Open Season (Sea Power album)

Open Season is the second album from the Brighton-based English band, Sea Power, then known as "British Sea Power". It was released on 4 April 2005 to positive reviews. It showcased a more accessible, mainstream sound and reached No. 13 in the UK Albums Chart. Almost all of the songs on the album were recorded with Mads Bjerke, who had previously worked with the band on their 2003 album, The Decline of British Sea Power and also with Primal Scream, Girls Aloud and Spiritualized, and mixed by Bill Price, with the exceptions of "Please Stand Up" and "North Hanging Rock", which were produced and mixed by Graham Sutton and engineered by Phill Brown. "Oh Larsen B" was recorded by George Apsion and Tariq Zaid Al-Nasrawi. Two singles were released from the album, "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (UK No. 18) and "Please Stand Up" (UK No. 34).

Open Season
Studio album by British Sea Power
Released	4 April 2005
Recorded	Kore Studios, London and Rockfield Studios, South Wales in 2004
Genre	Indie rock, post-punk revival
Length	46:36
Label	Rough Trade
Producer	Mads Bjerke / Graham Sutton
British Sea Power chronology
The Decline of British Sea Power (2003) Open Season (2005) Do You Like Rock Music? (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blender	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(7.8/10)[3]
PopMatters	(4/10)[4]

When the CD is rewound 2:31 before the first track, an organ version of the song "How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?" is found.

The lyrics and title of "Oh Larsen B" refer to the Antarctic Peninsula ice shelf Larsen B, which collapsed in 2002, a few years before the release of the album.^[5]

Track listing

1. "It Ended on an Oily Stage" (Hamilton/Noble/Wood/Yan) – 4:23
2. "Be Gone" (Yan) – 2:52
3. "How Will I Ever Find My Way Home?" (Hamilton) – 3:11
4. "Like a Honeycomb" (Yan) – 4:31
5. "Please Stand Up" (Yan) – 3:07
6. "North Hanging Rock" (Yan) – 4:26
7. "To Get to Sleep" (Hamilton/Noble/Wood/Yan) – 3:16
8. "Victorian Ice" (Yan) – 3:26
9. "Oh Larsen B" (Yan) – 5:30
10. "The Land Beyond" (Hamilton) – 4:01
11. "True Adventures" (Hamilton) – 7:52

Japanese release bonus track

12. "Don't You Want to Be a Bird?" (Hamilton) – 2:55

Personnel

• Yan – vocals, guitar, piano, organ
• Hamilton – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, piano, organ, backing vocals
• Noble – guitar, piano, backing vocals, organ
• Wood – drums

Additional personnel

• Abi Fry – viola
• Phil Sumner – cornet
• Graham Sutton – string arrangements and additional programming
• Axl – miniature Italian greyhound

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog number
United Kingdom	4 April 2005	Rough Trade Records	CD	RTRADCD200
United Kingdom	4 April 2005	Rough Trade Records	LP	RTRADLP200
Japan	30 March 2005	Toy's Factory	CD	TFCK-87384