Belly are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their second album, “King”, with a Record Store Day reissue of the album and a tour where they’ll play it in full. Featuring the line-up that made the album (Tanya Donelly, Gail Greenwood, Chris Gorman and Thomas Gorman), the shows will be “An Evening with Belly,” featuring the “King” set followed by a second set of songs from debut album “Star” and the rest of their catalogue. “King” was the second studio album by American alternative rock band Belly, released on February 13th, 1995.
The “King” 30th anniversary edition that’s being released for Record Store Day has been remastered by Kevin Vanbergen and features faithful reproductions of designer Chris Bigg’s original sleeve art and has been pressed on green vinyl. Watch videos for singles “Seal My Fate,” “Super-Connected” and “Now They’ll Sleep,” “King” 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.
The Rhode Island-based dream pop band, fronted by Tanya Donelly, who had spent time in both the Breeders and Throwing Muses, broke through in a big way. Belly‘s dreamy alternative rock connected with audiences in the United States and the United Kingdom, driven by the success of the single “Feed the Tree”
“King” was listed at number seven “15 Overlooked and Underrated Albums of the 1990s”
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