''Kleptomania'' is the fourth and final album by English

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Mansun Mansun were an English alternative rock band, formed in Chester in 1995. The band comprised vocalist/rhythm guitarist Paul Draper, bassist Stove King, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Dominic Chad, and drummer Andie Rathbone. It was announced ...

, released posthumously in September 2004, following the band's split, as a

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. The first CD features the material that was to form the basis of the band's next album, which was originally going to be self-titled, and the other 2 CDs feature EP tracks, outtakes and demos. The band split up while recording songs for the album ''Kleptomania'', leaving unfinished tracks that were never released. An extensive explanation of the break-up has never been made public although a press release by Paul Draper stated that the band had simply "grown apart".

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had originally not intended to release the material until an online petition, which gained over 4000 signatures, demonstrated that there was demand for it from fans. Draper was not in a positive frame of mind about Mansun at the time, but agreed to work on the material after EMI contacted him, on the basis that the material would be released as part of a boxset featuring other material.

Notes

Recording

Despite previewing several tracks from Kleptomania live on what was Mansun's final tour of 2002, Stove King's playing did not feature on any of the tracks which were included. Instead Dominic Chad and Paul Draper shared bass duties. Kleptomania was recorded at several locations including St. Catherine's Court, a recording studio owned by

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, where fellow

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act Radiohead recorded their acclaimed '' OK Computer'' album, and at

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, which has been used by acts such as

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and

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. Paul Draper later stated that the band split in the middle of recording "Cry 2 My Face". Paul Draper states in the sleeve notes that "Good Intentions Heal the Soul" was always intended to conclude the album. The song features one of the singer's most open lyrics throughout Mansun's career; Draper had attempted to write lyrics which were more direct.

Song information

The boxset includes a retrospect by Paul Draper in which he talks about each track included on the album. ''Kleptomania'' contains a number of

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. The first disc contains an instrumental called "The Dog from Two Doors Down" (credited to "The Nurk Twins"). The third disc contains three: "Thief", different mix of an earlier EP B-side track; "Witness to an Opera" an instrumental version of a song from the band's second album ''

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''; and "Stupid Open Space" a jazz-funk cover of Wide Open Space (credited to Mike Hunter). The tracks for Disc 2 were selected by an online poll on the band's official website which allowed fans to choose any of the band's releases whether a non-album single or B-side singles. Paul Draper also chose to include "When the Wind Blows" and "Decisions, Decisions", which weren't in the top 20 tracks voted by fans. "Slipping Away" was released as a download and 7" only single prior to the full release of ''Kleptomania''. "Getting Your Way" was featured as the B-Side. In recent interviews Paul Draper stated that if the band had stayed together and released the fourth album properly, they would have issued "Love Remains" as the lead-off single. "Rock 'n' Roll Loser" was mentioned on fan site ''Mansunite'', and was talked about on there as the possible first single from ''Little Kix''. As mentioned in the sleeve notes of Kleptomania, the band soon lost interest in it and it was left in the vaults until its addition on disc 3 of ''Kleptomania''. "Shot by Both Sides" is not only a Magazine cover, but also one of the few Mansun songs sung by lead guitarist Dominic Chad. "South of the Painted Hall" is an unreleased track was recorded in 2001 during the intended sessions for the 4th Mansun album. It was released in 2006 as a free download available to buyers of their compilation album; '' Legacy: Best Of''.

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by Paul Draper; Except where indicated.

Disc one

;Note: Instrumental track between "Slipping Away" and "Keep Telling Myself" composed and performed by Dominic Chad, from ''The Parrot Sessions''

Disc two

Disc three

Personnel

Mansun

* Paul Draper *

Dominic Chad Dominic Chad (born 5 June 1972 in Exeter, Devon, England) is an English people, English musician, formerly the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, arranger and co-writer of the rock band Mansun. Biography Early days Born in Exeter, Devon, Chad gre ...

* Stove King * Andie Rathbone ;Early band members *Carlton Hibbert (1995–1996) *Mark Swinnerton (1995–1996) * Julian Fenton (1996)

Technical

;CD1 ''The 4th Album Sessions'' * Paul Draper – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards *

– backing vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards * Andie Rathbone – drums, percussion * Richard Rainey and Paul Draper - producer *

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- engineer (1-8, 11), mixing (1, 9, 10) * Barney Chase - engineer (9, 10) * Paul Draper - mixing (2-8, 11) * Mike Hunter - mixing (3-7, 11) * Chris Agnew - drum programming (10) * The Nurk Twins - performer (12) ;CD2 ''Non-Album Singles, B-Sides and EP-Only tracks'' * Paul Draper - producer (1-7, 9, 11, 13-15), string arrangement (3) * Mike Hunter - assistant engineer (1, 4), engineer (2, 3, 7, 10, 15), mixing (2, 10, 15), recording (5, 6, 9, 12), co-producer (8), producer (10) *

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- mixing (1, 3, 9, 11, 14), strings recording (3), producer (9, 11, 14), recording (9, 14) * Ronnie Stone - engineer (1, 4, 7, 13), mixing (4) *

- harpsichord (3) * Stephen Hussey - string arrangement (3) * Ian Grimble - mixing (5, 6, 12) * Howard Devoto - producer (6) *

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- engineer (7) *

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- producer (8), mixing (8) *

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- strings scoring (8) ;CD3 ''Rarities, Demos and Unreleased Tracks'' * Paul Draper - producer (1-3, 6), mixing (1-3, 6), recording (7-9) *

- producer (1) * Mike Hunter - engineer (1), mixing (1-4, 6), performer (14) * Richard Rainey - producer (2, 3, 6) *

- engineer (2) * Barney Chase - engineer (3, 6) * Cliff Norrell - producer (4, 5), engineer (4, 5), mixing (5) * Anita Kamath - BBC Radio 1 show producer (10) * Miti Akhiri - engineer (10) * Ian Grimble - mixing (11) ;Compilation credits * Paul Draper - compilation, sleeve notes * Matt Davey - project co-ordination * Geoff Pesh and Doug Shearer - mastering (at Townhouse) * Mark Beaumont - foreword *

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, Tom Sheehan, Neil Mersh, Ian Tilton, Ian Jennings, Yosuke Komatsu and Anton Corbijn - photography * Traffic - design

Charts

References

External links

''Kleptomania''
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