Product Description
Hailing from Great Yarmouth in the 1990, Catherine Wheel was one of the original "shoegazer" bands of the time along with Ride, Slowdive and Chapterhouse. They had already released two independent singles and recorded a Peel session before signing to the Phonogram Records imprint Fontana in 1991.

Their epic debut single for Fontana, "Black Metallic", brought them attention and praise from the press and fans alike. It also became their biggest hit in the States making the top ten in the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and is still name checked now as indie classic of the early '90s. The band followed this with two more singles, "Balloon" and "I Want To Touch You" before releasing their debut album Ferment in mid-1992. The album was produced by Talk Talk's Tim Friese-Greene who continued to produce and help them before they split in 2000.

This long overdue and welcome reissue includes newly written sleeve notes by journalist and early champion of the band, Jack Rabid from The Big Take-Over magazine, and 6 additional bonus tracks chosen by the band. These being the limited edition 2,000-only pressing of the 30 Century Man E.P., the non-album single "Balloon" and live fan favourite "Intravenous" which fans have been trying to get hold of for years.

Ferment

01. Texture
02. I Wanna To Touch You
03. Black Metallic
04. Indigo Is Blue
05. She's My Friend
06. Shallow
07. Ferment
08. Flower To Hide
09. Tumble Down
10. Bill And Ben
11. Salt
Bonus Tracks:
12. 30 Century Man
13. Free Of Mind
14. That's When I Reach For My Revolver
15. Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely
16. Balloon
17. Intravenous

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Collectors should note that initial copies of the original album release in 1992 also included a bonus EP with three live tracks -- "Shallow", "I Want To Touch You", and "Salt" -- which are not included with the new reissue.