''A Triumph for Man'' is the first album by Danish band
Mew, released in April 1997 by the Danish record label Exlibris Musik.
Only 2,000 copies of the album were printed initially and prices for an original copy have reached upwards of US$200 on auction site
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On 18 September 2006 ''A Triumph for Man'' was re-released along with a CD with bonus material, including demos and acoustic versions of songs.
Track listing
# "Wheels over Me" – 2:33
# "Beautiful Balloon" – 4:27
# "Wherever" – 5:56
# "Panda" – 4:11
# "Then I Run" – 3:53
# "Life Is Not Distant" – 1:08
# "No Shadow Kick" – 3:06
# "Snowflake" – 3:30
# "
She Came Home for Christmas
She Came Home for Christmas is the second single by Danish alternative rock band Mew. The song was released after "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (For You)". The song originally appeared on the band's debut album '' A Triumph for Man'' in 1997, a ...
" – 4:54
# "Pink Monster" – 0:46
# "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (for You)" – 2:19
# "How Things Turn out to Be" – 0:44
# "Web" – 4:34
# "Coffee Break" – 4:37
2006 reissue bonus disc
# "Studio Snippet #1" – 0:31
# "Say You're Sorry" (ATFM Session) – 6:09
# "Beautiful Balloon" (acoustic) – 4:15
# "Web" (demo) – 5:42
# "Chinese Gun" (demo) – 3:06
# "Studio Snippet #2" – 0:30
# "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (For You)" (demo) – 1:43
# "Wheels over Me" (demo) – 2:48
# "Superfriends" (demo) – 4:40
Personnel
* Jonas Bjerre -
lead vocals,
guitars,
synthesizers,
accordion,
piano
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, glass
* Bo Madsen -
guitars,
synthesizers,
piano
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,
bell
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* Johan Wohlert -
bass,
backing vocals
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,
guitars,
synthesizers,
piano
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* Silas Graae -
drums,
percussion
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Singles
Mew only released one proper single from their first album, "
She Came Home for Christmas
She Came Home for Christmas is the second single by Danish alternative rock band Mew. The song was released after "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (For You)". The song originally appeared on the band's debut album '' A Triumph for Man'' in 1997, a ...
". However a promo-single "I Should Have Been a Tsin-Tsi (For You)" was released in March 1997, before the album.
References
Mew (band) albums
1997 debut albums
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