Dutch Harbor – Where the Sea Breaks Its Back

Dutch Harbor – Where the Sea Breaks Its Back is an album by post-rock/ambient musical collective Boxhead Ensemble, released on March 11, 1997 through Atavistic Records. It consists of an alternative live soundtrack for the 1998 documentary film Dutch Harbor.

Dutch Harbor – Where the Sea Breaks Its Back
Soundtrack album by Boxhead Ensemble
Released	March 11, 1997
Recorded	July 10, 1996 at Truckstop Audio Recording Company, Chicago, IL
Genre	Post-rock
Length	69:54
Label	Atavistic
Boxhead Ensemble chronology
Dutch Harbor – Where the Sea Breaks Its Back (1997) The Last Place to Go (1998)

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Introduction"		5:01
2.	"Unalaska Island"		1:16
3.	"For the Glory of the Wind and the Water"		4:03
4.	"Ship Supply"		9:44
5.	"Telegraph Hill"		4:12
6.	"The Ravens"		8:08
7.	"Mother Gromoff"		1:19
8.	"Captain's Bay Road"		4:33
9.	"At Sea"		13:06
10.	"The Valley"		10:19
11.	"Ebb's Folly"	Will Oldham	4:53
12.	"In Closing"		3:20

Personnel

Musicians

• Joe Ferguson – guitar (10, 12)
• David Grubbs – guitar (6, 9, 10, 12)
• Charles Kim – guitar (1–3, 9, 10, 12), violin (4, 10), piano (12)
• Michael Krassner – musical direction, guitar (4, 10), piano (5), mixing, mastering
• Doug McCombs – bass guitar (6, 10, 12)
• Mother Gromoff – voice (7)
• Jim O'Rourke – guitar (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11)
• Will Oldham – vocals (11), guitar (11)
• Rick Rizzo – guitar (6)
• Buck Rogers – voice (12)
• Ken Vandermark – reeds (1, 3, 4, 6)
• David Williams – voice (3)

Production and additional personnel

• Braden King – engineering, mixing, mastering, tape (4)