Label: Proper 

Reissued 8/18/2023, Originally released 1992

After a contract race with Creation and Opal Records, Catherine Wheel signed to Fontana. In June 1992, they released their debut album, Ferment, which was produced by Tim Friese-Greene, who had just recently finished working with Talk Talk. It's muscular rock was often mesmeric, and its lead single Black Metallic created huge interest. The album was ranked No 23 in Pitchfork's 50 Best Shoegaze albums of all time. Also included is the three-track live 12" EP, recorded at Bath Moles Club on 6 November 1991.

Track Listing:

1. Texture
2. I Want to Touch You
3. Black Metallic
4. Indigo Is Blue
5. She's My Friend
6. Shallow
7. Ferment
8. Flower to Hide
9. Tumbledown
10. Bill and Ben
11. Salt
12. Shallow (Live)
13. I Want to Touch You (Live)
14. Salt (Live)