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Take Fountain

Take Fountain
Take Fountain album cover.jpeg
Studio album by The Wedding Present
Released 14 February 2005
Recorded Summer 2004
Genre Indie rock
Length 46:44
Label Scopitones
Producer Steve Fisk, David Gedge
The Wedding Present chronology
Saturnalia
(1996)Saturnalia1996
Take Fountain
(2005)
Search for Paradise: Singles 2004–5
(2006)Search for Paradise: Singles 2004–52006
Singles from Take Fountain
  1. "Interstate 5"
    Released: 15 November 2004
  2. "I'm from Further North Than You"
    Released: 11 April 2005
  3. "Ringway to SeaTac"
    Released: 24 October 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars
Pitchfork 6.9/10 stars

Take Fountain is the sixth studio album by The Wedding Present. It was released in the UK on 14 February 2005, through Scopitones Records, and a day later in the US through Manifesto Records.

David Gedge originally recorded Take Fountain as the fourth Cinerama album, but after the break-up of his relationship with fellow Cinerama founder Sally Murrell, Gedge decided that this darker record should be released under his Wedding Present name. Take Fountain is the band's first album release since 1996's Saturnalia, and returns to the noisy, jangly, intelligent indie sound of old.

In Los Angeles, Fountain Avenue is a minor east-west street, between and parallel to Sunset Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard, two very congested arteries. Therefore, when Johnny Carson asked Bette Davis for advice on "the best way an aspiring starlet could get into Hollywood," Ms. Davis replied without hesitation, "Take Fountain!"

The US version does not include "On Ramp."

All the songs were written by David Gedge and Simon Cleave


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