In a Bar, Under the Sea

In a Bar, Under the Sea is the second studio album by Belgian rock band dEUS. The cover art was designed by guitarist Rudy Trouvé. The original Belgian release was by Bang!, with the only difference that track 14 is simply named "Roses", like the single.

The album was produced by Eric Drew Feldman (who was keyboard and bass player for Captain Beefheart in the late seventies and early eighties) and welcomes guests such as Scott McCloud from Girls Against Boys (on Fell Off the Floor, Man), Dana Colley from Morphine (on Supermarketsong) and Bart Maris from X-Legged Sally (on Nine Threads).

In a Bar, Under the Sea reached Gold in Belgium (selling over 25,000 copies) and sold around 250,000 copies worldwide.

Personnel

dEUS

• Stef Kamil Carlens: vocal, guitar, bass, double bass, percussion, claps
• Tom Barman: vocal, guitar, Hammond, Talkback, samples, percussion, synthesiser, cma^s
• Jules de Borgher: drums, percussion, bells, claps
• Craig Ward: vocal, guitar, sax, mandolin, claps, ukulele, slide guitar
• Klaas Janzoons: vocal, percussion, Talkback, piano, violin, synthesiser, beatbox, claps
• Rudy Trouvé: vocal, piccolo, harmonica, guitar, ukulele

guest musicians

• Didier Fontaine: Vocal
• Scott McCloud: "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
• Bart Maris: trumpet

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: https://www.officialcharts.com/