Released March, 1988 | Length 44:49 (LP version) Release date March 1988 | |
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Recorded Manor Studios, Oxfordshire 1986–1988 Similar It Bites albums, Progressive rock albums |
It bites once around the world
Once Around the World is the second album by British progressive pop/rock band It Bites.
Contents
- It bites once around the world
- It bites once around the world live
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Additional personnel
- Songs
- References
Released in 1988, Once Around the World was recorded at Manor Hill Studios in Oxfordshire. The first five of the album's nine tracks (on vinyl or cassette, the first side of the album) were produced by Steve Hillage and mostly feature the more single-driven pop approach preferred by the band's label, Virgin Records. One of these tracks, "Black December", was a re-recorded single b-side. The remaining tracks (including the almost fifteen-minute title track, the band's longest composition) were produced by It Bites with Mark Wallis and showcase their progressive rock influences.
The album produced three singles ("Kiss Like Judas", "Midnight" and a drastic edit of "Old Man and the Angel") and saw the band embark on a tour of the UK, US and Japan.
It bites once around the world live
Track listing
- Midnight (4:04)
- Kiss Like Judas (4:08)
- Yellow Christian (6:29)
- Rose Marie (3:33)
- Black December (3:50)
- Old Man and the Angel (9:21) The UK vinyl release had a shortened version of this track (3.59)
- Hunting the Whale (4:46) CD only
- Plastic Dreamer (3:53)
- Once Around the World (14:46)
Personnel
Additional personnel
Songs
1Midnight4:05
2Kiss Like Judas4:10
3Yellow Christian6:30