Dutch Harbor – Where the Sea Breaks Its Back

1997 soundtrack album by Boxhead Ensemble

Soundtrack album by

Boxhead Ensemble

Released

March 11, 1997

Recorded

July 10, 1996 at Truckstop Audio Recording Company, Chicago, IL

Genre

Post-rock

Length

69:54

Label

Atavistic

Boxhead Ensemble chronology

Dutch Harbor – Where the Sea Breaks Its Back
(1997)

The Last Place to Go
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	^[1]

Dutch Harbor – Where the Sea Breaks Its Back is an album by post-rock/ambient musical collective Boxhead Ensemble, released on March 11, 1997 through Atavistic Records. It consists of an alternative live soundtrack for the 1998 documentary film Dutch Harbor.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Introduction"		5:01
2.	"Unalaska Island"		1:16
3.	"For the Glory of the Wind and the Water"		4:03
4.	"Ship Supply"		9:44
5.	"Telegraph Hill"		4:12
6.	"The Ravens"		8:08
7.	"Mother Gromoff"		1:19
8.	"Captain's Bay Road"		4:33
9.	"At Sea"		13:06
10.	"The Valley"		10:19
11.	"Ebb's Folly"	Will Oldham	4:53
12.	"In Closing"		3:20

Personnel

Musicians

Joe Ferguson – guitar (10, 12)
David Grubbs – guitar (6, 9, 10, 12)
Charles Kim – guitar (1–3, 9, 10, 12), violin (4, 10), piano (12)
Michael Krassner – musical direction, guitar (4, 10), piano (5), mixing, mastering
Doug McCombs – bass guitar (6, 10, 12)
Mother Gromoff – voice (7)
Jim O'Rourke – guitar (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11)
Will Oldham – vocals (11), guitar (11)
Rick Rizzo – guitar (6)
Buck Rogers – voice (12)
Ken Vandermark – reeds (1, 3, 4, 6)
David Williams – voice (3)

Production and additional personnel

Braden King – engineering, mixing, mastering, tape (4)

References

^ Gilman, Marc. "Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back". Allmusic. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
^ "Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: Factory25.com". Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-01-27.