Swimming with the Sharks

Swimming with the Sharks is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Bulla, released in 1996 by MCA/Trauma Records. This is the only album with drummer Matt Price and the first with guitarist Doug Lawrence (brother of second guitarist Bill). The album spawned five singles: "Let It Die", "Lithium", "Real World", "Sandbox" and "Suit".

Songs

 * Original version

Disc two (demos and outtakes):
 * Remastered version
 * Disc one contains the original remastered album
 * 1) "Pentagram" (Mike Sullivan) (included as a B-side for "Real World" single)
 * 2) "Big Devil" (John, Michael Philip Wojewoda) (included as a B-side for "Suit" single)
 * 3) "Liquid Guy" (John, S. Miller) (included as a B-side for "Lithium" single)
 * 4) "Lonely Avenue" (M. Price, M. Sullivan) (included as a B-side for "Let It Die" single)
 * 5) "Down" (John)
 * 6) "Stewardess" (John, Mike Sullivan)
 * 7) "Big Devil" (demo version, with Doug on lead vocals)
 * 8) "Suit" (demo version, with Mike on lead vocals)
 * 9) "Real World" (demo version, with Stanley on lead vocals)
 * 10) "Sandbox" (demo 1)
 * 11) "Sandbox" (demo 2, with John on lead vocals)
 * 12) "Let It Die" (demo version)
 * 13) "Suit" (1995 demo)
 * 14) "Untitled Instrumental"

Credits

 * Bulla
 * Stanley Miller - lead (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, "Liquid Guy", "Lonely Avenue" and "Down") and background (1, 5, 7, 15, 16 and "Lonely Avenue") vocals, acoustic guitar (on "Let It Die", "Me Against the World", "Here" and "Down"), electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, "Pentagram", "Big Devil", "Liquid Guy", "Down" and "Stewardess") , flute (on "The Knife" and "Silent Sun") , percussion (5, 6, 10, 13, 15) , E-Bow (on "Down")
 * Matt Price - drums, caxixi (on "BND", "Sandbox", "Sailor Moon"), djembe (on "The Silent Sun") , reco-reco (on "Untitled #1") , background vocals (5, 6, 11, 12, 14)
 * Doug Lawrence - electric guitars (all but 10), goblet drum (on "The Knife" and "Suit") , mandola (on "The Silent Sun") , pedal steel guitar (on "Sandbox" and "Here") , bowed guitar (on "Me Against the World")
 * John Langley - bass, background (co-lead vocals on "Sandbox"; lead vocal on "Big Devil") vocals (1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 15, "Pentagram" and "Lonely Avenue")
 * Michael Sullivan - lead (background on 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 and "Down") vocals (1, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, "Pentagram", "Lonely Avenue", "Psycho Killer" and "Stewardess"; co-lead vocals on "Sandbox"), accordion (on "Sailor Moon"), acoustic guitar (on "Down") , keyboards, harmonium on "Let It Die", piano, samplers (on "Sandbox", "Pentagram" and "Down")


 * Additional musicians
 * Brendan O'Brien - additional background vocals on "Bad Company" and "Stewardess"; Hammond organ (on "Let It Die" and "Down") ; handclaps on "Let It Die"; piano on "Here" and "Lonely Avenue"
 * Mark Gordon, Mauro Refosco - percussion
 * Kevin Sullivan - accordion and handclaps on "Let It Die"; additional vocals on "Let It Die", "Suit", "Sandbox" and "Lonely Avenue"
 * Michael Phillip Wojewoda - additional vocals on "No Title #2", "Let It Die", "Sandbox", "Here" and "Big Devil", handclaps on "Let It Die", shaker, sound effects, synth (on "Sandbox")


 * Production
 * Bulla - production, additional engineering
 * Michael Phillip Wojewoda - co-production, engineering
 * Brendan O'Brien - co-production, engineering, mixing
 * George Marino - mastering at Sterling Sound