''Narcissus Road'' is the debut album by English
Indie rock
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band
The Hours. It is named after a road in
West Hampstead
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,
London
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NW6; a picture of the road sign is on the back cover.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Antony Genn and Martin Slattery; except where indicated
#"Ali in the Jungle" – 4:38
#"Narcissus Road" – 3:50
#"Back When You Were Good" (Genn, Slattery,
Joey Waronker
Jon Joseph Waronker (born May 20, 1969) is an American drummer and music producer. He is best known as a regular drummer of both Beck and R.E.M., and as member of the experimental rock bands Atoms for Peace and Ultraísta.
Background
Waronker w ...
) – 5:29
#"Love You More" – 3:06
#"Icarus" – 3:30
#"I Miss You" – 4:13
#"Murder or Suicide" – 5:55
#"Dive In" – 3:34
#"I Need to Know" – 5:03
#"People Say" – 6:28
#"Let Me Breathe" – 5:14
Notes
The artwork for the album was created by British artist
Damien Hirst
Damien Steven Hirst (; né
Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingd ...
.
Themes of the album include ruminations on the celebrities that songwriters
Antony Genn
Antony Genn (born 1971 in Sheffield, England) is a British musician and composer.
Genn got his start as a 16-year-old playing bass for Pulp for seven months in 1988. He toured with Elastica in 1995-96, playing keyboards. He was one of the origi ...
and
Martin Slattery
Martin Paul Slattery (born 30 December 1973 in Blackburn) is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer.
He plays electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, saxophone, and flute.
Slattery was first a member of Joe Strummer's backing band Th ...
have known in their previous careers as musicians, such as on the title track;
love songs
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such as "Love You More"; uplifting exhortations to achieve, such as in "Ali in the Jungle"; and references and
metaphors
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related to
football
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.
"Ali in the Jungle" is the soundtrack to the Nike short film "Human Chain," which debuted as an advertisement during the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The song "Ali in the Jungle" was also featured in the
EA Sports
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video game
FIFA 08
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and the
2K Sports
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game
NBA 2K13
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Singles & Eps
Ali in the Jungle
*Released 6 November 2006.
*UK Singles Chart: #113
CD and 7" vinyl
#"Ali in the Jungle"
#"Nothing"
#"Greatest Comeback"
#"Ali in the Jungle"
Love You More
*Released 1 November 2007.
*UK Singles Chart: #194
Back When You Were Good
*Released 22 January 2007
*UK Singles Chart: #?
CD and 7" vinyl
#"Back When You Were Good"
#"For A Moment"
#"Back When You Were Good"
2007 debut albums
The Hours (band) albums
A&M Records albums
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