The Cruel Sea
Sydney 1987-present
Discography
Albums
Down Below 1989 9 Produced by Phil Punch and The Cruel Sea
CD AUS Red Eye REDCD19 (issued 1990, 2 extra tracks)
LP AUS Red Eye REDEP7
AUS Red Eye REDLP19 (re-issue 1990, 2 extra tracks)
MC AUS Red Eye (issued 1990, 2 extra tracks)
This Is Not The Way Home 1991 12 Produced by Tony Cohen and The Cruel Sea
CD AUS Red Eye REDCD25 (limited edition digipak cover)
AUS Red Eye REDCD25
LP AUS Red Eye (different cover)
MC AUS Red Eye
The Honeymoon Is Over 1993 13 Produced by Tony Cohen, The Cruel Sea and Mick Harvey
CD AUS Red Eye REDCD35
GER Polydor 514 870-2
MC AUS Red Eye
Three Legged Dog 1995 15 Produced by Tony Cohen and Paul McKercher with The Cruel Sea
CD AUS Red Eye REDCD50 (limited edition of 20000 with bonus 6-track cd)
GER Polydor 527 537-2
JAP (different cover)
MC AUS Red Eye
Rock'n Roll Duds 1995 16
CD AUS Red Eye/Polydor 529500-2
MC AUS Red Eye/Polydor 529500-4
The Honeymoon Is Over/This Is Not The Way Home 1997
Double-CD AUS Red Eye/Polydor
Over Easy 1998 13 Produced by Daniel Denholm, Phil McKellar, The Cruel Sea and Paul McKercher
CD AUS Polydor 557174-2 (initial copies with t-shirt)
The Most 1999 22
CD AUS Universal
BRA Tronador Music TMSS26 (issued 2003?, 20 tracks)
Where There's Smoke 2001 14 Produced by Magoo and The Cruel Sea
CD AUS Universal 0147962
We Don't Work We Play Music 2002 17
CD AUS Universal 0647922 (comes with 12-track live bonus disc)
Contribution to album
Into The Red 1992
Triple J Live At The Wireless 2 1992
Used And Recorded By 1995
The Big Backyard 1995
Triple J Live 1996
Liberdade - Viva East Timor 1999
Cold - Live At The Chapel 1999
Corroboration 2001
Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge Vol. 2 2001
The Spirit of Christmas 2001 2001
Triple J - Studio 22 2002
Triple M Musical Challenge Vol. 3 2002
Members
Corben Gerard (g) 1989-1990 The Things, Most, Lime Spiders, Adolphus, The Sparklers, Perfect Cousins
Cruickshank James (k,g,bv) 1990-present The Widdershins, Neil Murray and The Rainmakers, The Blackeyed Susans, The Cruel Three
Elliott Jim (d) 1987-present Dropbears, Heaven On Earth, Pigs, Sekret Sekret, Spectre's Revenge, Firm Grip, Just a Drummer, Red Ochre, Martha's Vineyard, The Blackeyed Susans, Pressed Meat and The Smallgoods
Gormley Ken (b) 1987-present Just a Drummer, Sekret Sekret, Red Ochre
Perkins Tex (v,harm,g) 1988-present
Rumour Dan (g,clavinet) 1987-present Blackrunner, Urban Guerillas, Friction, Ugly Mirrors, Bedhogs, Sekret Sekret, SPK, The Cruel Three
Turnbull Barry (b) 1990 John Kennedy's Love Gone Wrong, Spring Quartet, Chad's Tree, Widdershins, Paradise Vendors, Long Black Limousine
Sources of information: Didier Georgieff, This Is What It Is - Cruel Sea Homepage, Official Cruel Sea Homepage, Richard Miles Cruel Sea Discography
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