Field of Crows

Field of Crows
Cover art by Mark Wilkinson
Studio album by Fish
Released	10 December 2003 (mail-order) 25 May 2004 (retail)
Recorded	2003
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	66:58
Labels	Chocolate Frog Records Snapper Music
Producer	Elliot Ness
Fish chronology
Fellini Days (2001) Field of Crows (2003) Bouillabaisse (2005)

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Field of Crows is Fish's eighth solo studio album (seventh of original material) since he left Marillion in 1988 and the first since Fellini Days (2001). Released on Fish's own label Chocolate Frog Records, retail distribution is now handled by Snapper Music.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Field" (Derek Dick, Bruce Watson)	8:42
2.	"Moving Targets" (Derek Dick, Bruce Watson, Irvin Duguid)	5:46
3.	"The Rookie" (Derek Dick, Bruce Watson)	5:35
4.	"Zoo Class" (Derek Dick, Bruce Watson, Irvin Duguid)	5:23
5.	"The Lost Plot" (Derek Dick, Tony Turrell)	5:10
6.	"Old Crow" (Derek Dick, Bruce Watson, Irvin Duguid)	5:20
7.	"Numbers" (Derek Dick, Bruce Watson, Frank Usher)	5:36
8.	"Exit Wound" (Derek Dick, Bruce Watson)	5:55
9.	"Innocent Party" (Derek Dick, Bruce Watson, Irvin Duguid)	7:37
10.	"Shot The Craw" (Derek Dick, Bruce Watson, Irvin Duguid)	6:00
11.	"Scattering Crows (Still Time)" (Derek Dick, Bruce Watson, Tony Turrell, Irvin Duguid)	5:05

2016 The Remasters edition

Disc 1: Original Studio Album

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Field"	8:42
2.	"Moving Targets"	5:46
3.	"The Rookie"	5:35
4.	"Zoo Class"	5:23
5.	"The Lost Plot"	5:10
6.	"Old Crow"	5:20
7.	"Numbers"	5:36
8.	"Exit Wound"	5:55
9.	"Innocent Party"	7:37
10.	"Shot The Craw"	6:00
11.	"Scattering Crows (Still Time)"	5:05

Disc 2: Demo's & Live

No.	Title	Source	Length
1.	"The Lost Plot (Demo)"		6:20
2.	"Scattering Crows (Demo)"		4:59
3.	"The Field (Demo)"		8:46
4.	"The Rookie (Live 2004)"	Scattering Crows	5:41
5.	"Moving Targets (Live 2004)"	Scattering Crows	6:14
6.	"Innocent Party (Live 2004)"	Scattering Crows	6:46
7.	"Zoo Class (Live 2004)"	Scattering Crows	5:06
8.	"Numbers (Live 2004)"	Scattering Crows	5:55
9.	"Old Crow (Live 2004)"		5:34
10.	"The Lost Plot (Live 2004)"		6:18

Disc 3: Live

No.	Title	Source	Length
1.	"The Field (Live Acoustic 2006)"	Communion	8:19
2.	"Shot The Craw (Live Acoustic 2006)"	Communion	5:23
3.	"The Lost Plot (Live Acoustic 2006)"	Communion	4:53
4.	"Scattering Crows (Live Acoustic Version 2006)"	Communion	5:22
5.	"Innocent Party (Live 2005)"	Return to Childhood	5:08
6.	"Moving Targets (Live 2005)"	Return to Childhood	7:08
7.	"The Rookie (Live 2004)"	Scattering Crows	5:56
8.	"Zoo Class (Live 2004)"	Scattering Crows	5:01
9.	"Numbers (Live 2004)"	Scattering Crows	5:36
10.	"Moving Targets (Live 2004)"	Scattering Crows	5:42
11.	"Innocent Party (Live 2004)"	Scattering Crows	7:08

Personnel

• Fish (Derek W. Dick) – lead vocals
• Bruce Watson – guitars and e-bow
• Frank Usher – guitars, slide guitar
• Steve Vantsis – bass
• Mark Brzezicki – drums and percussion
• Tony Turrell – keyboards
• Dave Haswell – percussion
• Danny Gillan – backing vocals on 1,2,3,4,6,11
• Richard Sidwell – trumpet and flugel horn on 1,4,6,8,10
• Steve Hamilton – saxophone on 1,4,6,8,10
• Yatta, Lars K. Lande – "crowd" vocal on 1
• Irvin Duguid - clavinet on 6

Production

• Calum Malcolm – mastering
• Elliot Ness – producer, engineer, mixing
• Geoff Allan – assistant engineer
• Dave Axtell – artwork, design
• Mark Wilkinson – portraits
• Lars K. Lande – inside back photo

External links

• "Official Fish site: Discography and lyrics - studio albums". fish-thecompany.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.