''Ideas Above Our Station'' is the first studio album by the English
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...
band,
Hundred Reasons
Hundred Reasons are an English alternative rock band from Aldershot, Hampshire, and Teddington, South West London, formed in 1999. The band consists of Colin Doran (vocals), Larry Hibbitt (guitar, vocals), Andy Gilmour (bass) and Andy Bews (dru ...
, released on 20 May 2002 on
Columbia Records. The album reached number 6 in the
UK Albums Chart
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and is the band's most commercially successful album to date.
In 2012, the band got together after a three-year break to celebrate the album's ten-year anniversary.
Artwork
The album
cover art is a stylised photograph of the
Lloyd's Building
The Lloyd's building (sometimes known as the Inside-Out Building) is the home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London. It is located on the former site of East India House in Lime Street, in London's main financial district, the City of ...
in London.
Track listing
# "I'll Find You"
# "Answers"
# "Dissolve"
# "What Thought Did"
# "If I Could"
# "Falter"
# "Shine"
# "Drowning"
# "Oratorio"
# "Silver"
# "Gone Too Far"
# "Avalanche"
# "Remmus" (Bonus Track)
# "No.5" (Bonus Track)
Personnel
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Andy Bews - drums
*
Colin Doran Colin may refer to:
* Colin (given name)
* Colin (surname)
* ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie
* Colin (horse) (1905–1932), thoroughbred racehorse
* Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, ...
- lead vocals, keyboard
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Andy Gilmour - bass guitar
*
Larry Hibbitt
Larry Hibbitt is a record producer from Wandsworth, London. He is guitarist/vocalist in the post-hardcore band Hundred Reasons. As a writer/producer he has worked with Nothing but Thieves, Marmozets, Sundara Karma, Saint Raymond, High Tyd ...
- guitar, vocals, lead vocals (chorus of "Shine")
*
Paul Townsend
Paul Kingsley Townsend FRS (; born 3 March 1951) is a British physicist, currently a Professor of Theoretical Physics in Cambridge University's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. He is notable for his work on string the ...
- guitar, vocals, lead vocals (verses of "Silver")
*
Dave Sardy
David Stuart Sardy (born 1967), more commonly known as D. Sardy, is an American composer, musician, songwriter, and multiple Grammy winning record producer. He came to prominence as the leader of 1990s noise rock band Barkmarket before turning ...
- producer
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Greg Fidelman
Greg Fidelman (born September 4, 1965) is an American record mixer, engineer and record producer. He is a frequent collaborator of producer Rick Rubin, and has worked with many bands in various genres, including Metallica, Slayer, High on Fire, B ...
- engineering
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Greg Gordon - editing, additional engineering
*Juan Garcia - second engineer
*Peter - second engineer
*
Jennifer Paola - production coordinator
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Stephen Marcussen
Stephen Marcussen is the founder and chief mastering engineer at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California, United States. He has been mastering music since 1979.
Biography
Marcussen's introduction to music recording happened in 1976 when, at ...
- mastering
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Stewart Whitmore - digital editing
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Steve Gullick - photography
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Dave Goodchild - photography
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Mark Unwin / Precession Industries - design, illustration
Charts
Singles
Certifications
References
2002 albums
Hundred Reasons albums
Columbia Records albums
Albums produced by Dave Sardy
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