{{for-multi|the Bethany Cosentino album|Natural Disaster (album){{!}}''Natural Disaster'' (album)|other uses|natural disaster (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album| | name = A Natural Disaster | type = studio | artist = Anathema | cover = Anathema - A Natural Disaster (cover).jpg | alt = | released = 3 November 2003 | recorded = July–August 2003 | venue = | studio = Parkgate Studios, Battle, East Sussex, UK | genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|progressive rock}} | length = {{Duration|m=55|s=23}} | label = Music for Nations | producer = Anathema, Dan Turner | prev_title = Resonance 2 | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = Hindsight | next_year = 2008 }}
'''''A Natural Disaster''''' is the seventh album by the British rock band Anathema. It was released on 3 November 2003 in the United Kingdom and on 24 February 2004 in the United States through Music for Nations.
==Background== This is the first album to feature the band's original bassist Jamie Cavanagh, brother of Daniel and twin to Vincent, who returned in 2001 having left in 1991 prior to any major releases.
== Track listing == {{Album reviews |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{AllMusic | class=album | id=a-natural-disaster-mw0000327501 | title=A Natural Disaster - Anathema | first=Thom | last=Jurek | accessdate=8 April 2020}}</ref> |rev2 = Silencio Hungary |rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}} <ref>{{cite web | url=http://silencio.freeblog.hu/archives/2011/04/16/Anathema_-_A_Natural_Disaster_2003 | title=Anathema - A Natural Disaster (2003) // Silencio | date=16 April 2011 | accessdate=9 March 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331162319/http://silencio.freeblog.hu/archives/2011/04/16/Anathema_-_A_Natural_Disaster_2003 | archivedate=31 March 2012}}</ref> |rev3 = Chronicles of Chaos |rev3score = {{Rating|8|10}} <ref name="chroniclesofchaos">{{cite web | url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-3375_anathema_a_natural_disaster.aspx | title=Anathema - A Natural Disaster : Review | last=Azevedo | first=Pedro | website=Chronicles of Chaos | date=30 January 2004 | accessdate=7 April 2011}}</ref> }}
{{tracklist | all_writing = Daniel Cavanagh, except where noted | total_length = 55:23 | title1 = Harmonium | length1 = 5:28 | title2 = Balance | length2 = 3:59 | note2 = D. Cavanagh, Vincent Cavanagh, John Douglas | title3 = Closer | length3 = 6:20 | title4 = Are You There? | length4 = 4:59 | title5 = Childhood Dream | length5 = 2:11 | title6 = Pulled Under at 2000 Metres a Second | length6 = 5:23 | title7 = A Natural Disaster | length7 = 6:28 | title8 = Flying | length8 = 5:57 | title9 = Electricity | length9 = 3:52 | title10 = Violence | length10 = 10:46 }}
==Personnel== === Band members === * Vincent Cavanagh – vocals, guitars, vocoder * John Douglas – drums * Les Smith – keyboards, programming * Jamie Cavanagh – bass, programming * Danny Cavanagh – guitars, keyboards, vocals on "Are You There?" and "Electricity"
=== Guest musicians === * Anna Livingstone – additional vocals on "Are You There?" * Lee Douglas – vocals on "A Natural Disaster"
=== Production === * Travis Smith – artwork * Les Smith – engineering * Dan Turner – producer, engineering * Nick Griffiths – engineering assistant
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