''How to Make Friends and Influence People'' is the second album by the

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, released in 1994 on Total Vegas Recordings. "

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", " Middleman", "Pretend Best Friend", "Alice What's the Matter", and "Some People Say" were all released as singles. The title refers to the

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''. The album was recorded in 17 days.

Production

''How to Make Friends and Influence People'' was recorded with producer

Gil Norton Gil Norton (born in Liverpool) is an English record producer known for his work with alternative rock bands such as Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters, Tribe, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Feeder, The Distillers, Maxïmo Par ...

and engineer Al Clay; they were assisted by engineer Mike Cyr. Norton and Chris Sheldon mixed the album at The Church in London, with assistance from Elliot Ness and John McDonnell.

Anniversary tours

The 15th anniversary of the release of the album was commemorated by tours in April and December 2009, whereby the band played the entire album from start to finish; the first time the album has been played live in its entirety. During the first leg of the tour, at the larger venues a recording of the show was available for purchase immediately afterwards. The album was played in full again in May 2019 during a short UK tour to commemorate its 25th anniversary.

Track listing

All tracks written by Terrorvision. #"Alice What's the Matter" – 2:43 #"

" – 3:03 #"Stop the Bus" – 3:43 #"Discotheque Wreck" – 3:17 #" Middleman" – 3:32 #"Still the Rhythm" – 3:32 #"Ten Shades of Grey" – 3:03 #"Stab in the Back" – 4:51 #"Pretend Best Friend" – 3:47 #"Time O the Signs" – 3:25 #"What the Doctor Ordered" – 2:17 #"Some People Say" – 3:03 #"What Makes You Tick" (includes

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) – 14:34 The hidden track is a very low quality collection of sounds recorded by the band in New York, where the album was recorded.

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. Terrorvision * Tony Wright – vocals * Shutty – drums * Mark Yates – guitars * Leigh Marklew – bass Additional musicians * Mark Phythian – programmer *

Audrey Riley Audrey Riley is an English cellist and string arranger, based in the UK. Career Riley trained at the Guildhall School of Music with Leonard Stehn. She was a cellist for Virginia Astley from 1983 to 1986 and a one-time auxiliary member of The Fam ...

– string arranger, backing vocals (track 5) * Billy McGhee – string arranger * Anita Madigan – backing vocals (tracks 2, 4 and 13) * Enrico Tomasso –

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(track 9) * Spry Galliano – percussion (track 8) Production and design *

– producer, mixing * Al Clay – engineer * Mike Cyr – assistant engineer * Chris Sheldon – mixing * Elliot Ness – assistant * John McDonnell – assistant * Terrorvision – design * Union Design – design * Bob Gruen – photography

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1994 albums Terrorvision albums Albums produced by Gil Norton