Giving Birth to a Stone

Giving Birth to a Stone
Studio album by Peach
Released	1994 ; 26 September 2000 (re-release)
Recorded	The Palace of Light and Sound
Genre	Alternative metal
Length	44:25
Label	Mad Minute
Producer	Jessica Corcoran, Ian Shaw
Peach chronology
Alternative cover
	Reissue artwork

Giving Birth to a Stone is the debut and only studio album by UK metal band Peach, released in 1994 through Mad Minute Records. It was re-released in 2000 through Beatville Records, with different artwork, designed by Adam Jones of Tool. It was re-released again globally on April 2, 2007 through Sony BMG - and is also being made available in downloadable formats. The song "You Lied" was covered live by Tool and was included on their box set Salival.

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Following the album's release, Peach broke-up in 1995, reforming under the name Suns of Tundra in 2003.[2] Bassist Justin Chancellor joined Tool in September 1995.

Background

Every song on Giving Birth to a Stone previously appeared on an earlier EP by the band.

The songs "Signpost In the Sea," "Don't Make Me Your God" and "Dougal" originally appeared on the EP Don't Make Me Your God, released in 1992.. The songs "Velvet" and "Peach" originally appeared on the EP Disappear Here, also released in 1992. The songs "Burn," "Naked" and "You Lied" originally appeared on the EP Burn, released in 1993. The songs "Spasm" and "Catfood" originally appeared on the album Spasm, also released in 1993.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peach, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Spasm"		4:29
2.	"Naked"		4:15
3.	"Catfood" (King Crimson cover)	Robert Fripp, Peter Sinfield, Ian McDonald	3:47
4.	"Velvet"		4:12
5.	"Dougal"		4:42
6.	"Burn"		3:11
7.	"Signpost in the Sea"		4:55
8.	"You Lied"		6:57
9.	"Don't Make Me Your God"		3:22
10.	"Peach"		4:35
Total length:			44:25

Personnel

Peach

Simon Oakes – Vocals
Rob Havis – Drums
Ben Durling – Guitar
Justin Chancellor – Bass

Additional

Stewart Lee - inaudibly mixed spoken word section on the track "You Lied"[3]
Jessica Corcoran – Producer
Ian Shaw – Producer
Andy Levine – Engineer
Adam Jones – Artwork (re-release)
Brian Rose – Mastering

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References

Bekkala, Steve. "Giving Birth to a Stone - Peach". AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
"Peach|Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
"Contributions To Other People's Work". Stewart Lee. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

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[1] Bekkala, Steve. "Giving Birth to a Stone - Peach". AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2018.

[2] "Peach|Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2018.

[3] "Contributions To Other People's Work". Stewart Lee. Retrieved 29 July 2018.