In a Bar, Under the Sea is a 1996 album

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 by Belgian band Deus. The cover art was designed by guitarist Rudy Trouvé

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. The original Belgian release was by Bang!

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, with the only difference that track 14 is simply named "Roses", like the single.

The album was produced by Eric Drew Feldman

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 (who was keyboard and bass player for Captain Beefheart

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 in the late seventies and early eighties) and welcomes guests such as Scott McCloud from Girls Against Boys

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 (on Fell Off the Floor, Man), Dana Colley

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 from Morphine

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 (on Supermarketsong) and Bart Maris

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 from X-Legged Sally

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 (on Nine Threads).

In a Bar, Under the Sea reached Gold in Belgium

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(selling over 25,000 copies) and sold around 250,000 copies worldwide.

Track listing

1. "I Don't Mind What Ever Happens" (Stef Kamil Carlens) – 0:46
2. "Fell Off the Floor, Man" (Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Rudy Trouvé, Craig Ward, Jules De Borgher) – 5:13
3. "Opening Night" (Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Craig Ward, Klaas Janzoons, Jules De Borgher) – 1:38
4. "Theme from Turnpike" (Tom Barman) – 5:46
5. "Little Arithmetics" (Tom Barman, Craig Ward) – 4:30
6. "Gimme the Heat" (Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Craig Ward) – 7:38
7. "Serpentine" (Tom Barman) – 3:17
8. "A Shocking Lack Thereof" (Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Klaas Janzoons, Craig Ward) – 5:52
9. "Supermarketsong" (Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Rudy Trouvé) – 1:56
10. "Memory of a Festival" (Tom Barman) – 1:52
11. "Guilty Pleasures" (Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens, Craig Ward, Klaas Janzoons, Jules De Borgher) – 4:23
12. "Nine Threads" (Craig Ward) – 3:34
13. "Disappointed in the Sun" (Tom Barman, Piet Jorens) – 6:03
14. "For the Roses" (Tom Barman, Stef Kamil Carlens) – 4:57 (also named "Roses")
15. "Wake Me Up Before I Sleep" (Tom Barman) – 2:53

Personnel

• Stef Kamil Carlens: vocal, guitar, bass, double bass, percussion, claps
• Tom Barman: vocal, guitar, Hammond, Talkback, samples, percussion, synthesiser, cma^s
• Julle De Borgher: drums, percussion, bells, claps
• Graig Ward: vocal, guitar, sax, mandolin, claps, ukelele, slide guitar
• Klaas Janzoons: vocal, percussion, Talkback, piano, violin, synthesiser, beatbox, claps

• Rudy Trouvé: vocal, piccolo, harmonica, guitar, ukelele
• Didier Fontaine: Vocal
• Scott MCloud: "philosophy"
• Eric Drew Feldman: Hammond, percussion, egg, piano
• Pieter Lamot: trombone
• Ian Humphries: violin
• Charles Mutter: violin
• Nic Pendlebury: viola
• Deirdre Cooper: cello
• Dana Colley: saxophones
• Vincienne: claps
• Jim Brumby: claps, rate and depth
• Piet Jorens: piano, gong

Singles

• "Theme from Turnpike" (June 1996)- #68 UK
• "Little Arithmetics" (October 1996)- #44 UK
• "For the Roses" (December 1996)- #56 UK
• "Fell Off the Floor, Man" - Belgian only single (June 1997)

Charts references: http://www.chartstats.com

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