The Coral
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Hoylake, England |
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| Genre(s) | Indie rock Psych folk |
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| Years active | 1996–present | |
| Label(s) | Deltasonic | |
| Website | Official website | |
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| James Skelly Ian Skelly Bill Ryder-Jones Nick Power Lee Southall Paul Duffy John Duffy |
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The Coral are an English band formed in 1996 in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula near Liverpool.
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[edit] Members
The band is formed from neighbourhood friends:-
- James Skelly - lead vocals & steel-string acoustic guitar
- Ian Skelly - drums
- Bill Ryder-Jones - lead guitar, bass guitar & trumpet
- Nick Power - keyboards, organ & vocals
- Lee Southall - rhythm guitar & vocals
- Paul Duffy - bass guitar & saxophone
- John Duffy - percussion (became an official member in 2003)
[edit] History
The band started as prominent members of the Liverpool music scene, playing many gigs around the city. The Coral are signed to the Deltasonic record label and their distinctive musical style has strongly influenced many other of the Liverpool-based label's acts, including The Zutons, The Dead 60s and The Basement.
The Coral have so far released three full-length albums - their self titled debut The Coral (2002), its 2003 follow up Magic and Medicine and their most recent work, 2005's The Invisible Invasion, as well as a 'mini-album' Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker (2004). The first two albums, including Nightfreak... were produced by The Lightning Seeds singer/songwriter Ian Broudie, whilst Portishead's Adrian Utley and Geoff Barrow were in charge of The Invisible Invasion.
The band plays an unusual style of music which is a mixture of old fashioned country, 1960s-style psychedelica and folk with modern rock and roll influences. Their music is often used in the soundtracks to many TV adverts and programmes making their music well known, though the band themselves are still yet to achieve mainstream success.
The Coral are currently in the studio, working on their fourth full-length album. No details of the album have been released thus far.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Jul 2002 The Coral - #5 UK
- Jul 2003 Magic and Medicine - #1 UK
- Jan 2004 Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker (mini-album) - #5 UK
- May 2005 The Invisible Invasion - #3 UK
[edit] Singles
- Jul 2001 Shadows Fall (EP) - Limited edition EP, not eligible
- Dec 2001 The Oldest Path (EP) - Limited edition EP, not eligible
- Apr 2002 Skeleton Key (EP) - EP, not eligible
- Jul 2002 "Goodbye" - #21 UK
- Oct 2002 "Dreaming of You" #13 UK
- Mar 2003 "Don't Think You're the First" - #10 UK
- Jul 2003 "Pass It On" - #5 UK
- Oct 2003 "Secret Kiss" - #25 UK
- Nov 2003 "Bill McCai" - #23 UK
- May 2005 "In the Morning" - #6 UK
- Aug 2005 "Something Inside of Me" - #41 UK
[edit] Trivia
- The record label Deltasonic was created by ex-Shack drummer Alan Wills because he was so impressed by The Coral and was quick to sign them.
- The debut, self titled album of 2002 was nominated for The Mercury Music Prize the day after release.
- Vocalist/Guitarist, James Skelly was amazed at how his fans do not recognise him after sitting next to one, at a Liverpool football match, who had been telling his friends how much he liked one of their songs.
- The song "Dreaming of You," from their debut album was featured on the television show Scrubs.
