Speak
Compilation album by No-Man
Released	August 1999
Recorded	1988 to 1989, 1999
Genre	Ambient, Art rock
Length	50:54
Label	Hidden Art, Snapper Music
Producer	Tim Bowness, Steven Wilson
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No-Man chronology
Radio Sessions: 1992-96 (1998) Speak (1999) Lost Songs Vol - 1 (2001)

Speak is a compilation album consisting of previously obscure material by British Art rock band No-Man. Originally, recorded between 1988 and 1989^[1], the songs were re-mixed and re-sung in 1999 (during the band's sessions for Returning Jesus). Before Speak the songs in the track list had only been released on cassette earlier in the band's history.^[2]

Snapper Music's 2005 reissue of Speak adds the bonus track "The Hidden Art Of Man Ray" (an untreated improvisation from 1988). The track also appears as a second disc on Tonefloat's vinyl release of Speak.

The version of Nick Drake's Pink Moon was originally featured on the 1991 Nick Drake tribute album, Brittle Days.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Bowness / Wilson, except:

(1,6) - Coleman / Wilson, (2) - Nick Drake, (7) - Donovan Leitch, (11) - Bowness

1. Speak (1.24)
2. Pink moon (3.03)
3. Iris murdoch cut me down (4.33)
4. Curtain dream (3.01)
5. Heaven's break (3.22)
6. French tree terror suspect (2.59)
7. River song (2.01)
8. Riverrun (4.44)
9. The ballet beast (1.27)
10. Night sky sweet earth (6.37)
11. Life with picasso (3.26)
12. Death and dodgson's dreamchild (2.19)
13. The hidden art of man ray [Bonus track] (11.42)

[edit] Musicians

• Tim Bowness - vocals, words, guitar (11)
• Steven Wilson - instruments, backing vocals (8,10)
• Stuart Blagden - guitar (13)
• Ben Coleman - violin (1,6,10,13)
• Richard Felix - cello (6,9), harmonica (5)

[edit] References

1. ^ No-Man recordings - "Speak"
2. ^ No-Man Music - Prog Archives