Ferment (album)

Ferment
Studio album by Catherine Wheel
Released	1992
Recorded	1991–1992
Studio	Monnow Valley Studio, Rockfield, Wales
Genre	Shoegaze alternative rock dream pop
Length	57:10
Label	Fontana
Producer	Tim Friese-Greene John Lee
Catherine Wheel chronology
Painful Thing (1991) Ferment (1992) Chrome (1993)
Singles from Ferment
"Black Metallic" Released: 11 November 1991 "Balloon" Released: 27 January 1992 "I Want to Touch You" Released: 6 April 1992

Ferment is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Catherine Wheel, released in 1992 by Fontana Records.^[1] Produced by Tim Friese-Greene and John Lee, the album combined aspects of shoegazing, alternative rock and neo psychedelia. Ferment is the only album to contain the neo psychedelia element of the band's discography. Their next album, Chrome, produced with famed alternative rock producer Gil Norton, shifted the musical direction of the band. While Ferment was originally not all that successful in the charts, the album continues to be well received by critics and fans, even 30 years after its release.