

  1. "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (BSP) – 4:23
  2. "Don't You Want to Be a Bird?" (Hamilton/BSP) – 2:48

References

It Ended on an Oily Stage Wikipedia
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