Giving Birth to a Stone

Giving Birth to a Stone is the only full-length studio album by UK metal band Peach, released in 1994 through Mad Minute Records. It was re-released in 2000 through Beatville Records, with different artwork, designed by Adam Jones of Tool. It was re-released again globally on April 2, 2007 through Sony BMG - and is also being made available in downloadable formats. The song "You Lied" was covered live by Tool and was included on their box set Salival.

Giving Birth to a Stone
Studio album by
Peach
Released1994
26 September 2000 (re-release)
RecordedThe Palace of Light and Sound
GenreAlternative metal
Length44:25
LabelMad Minute
ProducerJessica Corcoran, Ian Shaw
Peach chronology
Spasm
(1993)		 Giving Birth to a Stone
(1994)		 Suns of the Tundra
(2004)
Alternative cover
Reissue artwork
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Following the album's release, Peach broke-up in 1995, reforming under the name Suns of Tundra in 2003.[2] Bassist Justin Chancellor joined Tool in September 1995.

Background

Every song on Giving Birth to a Stone previously appeared on an earlier EP by the band.

The songs "Signpost In the Sea," "Don't Make Me Your God" and "Dougal" originally appeared on the EP Don't Make Me Your God, released in 1992.. The songs "Velvet" and "Peach" originally appeared on the EP Disappear Here, also released in 1992. The songs "Burn," "Naked" and "You Lied" originally appeared on the EP Burn, released in 1993. The songs "Spasm" and "Catfood" originally appeared on the album Spasm, also released in 1993.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Peach, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Spasm" 4:29
2."Naked" 4:15
3."Catfood" (King Crimson cover)Robert Fripp, Peter Sinfield, Ian McDonald3:47
4."Velvet" 4:12
5."Dougal" 4:42
6."Burn" 3:11
7."Signpost in the Sea" 4:55
8."You Lied" 6:57
9."Don't Make Me Your God" 3:22
10."Peach" 4:35
Total length:44:25

Personnel
Peach
Additional
  • Stewart Lee - inaudibly mixed spoken word section on the track "You Lied"[3]
  • Jessica Corcoran – Producer
  • Ian Shaw – Producer
  • Andy Levine – Engineer
  • Adam Jones – Artwork (re-release)
  • Brian Rose – Mastering

References
  1. Bekkala, Steve. "Giving Birth to a Stone - Peach". AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  2. "Peach|Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  3. "Contributions To Other People's Work". Stewart Lee. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
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