Swimming with the Sharks

Swimming with the Sharks is the first studio album by American hard rock band Bulla, released in 1995 by Reprise Records. This is the only album with drummer Matt Price (who left the band in the middle of the tour) and the first with guitarist Doug Seymour. It spawned five singles: "Let It Die", "In My Head", "Real World", "Sandbox" and "Suit".
== Songs ==
No.	Title 	Words 	Music 	Lead Vocal 	Length
1 	"BND" 	John Langley 	Langley, Doug Seymour 	Mike Sullivan 	1:57
2 	"Night Angels" 	Langley, Brian McNamara	Langley, McNamara, Seymour 	McNamara 	3:56
3 	"665" 	Langley 	McNamara, Seymour 	McNamara 	1:37
4 	"Clean" 	Langley 	McNamara, Price, Seymour 	McNamara 	4:40
5 	"667" 	Langley 	Seymour 	Sullivan 	0:56
6 	"Happy and Bleeding"	Langley 	Langley 	Langley 	4:51
7 	"Let It Die" 	Langley 	Langley, McNamara, Price, Seymour, Sullivan	McNamara 	6:03
8 	"Suit" 	Langley, McNamara 	Langley, McNamara, Seymour, Sullivan 	McNamara 	3:55
9 	"Naughty Sister" 	Langley 	Langley, McNamara, Price, Seymour, Sullivan	McNamara 	2:38
10 	"The Silent Sun" 	Sullivan 	Langley, McNamara, Sullivan 	McNamara 	2:13
11 	"Sandbox" 	Langley, Sullivan 	Langley 	Langley, Sullivan	3:23
12 	"Real World" 	Langley 	Langley, McNamara, Seymour 	Sullivan 	5:32
13 	"In My Head" 	Langley 	Langley, McNamara, Seymour, Sullivan 	Sullivan 	3:29
14 	"City in Flames" 	Langley 	McNamara, Seymour 	McNamara 	3:33
15 	"Religion Worship" 	Langley 	McNamara, Sullivan 	Sullivan 	3:51
16 	"Here" 	Sullivan 	Langley, McNamara, Sullivan 	Sullivan 	9:08
;Hidden tracks 
* A conversation with John, Brian and Mike inserted between "Let It Die" and "Suit"
* "Here": The song ends at 3:38 and after a short period of silence, a jam entitled "Soundsmoke" starts at 5:02.
== Credits ==
;Bulla
* Brian McNamara - lead (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14) and background (1, 5, 7, 11, 15, 16) vocals, acoustic guitar (on "Let It Die", "City in Flames" and "Here"), electric guitar (1, 3–9, 11–15), flute (on "667" and "Silent Sun"), percussion (5, 6, 10, 13, 15)
* Matt Price - drums, caxixi (on "BND", "Sandbox" and "In My Head"), djembe (on "The Silent Sun"), reco-reco (on "665"), background vocals (5, 7, 11, 12, 14)
* Doug Seymour - electric guitars (all but 10), goblet drum (on "Clean" and "Suit"), mandola (on "The Silent Sun"), pedal steel guitar (on "Sandbox" and "Here"), bowed guitar (on "Religion Worship")
* John Langley - bass guitar, background (lead vocals on "Happy and Bleeding", co-lead vocals on "Sandbox") vocals (1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16)
* Mike Sullivan - lead (1, 5, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16; co-lead vocals on "Sandbox") and background (1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12) vocals, accordion (on "Naughty Sister"), keyboards, harmonium (on "Let It Die"), piano, samplers (on "Sandbox"), synthesizers
;Additional musicians
* Brendan O'Brien - additional background vocals on "City in Flames"; Hammond organ (on "Let It Die"); handclaps (on "Let It Die"); piano on "Here"
* Mark Gordon, Mauro Refosco - percussion
* Kevin Sullivan - accordion and handclaps on "Let It Die"; additional vocals on "Let It Die", "Suit" and "Sandbox"
* Michael Phillip Wojewoda - additional vocals on "667", "Let It Die", "Sandbox" and "Here", handclaps on "Let It Die", shaker, sound effects, synth (on "Sandbox")
;Production
* Bulla - production
* Michael Phillip Wojewoda - production, engineering
* Brendan O'Brien - mixing
* George Marino - mastering at Sterling Sound
Category:1996 albums
Category:MCA Records albums
Category:Hard rock albums by American artists
Category:Bulla albums