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 current guitarist Bill). The album contains their big hits such as "Let It Die", "Lithium", "Real World", "Sandbox" and "Suit".

Songs

 * Original version

Disc two (demos and outtakes):
 * Remastered version
 * Disc one contains the original album except the interludes
 * 1) "Big Devil" (John, Michael Philip Wojewoda) (included as a B-side for "Suit" single)
 * 2) "Pentagram" (Mike Sullivan) (included as a B-side for "Real World" 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) "Big Devil" (demo version, with Doug on lead vocals)
 * 6) "Suit" (demo version, with Mike on lead vocals)
 * 7) "Real World" (demo version, with Stanley on lead vocals)
 * 8) "Sandbox" (dubstep version)
 * 9) "Sandbox" (demo version, with John on lead vocals)
 * 10) "Let It Die" (demo version)
 * 11) "Down" (John)
 * 12) "Psycho Killer" (Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth)
 * 13) "Suit" (1995 demo)
 * 14) "Stewardess" (John, Mike Sullivan)

Credits

 * Bulla
 * Stanley Miller - lead (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, "Liquid Guy", "Lonely Avenue" and "Down") and background vocals, acoustic guitar (on "Let It Die", "Me Against the World", "Here" and "Down"), electric guitar (1, 2, 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, djembe, reco-reco, background vocals (5, 6, 11, 12, 14)
 * Doug Lawrence - electric and pedal steel guitars, mandola, goblet drum
 * John Langley - bass, background (lead vocal on "Big Devil") vocals (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 15, "Pentagram" and "Lonely Avenue")
 * Michael Sullivan - lead (background on 1, 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"), accordion (on "Sailor Moon"), acoustic guitar (on "Down") , keyboards, harmonium on "Let It Die (outro)", piano, samplers


 * Additional musicians
 * Brendan O'Brien - additional vocals on "Bad Company" and "Stewardess", Hammond organ (on "Let It Die" ans "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" and 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


 * Productionna
 * Bulla - production, additional engineering
 * Michael Phillip Wojewoda - co-production, engineering
 * Brendan O'Brien - co-production, engineering, mixing
 * George Marino - mastering (uncredited on original pressing)