Swimming with the Sharks

Swimming with the Sharks is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Bulla, released in 1995 by Reprise Records. This is the only album with drummer Matt Price and the first with guitarist Doug Lawrence (brother of future guitarist Bill). The album spawned five singles: "Let It Die", "Dirty Teacher", "Real World", "Sandbox" and "Suit".

Songs

 * 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 Rosenberg - lead (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14) and background (1, 5, 7, 15, 16) vocals, acoustic guitar (on "Let It Die", "City in Flames" and "Here"), electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14) , flute (on "The Knife" 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, 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 "Dry")
 * John Langley - bass, background (co-lead vocals on "Sandbox") vocals (1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 15)
 * Mike Sullivan - lead (background on 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12) vocals (1, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16" co-lead vocals on "Sandbox"), accordion (on "Dirty Teacher") , keyboards, harmonium on "Let It Die", piano, samplers (on "Sandbox")


 * 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