Going, Going... is the ninth studio album by English rock band The Wedding Present. It was released on 2 September 2016 in the UK and 2 December 2016 in the US, by their record label, Scopitones. It is a 20-song double multimedia album – each song has its own video included – that is also a travelogue about a journey across North America.
Background Going, Going... came four years after the band's previous album, Valentina. David Gedge had decided that he didn't want the next album to be "just another album" and decided on a format of a number of interconnected pieces. In 2014 he travelled across America with photographer Jessica McMillan and made a number of films. After that, says Gedge, it was a case of "progressing through the music, trying all sorts of ideas, seeing how they work set against the visuals."
Track listing
+ Going, Going... track listing No. Title Length Writer(s) Related location 1 Kittery 5:31 David Gedge, Samuel Beer-Pearce, Charlie Layton Kittery, Maine 2 Greenland 3:00 Gedge, Layton Greenland, New Hampshire 3 Marblehead 3:49 Gedge, Beer-Pearce, Layton Marblehead, Massachusetts 4 Sprague 2:42 Gedge Sprague, Connecticut 5 Two Bridges 3:58 Gedge, Patrick Alexander, Layton Two Bridges, Manhattan in New York City 6 Little Silver 4:39 Gedge, Alexander, Layton Little Silver, New Jersey 7 Bear 4:18 Gedge, Alexander, Layton Bear, Delaware 8 Secretary 2:01 Gedge, Alexander, Layton Secretary, Maryland 9 Birdsnest 3:35 Gedge, Alexander, Layton Birdsnest, Virginia 10 Kill Devil Hills 2:25 Gedge, Alexander, Layton Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina 11 Bells 3:33 Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton Bells, Tennessee 12 Fifty-Six 4:39 Gedge, Alexander, Layton Fifty-Six, Arkansas 13 Fordland 2:50 Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton Fordland, Missouri 14 Emporia 4:29 Gedge, Beer-Pearce, Layton Emporia, Kansas 15 Broken Bow 2:39 Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton Broken Bow, Nebraska 16 Lead 2:50 Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton Lead, South Dakota 17 Ten Sleep 2:11 Gedge, Beer-Pearce, Layton Ten Sleep, Wyoming 18 Wales 4:27 Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton, Andrew Teilo Wales, Utah 19 Rachel 3:42 Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton Rachel, Nevada 20 Santa Monica 6:22 Gedge, Alexander, Beer-Pearce, Layton Santa Monica, California
Personnel The Wedding Present David Gedge - vocals, guitar, mellotron, waterphone Samuel Beer-Pearce - guitars, keyboards, vocals Katharine Wallinger - bass, backing vocals Charles Layton - drums, percussion with: Teo Benson - violin Terry de Castro - vocals Steve Fisk - keyboards Annie Ford - viola Paul Hiraga - vocals on "Marblehead" Barb Hunter - cello Melanie Howard - vocals on "Marblehead" Jae-In Shin - violin Brix Smith Start - vocals on "Greenland" Andrew Teilo - vocals on "Wales"
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