Speak (No-Man album)

Speak
Compilation album by No-Man
Released	August 1999
Recorded	1988 to 1989, 1999
Genre	Ambient, Art rock
Length	50:54
Label	Hidden Art, Materiali Sonori, Snapper Music
Producer	Tim Bowness, Steven Wilson
No-Man chronology
Radio Sessions: 1992-96 (1998) Speak (1999) Lost Songs Vol - 1 (2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Speak is a compilation album consisting of previously obscure material by British Art rock band No-Man. Originally, recorded between 1988 and 1989^[2], the songs were re-mixed and re-sung in 1999 (during the band's sessions for Returning Jesus). Before Speak the songs in the track list had only been released on compact cassette earlier in the band's history.^[3]

Snapper Music's 2005 reissue of Speak adds the bonus track "The Hidden Art of Man Ray" (an untreated improvisation from 1988). The track also appears as a second disc on the limited edition of Tonefloat's vinyl release of Speak.^[4]

"Pink Moon" is a Nick Drake cover from his album of the same name.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tim Bowness and Steven Wilson, except where noted^[5]. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Speak"	Ben Coleman, Wilson	1:24
2.	"Pink Moon"	Nick Drake	3:03
3.	"Iris Murdoch Cut Me Down"		4:33
4.	"Curtain Dream"		3:01
5.	"Heaven's Break"		3:22
6.	"French Tree Terror Suspect"	Coleman, Wilson	2:59
7.	"River Song"	Donovan Leitch	2:01
8.	"Riverrun"		4:44
9.	"The Ballet Beast"		1:27
10.	"Night Sky Sweet Earth"		6:37
11.	"Life With Picasso"	Bowness	3:26
12.	"Death and Dodgson's Dreamchild"		2:19

Bonus track on 2005 reissue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"The Hidden Art of Man Ray"		11:42

Musicians

^[5]

• Tim Bowness – vocals, words, guitar (11)
• Steven Wilson – instruments, backing vocals (8,10)
• Stuart Blagden – guitar (13)
• Ben Coleman – violin (1,6,10,13)
• Richard Felix – cello (6,9), harmonica (5)

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "No-Man recordings - "Speak"". http://www.no-man.co.uk/recordings/speak-musicians.html. Retrieved 2010-09-05. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "No-Man Music - Prog Archives". http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=462. Retrieved 2010-09-05. 
4. ^ "No-Man - ((Speak)) (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/No-Man-Speak/release/667148. Retrieved 2010-09-05. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "No-Man - Speak (CD, Album)". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/No-Man-Speak/release/2289156. Retrieved 2010-09-05.