Dutch Harbor – Where the Sea Breaks Its Back

Dutch Harbor – Where the Sea Breaks Its Back
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)

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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.

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)