Big Calm

"Fear and Love" redirects here. For the debut LP by We Shot the Moon, see Fear And Love.

Big Calm
Studio album by Morcheeba
Released	March 16, 1998
Genre	Pop Electronica Downtempo Trip-Hop
Length	50:23
Label	Sire/WEA Records
Producer	Morcheeba
Morcheeba chronology
Who Can You Trust? (1996) Big Calm (1998) Fragments of Freedom (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media	(6.7/10) link

Big Calm (released in 1998) is the second album by Morcheeba. "The Music That We Hear", included on special-edition versions of the album, is a reworking of "Moog Island" from Morcheeba's first album, Who Can You Trust?.

Track listing

1. "The Sea" - 5:47
2. "Shoulder Holster" - 4:04
3. "Part of the Process" - 4:24
4. "Blindfold" - 4:37
5. "Let Me See" - 4:20
6. "Bullet Proof" - 4:11
7. "Over and Over" - 2:20
8. "Friction" - 4:13
9. "Diggin' a Watery Grave" - 1:34
10. "Fear and Love" - 5:04
11. "Big Calm" - 6:00
12. "The Music That We Hear" - 3:49 (bonus track)

• Japanese Bonus Tracks

12. "Shoulder Holster" (Radio Mix) - 4:14

13. "Shoulder Holster" (Diabolical Brothers Mix) - 5:56

Personnel

• Skye Edwards - vocals & reproduction
• Paul Godfrey - navigation, programming, scratching, live drums & lyrics
• Ross Godfrey - all guitars, sitar, pedal steel, lap steel, clavinet, hammond, fender rhodes, wurlitzer piano, drums, ems synth, mks 80, and no factory presets
• Pete Norris - sound surgery, synthesizer programming & dropping science
• Thomas Porter - number one album habitué
• Jessica Kennedy - number two album habitué

Trivia

The album cover was inspired by that of the 1966 Ray Conniff compilation Hi Fi Companion. (*View image)

The song "The Sea" was used as the theme tune for the UK reality TV show Shipwrecked, featured in a set of advertisements for TDT TV, and is featured in the new Thomas Cook adverts starring Jamie and Louise Redknapp.