Bush "The Sea Of Memories" album

- Release date : September 2011 -

The Sea of Memories is the fifth studio album by English post-grunge band Bush, which was released on September 13, 2011. It is the band's first studio album in ten years, since 2001's Golden State, and the first to be recorded with Chris Traynor and Corey Britz, replacing Nigel Pulsford and Dave Parsons on guitar and bass respectively. This is also be the first Bush album released on E1 Records, marking their first venture away from Interscope (or Atlantic), who handled all of their previous releases.

The album sold 20,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release when it debuted at position #18 on The Billboard 200 chart. It peaked at #18 on the Billboard 200, #20 on the Top Digital Albums, #5 on the Top Independent Albums and the Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums and #8 on the Top Rock Albums.

"The Sea Of Memories" album tracks and lyrics

• The Mirror Of The Signs lyrics
• The Sound Of Winter lyrics
• All My Life lyrics
• Afterlife lyrics
• All Night Doctors lyrics
• Baby Come Home lyrics
• Red Light lyrics
• She's A Stallion lyrics
• I Believe In You lyrics
• Stand Up lyrics
• The Heart Of The Matter lyrics
• Be Still My Love lyrics
• The Year Of Danger lyrics [UK/Target Bonus Disc]
• Ghost lyrics [UK/Target Bonus Disc]
• Lay Down Your Guns lyrics [UK/Target Bonus Disc]
• Landslide lyrics [Live from Bridge School Benefit / UK Bonus Disc]

"The Sea Of Memories" album reviews

A decade after releasing the group’s forgotten swan song Golden State, Gavin Rossdale assembled a new lineup of Bush -- only retaining drummer Robin Goodridge, replacing guitarist Nigel Pulsford and bassist Dave Parsons with Chris Traynor and Corey Britz -- for a 2011 comeback called Sea of Memories. Hiring mainstream hard rock impresario Bob Rock as a producer is a pretty good indication that Rossdale is no longer desperate for indie cred -- a perennial Achilles’ heel for the model-handsome rocker, who as recently as 2005, hired Helmet guitarist Page Hamilton to anchor the also-forgotten post-Bush outfit Institute -- and is ready to make the big, glossy record he never cut in the wake of Sixteen Stone. Such slick settings are a comfortable fit for Bush, better than either the jagged textures of Steve Albini or the odd electronica flirtations of Langer/Winstanley’s The Science of Things. Rock wisely emphasizes Rossdale's instinct for arena rock hooks, not hiding the similarities between the opening riff of “All My Life” and Bad Company's “Feel Like Making Love,” urging Bush to surrender to the sweet temptations of gussied-up power ballads, pushing them toward silly glammy singalongs like “She’s a Stallion,” all the while layering on guitars so heavily processed they sound like keyboards. It’s a piece of loud, sparkly, sonic candy with much of its appeal laying on the surface, but it suits Rossdale's poppiest set of songs, tunes that greatly benefit from Gavin no longer fighting his innate ability to please large crowds. Now, those large crowds may or may not exist in 2011 -- it’s unclear who exactly is clamoring for a new Bush album 15 years after their popular peak -- but as a record, this The Sea of Memories is easily the most enjoyable collection of songs released under Bush's name.

*** by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music ***

[...] Who expected Bush to show up in such buff shape? These guys were always underrated - and their name was one of history's worst bad-timing moves. But the quartet's first record in a decade is a surprisingly vital viva-la-grunge manifesto. Gavin Rossdale sounds about a thousand times perkier than he did on his 2008 Auto-Tune quagmire, Wanderlust, growling chest-beaters like "All My Life" as if he's got something to prove. And judging by "She's a Stallion," Gwen Stefani should be proud.

*** by Bob Sheffield, Rolling Stone ***