Mare Tranquillitatis - in The Arts

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• The Israeli psych-progressive rock band Jericho Jones recorded a song named "Mare Tranquilitatas" as the opening track of their UK album release (1971) "Junkies, Monkeys & Donkeys". The band is also known as The Churchills.
• Mare Tranquillitatis is also the name of a composition of music by composer Vangelis on his 1976 album, Albedo 0.39 and is in reference to the selenographical term.
• Sea of Tranquility is also a song by the progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest, included in their 1977 album Gone to Earth. The composition was written by the band keyboardist Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme.
• Singer songwriter Tommy Shaw (best known for his work with the rock band Styx) is associated with a number of references to the Sea of Tranquility. Tranquility Base Songs is his publishing company. He called his farm Tranquility Base Farms. A number of his songs mention Tranquility Base or simply "tranquility." Examples include: Boat On The River, "And all roads lead to Tranquility Base" (from the 1979 album Cornerstone), Everything Is Cool – "We are a Sea of Tranquillity" (from the 1999 album Brave New World), and These Are the Times – "We know the end will bring tranquility" (from the 2003 album Cyclorama).
• Sea of Tranquillity is the title of a 1994 novel by Paul Russell.
• Six Finger Satellite included a song named Sea of Tranquility, Parts 1 & 2 from their 1998 album Law of Ruins.
• The Dutch stoner rock/space rock band 35007 released a 2001 EP named Sea of Tranquility.
• Dutch producer Maarten van der Vleuten/In-Existence released a song titled "Mare Tranquillitatis" on his album Vow Of Silence released on Tonefloat in 2005.
• Howard Korder wrote a play called Sea of Tranquility.
• The Brazilian rock band from the 80s RPM mentions the Sea of Tranquillity in their hit song "Radio Pirata".
• "Sea of Tranquillity" is a song by space ambient artist, John Stanford.
• The Sea of Tranquility is the name of a book by Mark Haddon, author of the best-selling The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
• "Transmissions from The Sea of Tranquility" is the name of the music album by The Samples, released September, 30 1997.
• The Houston, Texas based progressive metal band Galactic Cowboys recorded a song named "Sea of Tranquility" as the sixth track on their 1991 self-titled debut album.