''Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge'' is the second studio album by British-based rock band Hundred Reasons, released on 1 March 2004, through

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. Following the album's release, the band were dropped by Columbia Records. In 2006 guitarist

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 ...

stated that:

there were a lot of things that were wrong with
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A lot of it was to do with the fact that we had absolutely no working relationship with the label by the time it came out. There was loads of pressure to get ''Shatterproof'' out and get the ball rolling again. They just wanted a record - any record. It just got put out and forgotten about. It still sold 65,000 but nobody quite seems to realise that.

On the official Hundred Reasons message board, guitarist Paul Townsend responded to a poll asking which of the band's first albums were better:

I think this topic might be easier to answer if I wasn't in the band. Both albums had there ups and downs, good and bad memories. I was much more confident with ''Shatterproof''. With ''Ideas'' we were doing everything for the first time, we learned a lot. With ''Shatterproof'' we were so keen to move forward we never really focused on the things we got right (silly buggers). I think we got bits right on both albums, but naturally not everything. So again, we learned a lot.

"Still Be Here" is about singer Colin Doran reconnecting with his father, whom he had not seen for six years. The album reached number twenty in the

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, and was number one on Radio 1's Rock Album Chart.

Track listing

''All tracks written by Hundred Reasons'' # "Savanna" – 3:10 # "Stories With Unhappy Endings" – 3:48 # "What You Get" – 3:27 # "The Great Test" – 1:59 # "Harmony" – 3:34 # "Lullaby" – 3:39 # "My Sympathy" – 3:45 # "80mph" – 1:53 # "Still Be Here" – 3:48 # "Pop" – 3:10 # "Truth With Elegance" – 4:19 # "Makeshift" – 3:10

B-sides

* "L.E.D." (released with ''"The Great Test"'') * "Change of Season" (released with ''"The Great Test"'') * "Anyone Else's Conclusion" (released with ''"The Great Test"'') * "Seven Years" (released with ''"The Great Test"'') * "What's Right" – 3:22 (released with ''"What You Get"'') * "When You're Done For" (released with ''"What You Get"'') * "Don't Forget" – 3:08 (released with ''"What You Get"'')

Singles

In November 2003, four months prior to the album's release, "The Great Test" was released as a single, followed by "What You Get" in February 2004.

Personnel

Band Line-up *Colin Doran - Lead Vocals *

- Guitar, Vocals (Lead Vocals on the chorus for ''"Pop"'') *Paul Townsend - Guitar, Vocals (Lead Vocals on the verses for ''"Pop"'') *Andy Gilmour - Bass *Andy Bews - Drums Producer *Dave Sardy Engineers *Greg Gordon *Juan Garcia *Andy Saroff *Jeff Hoffman Mixed By *Dave Sardy Mastered By *Stephen Marcussen Drums Tech *Artie Smith Guitar Tech *Stuart Valentine

Artwork

Sleeve Design and Illustration *Mark Unwin for Precession Industries Photo *Steve Gullick

References

{{Authority control 2004 albums Hundred Reasons albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Dave Sardy