Ocean of Confusion
Ocean of Confusion is a compilation by Screaming Trees, released in May 2005 on Epic. It is the grunge band's third best-of collection, and it picks up the story where they joined Epic, running through to their last album, Dust. Their earlier years on SST are covered separately by Anthology: SST Years 1985-1989, so this one is the major-label chapter.
Singer Mark Lanegan chose the tracks himself and oversaw the rest of the package. Seven songs come from Sweet Oblivion, five from Dust and three from Uncle Anesthesia, alongside "Who Lies in Darkness" from the Something About Today EP and "E.S.K.", a b-side to "Nearly Lost You". The draw for devoted fans is two previously unheard tracks from the abandoned Don Fleming-produced follow-up to Sweet Oblivion. Two of the band's four charting radio singles, "Bed of Roses" and "All I Know", are left off.
Ocean of Confusion: tracklist and credits
19 tracks · 1:17:55Tracklist
- 1Who Lies in DarknessGary Lee Conner and Mark Lanegan4:14
- 2Alice SaidGary Lee Conner and Mark Lanegan4:11
- 3DisappearingGary Lee Conner and Mark Lanegan3:12
- 4Ocean of ConfusionGary Lee Conner and Mark Lanegan3:06
- 5Shadow of the SeasonGary Lee Conner and Mark Lanegan4:35
- 6Nearly Lost YouConner, Conner, Lanegan4:07
- 7Dollar BillVan Conner and Mark Lanegan4:34
- 8More or LessConner, Conner, Lanegan3:10
- 9For Celebrations PastConner, Conner, Lanegan, Martin4:09
- 10Julie ParadiseVan Conner and Mark Lanegan5:01
- 11ButterflyConner, Conner, Lanegan3:23
- 12E.S.K.Gary Lee Conner and Mark Lanegan4:10
- 13Watchpocket BluesGary Lee Conner and Mark Lanegan5:15
- 14Paperback BibleConner, Conner, Lanegan3:08
- 15Make My MindConner, Conner, Lanegan4:12
- 16Dying DaysConner, Conner, Lanegan, Martin4:52
- 17Sworn and BrokenConner, Conner, Lanegan3:35
- 18WitnessConner, Conner, Lanegan3:39
- 19TravelerConner, Conner, Lanegan5:22
- Produced by
- Chris Cornell, Terry Date, Screaming Trees, Don Fleming, George Drakoulias
- Recorded at
- London Bridge Studios
- Recorded
- June 1990
- Mixed by
- Andy Wallace, Jonas G.
- Mixed at
- Soundtrack Studios
- Engineered by
- Terry Date, John Agnello
- Label
- Epic
- Length
- 1:17:55
Line-up
- Chris Cornell · background vocals · guest
- Terry Date · background vocals · guest
- George Drakoulias · percussion
- Chris Goss · background vocals · guest
- Mike McCready · guitar · guest
- Benmont Tench · organ, piano, electric piano, mellotron · guest
- Brian Jenkins · background vocals · guest
From MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Only what the sources record is shown.
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 2005-05-24 vs 2005-06-06 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 6 June 2005 | ignored lone early release dated 2005-03-08 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 24 May 2005 | |
| Wikidata | 2005 | |
| US release | 6 June 2005 | earliest US date |
3 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2005 | XW | Epic | 5099751890126 | original |
| 6 June 2005 | US | Epic | 886977110528 | other |
| 2018 | XE | Music on CD | 8718627227732 | other |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 1400x1391, upscaled to 1500 (x1.08)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1400×1391 | upscaled: major: best source 1400x1391, upscaled to 1500 (x1.08) |