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Waves Are Universal

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Released
  
June 14, 2004

Length
  
44:19

Release date
  
14 June 2004

Label
  
4AD

Recorded
  
2004

Artist
  
Rachel Goswell

Producer
  
David Naughton

Genres
  
Dream pop, Folk rock

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The Sleep Shelter EP (2004)
  
Waves Are Universal (2004)

Similar
  
Rachel Goswell albums, Dream pop albums

Waves Are Universal is the debut solo album from former Slowdive and Mojave 3 singer/bassist Rachel Goswell. It was produced by David Naughton, and released by 4AD on June 14, 2004 in the UK and June 22, 2004 in the US. The album was recorded after production and touring for Mojave 3's album Spoon and Rafter resumed. The songs "Plucked" and "Sleepless & Tooting" appeared on Rachel's EP The Sleep Shelter, released prior to the album in May 2004, and both "Coastline" and "Plucked" were remixed and featured on a special single released in February 2005. Waves Are Universal was released to generally positive reviews, receiving an overall 66% positive rating on Metacritic.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Warm Summer Sun" – 3:45
  2. "Gather Me Up" – 2:24
  3. "No Substitute" – 4:36
  4. "Deelay" – 4:13
  5. "Plucked" – 3:08
  6. "Hope" – 3:52
  7. "Coastline" – 5:43
  8. "Shoulder the Blame" – 3:06
  9. "Save Yourself" – 3:59
  10. "Thru the Dawn" – 3:09
  11. "Beautiful Feeling" – 3:27
  12. "Sleepless & Tooting" – 3:01

Credits

  • Produced, engineered, and mixed by David Naughton.
    1. "Warm Summer Sun"
    2. Rachel Goswell – vocals, accordion, squeeze box
    3. Joe Light – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar
    4. David Naughton – dumb bass, fuzz bass, 12-string guitar, shaker
    5. Bill Drake – piano
    6. Jerome Farrell – uilleann pipes
    7. Ashley Bates – drums
    8. Ambiences: Lostwithiel church bells and Chislehurst Caves
    9. "Gather Me Up"
    10. Rachel Goswell – vocals, acoustic guitar
    11. Bill Drake – harmonium
    12. Jerome Farrell – low D whistle
    13. Ashley Bates – ding
    14. Mother Nature: Lostwithiel birds and ambience
    15. "No Substitute"
    16. Rachel Goswell – vocals, claps
    17. Joe Light – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, electric guitar
    18. David Naughton – bass, shaker, tambourine, claps
    19. Ashley Bates – drums
    20. Bill Drake – piano
    21. Ambience: St Merryn airfield
    22. "Deelay"
    23. Rachel Goswell – vocals
    24. Joe Light – acoustic guitar, swell guitar, rhythm guitar, ebo guitar
    25. David Naughton – bass, accordion, shaker, tambourine, guitar knock, heartbeat
    26. "Plucked"
    27. Rachel Goswell – vocals
    28. Joe Light – acoustic guitars
    29. David Naughton – caved Wurlitzer, string arrangement
    30. Jeremy Perl – cello
    31. Bronwyn Stride – violin
    32. Ambiences: Chislehurst Caves and Thai insects
    33. "Hope"
    34. Rachel Goswell – vocals
    35. Joe Light – acoustic guitars
    36. David Naughton – bass, percussion
    37. Bill Drake – harmonium
    38. Lynne Jackaman – bangles
    39. Ambiences: Camden Road and Chislehurst Caves
    40. "Coastline"
    41. Rachel Goswell – vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar
    42. Joe Light – slide guitar, guitar effects
    43. David Naughton – bass, 12-string guitar, bongos
    44. Ashley Bates – drums, tambourine, lion's roar
    45. "Shoulder the Blame"
    46. Rachel Goswell – vocals
    47. Joe Light – bass, acoustic guitar, arch top slide guitar, lead guitar
    48. David Naughton – pot, letterbox bells
    49. Mother Nature: Thai waves
    50. "Save Yourself"
    51. Rachel Goswell – vocals, acoustic strum guitar
    52. Joe Light – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
    53. David Naughton – harmonium
    54. Bill Drake – piano
    55. Ashley Bates – drums
    56. "Thru the Dawn"
    57. Rachel Goswell – vocals, acoustic guitar
    58. David Naughton – shaker, vibraphone
    59. Melanie Shallenberg – flute
    60. Mother Nature: rain
    61. "Beautiful Feeling"
    62. Rachel Goswell – vocals, acoustic guitar, accordion
    63. Jeremy Perl – cello
    64. Richard Lane – violin
    65. Michael Perl – violin
    66. Reiad Chiba – viola
    67. "Sleepless & Tooting"
    68. Rachel Goswell – vocals, snare drum
    69. Joe Light – bass, main guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bongos, shaker, low hit
    70. David Naughton – mini Spanish guitar, rain stick, ethnic tambourine, ride cymbal
    71. Bill Drake – Hammond organ
  • Recorded at:
  • The Troll Boudoir, Camden
  • The Sleep Shelter, Tooting
  • Tower of Power, London
  • The Shed & The Cottage, Lostwithiel
  • Mayfair 6, London
  • M3 HQ, St Merryn
  • Beech Studios, London
  • Ambient field recordings recorded at:
  • Chislehurst Caves, Kent
  • Lostwithiel
  • St Merryn airfield
  • Camden Road, London
  • Chiang Mai and Cha Am, Thailand
  • Copyist: Stephen Lipson.
  • Mastered by Tony Cousins at Metropolis Mastering.
  • Front cover oil painting by T. Jackiewiecz.
  • Layout by Alison Fielding.
  • Typography by Rachel Goswell.
  • Inner sleeve main photograph by Alan Forrester.
  • Snapshots by Ashley Bates, David Naughton, and Rachel Goswell.

    • Songs

    1Warm Summer Sun3:46
    2Gather Me Up2:24
    3No Substitute4:36

    References

    Waves Are Universal Wikipedia
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