| Submarine Bells | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | August–October 1989 | |||
| Studio | Jacobs, Surrey | |||
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| Length | 35:52 | |||
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| Producer | Gary Smith | |||
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Submarine Bells is an album by New Zealand group the Chills, released in 1990. This was the band's first album on a major label, as Martin Phillipps signed to Warner Bros. Records subsidiary Slash Records, to release the album in the U.S. The album reached #1 on the New Zealand album charts and had significant support from American college radio. The album was awarded gold status in New Zealand and represents the peak of the Chills' popularity at home. It is considered to be one of the defining albums of the Dunedin sound. The supporting tour for Submarine Bells culminated in a triumphant home-coming concert in Dunedin Town Hall.