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In a Bar, Under the Sea is the second studio album by Belgian rock band Deus. The cover art was designed by guitarist Rudy Trouvé. The original Belgian release was by Bang!, with the only difference that track 14 is simply named "Roses", like the single.

In a Bar, Under the Sea
Studio album by Deus
Released	14 September 1996
Genre	Experimental rock, art rock, jazz rock
Length	60:26
Label	Bang!, Island
Producer	Eric Drew Feldman
Deus chronology
My Sister = My Clock (EP) (1995) In a Bar, Under the Sea (1996) The Ideal Crash (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Guardian	[2]
Pitchfork	8.1/10[3]
Spin	8/10[4]

The album was produced by Eric Drew Feldman (who was keyboard and bass player for Captain Beefheart in the late seventies and early eighties) and welcomes guests such as Scott McCloud from Girls Against Boys (on Fell Off the Floor, Man), Dana Colley from Morphine (on Supermarketsong) and Bart Maris from X-Legged Sally (on Nine Threads).

In a Bar, Under the Sea reached Gold in Belgium (selling over 25,000 copies) and sold around 250,000 copies worldwide.[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Don't Mind What Ever Happens"	Stef Kamil Carlens	0:46
2.	"Fell Off the Floor, Man"	Tom Barman Jules de Borgher Carlens Rudy Trouvé Craig Ward	5:13
3.	"Opening Night"	Barman de Borgher Carlens Ward Klaas Janzoons	1:38
4.	"Theme from Turnpike"	Barman	5:46
5.	"Little Arithmetics"	Barman Ward	4:30
6.	"Gimme the Heat"	Barman Carlens Ward	7:38
7.	"Serpentine"	Barman	3:17
8.	"A Shocking Lack Thereof"	Barman Carlens Janzoons Ward	5:52
9.	"Supermarketsong"	Barman Carlens Trouvé	1:56
10.	"Memory of a Festival"	Barman	1:52
11.	"Guilty Pleasures"	Barman de Borgher Carlens Janzoons Ward	4:23
12.	"Nine Threads"	Ward	3:34
13.	"Disappointed in the Sun"	Barman Piet Jorens	6:03
14.	"For the Roses" (also named "Roses")	Barman Carlens	4:57
15.	"Wake Me Up Before I Sleep"	Tom Barman	2:53
Total length:			60:26

Personnel

• Stef Kamil Carlens: vocal, guitar, bass, double bass, percussion, claps
• Tom Barman: vocal, guitar, Hammond, Talkback, samples, percussion, synthesiser, cma^s
• Jules de Borgher: drums, percussion, bells, claps
• Craig Ward: vocal, guitar, sax, mandolin, claps, ukulele, slide guitar
• Klaas Janzoons: vocal, percussion, Talkback, piano, violin, synthesiser, beatbox, claps
• Rudy Trouvé: vocal, piccolo, harmonica, guitar, ukulele
• Didier Fontaine: Vocal
• Scott MCloud: "philosophy"
• Eric Drew Feldman: Hammond, percussion, egg, piano
• Pieter Lamot: trombone
• Ian Humphries: violin
• Charles Mutter: violin
• Nic Pendlebury: viola
• Deirdre Cooper: cello
• Dana Colley: saxophones
• Vincienne: claps
• Jim Brumby: claps, rate and depth
• Piet Jorens: piano, gong
• Bart Maris: trumpet

Singles

• "Theme from Turnpike" (June 1996)- #68 UK
• "Little Arithmetics" (October 1996)- #44 UK
• "For the Roses" (December 1996)- #56 UK
• "Fell Off the Floor, Man" - Belgian only single (June 1997)

Charts references: https://www.officialcharts.com/ [6]

References

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