King (Belly album)

King
Studio album by Belly
Released	February 13, 1995
Recorded	Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	45:00
Label	Sire/Reprise
Producer	Glyn Johns
Belly chronology
Star (1993) King (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Slant Magazine	[2]

King is an album released by Belly in 1995, two years after their previous album, Star. Although the members had tightened their focus and polished their hook-laden songs, the album and its singles did not meet label expectations in the grunge-friendly atmosphere of 1995, and the band broke up shortly after it was released. In the two decades since King's release, many (including some critics) have reconsidered the initial lukewarm attitude towards the album and now hold it as an equal to Belly's highly-regarded debut Star.

Track listing

1. "Puberty" (Tanya Donelly, Gail Greenwood)
2. "Seal My Fate" (Donelly)
3. "Red" (Donelly, Tom Gorman)
4. "Silverfish" (Donelly, Gorman)
5. "Super-Connected" (Donelly, Greenwood)
6. "The Bees" (Donelly)
7. "King" (Donelly)
8. "Now They'll Sleep" (Donelly, Gorman)
9. "Untitled And Unsung" (Donelly)
10. "L'il Ennio" (Donelly)
11. "Judas My Heart" (Donelly, Gorman)

Chart positions

Album

The album went on to sell over 350,000 copies in the US alone.

Singles

"Now They'll Sleep" was a modest Pop hit in the U.S charting on the Billboard's Bubbling Under The Hot 100 Singles for 5 weeks in the spring of 1995, peaking at #103.

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