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The Coral are an English band formed in 1996 in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula in England. The band first emerged during the early 2000s (decade) and found success with their debut album The Coral (2002) and follow up Magic and Medicine (2003). Their self-titled debut album was nominated for the 2002 Mercury Music Prize and later voted the fourth best album of the year by NME Magazine.
The band continued to record and tour throughout the decade releasing the albums The Invisible Invasion (2005) and Roots & Echoes (2007).
In 2008, guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones left the band however The Coral continued as a five-piece. Their sixth album Butterfly House was released in 2010.
Meeting at Hilbre High School in West Kirby on the Wirral Peninsula, the six friends would meet at each others' houses and the school music room where they would watch films, listen to music and play guitars. After leaving school they went on to jobs and university before quitting both to take up the band full time.
In 1996, Ian Skelly and Paul Duffy began jamming together using the name Hive. Ian's older brother James Skelly, Bill Ryder-Jones and Lee Southall joined soon after. The band briefly changed names to Oracle before settling on The Coral and the line-up was completed with the addition of Nick Power who joined in 1998.
Deal not the truth till you find the proof
And feel not the weight (wait?) can you step today
We go out we come in
And God knows where we've been
We go out we come in
And God knows where we've been
He knows where we've been
Deal from the path and place it on the stack
Pick out the card that's been there from the start
We go out we come in
And God knows where we've been
We go out we come in
And God knows where we've been
He knows where we've been
We go out we come in
And God knows where we've been
We go out we come in
And God knows where we've been
He knows where we've been