''The Fidelity Wars'' is the second full-length album by British indie rock band Hefner. Recorded in London over a period of twelve days at Roundhouse Studios, it was released in 1999 on Too Pure. It was the first Hefner album to feature

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in 2008.

Track listing

All songs written by Darren Hayman except where noted. # "The Hymn for the Cigarettes" # "May God Protect Your Home" # "The Hymn for the Alcohol" # "I Took Her Love for Granted" # "Every Little Gesture" # "Weight of the Stars" # "I Stole a Bride" # "We Were Meant to Be" # "Fat Kelly's Teeth" # "Don't Flake Out on Me" # "I Love Only You"

Track listing (2008 reissue)

CD 1 # "The Hymn for the Cigarettes" # "May God Protect Your Home" # "The Hymn for the Alcohol" # "I Took Her Love for Granted" # "Every Little Gesture" # "Weight of the Stars" # "I Stole a Bride" # "We Were Meant to Be" # "Fat Kelly's Teeth" # "Don't Flake Out on Me" # "I Love Only You" # "Grandmother Dies" (b-side) # "Lisa and Me" (b-side) # "A Belly Full of Babies" (b-side) # "Mary Lee" (The Hefner Heart EP) # "The Hymn for the Things We Didn't Do" (The Hefner Heart EP) # "Karen" (The Hefner Heart EP) # "The Heart of Portland" (The Hefner Heart EP) # "The Hymn for Thomas Courtney Warner" (The Hefner Heart EP) CD 2 # "The Hymn for the Alcohol"(7" version) # "My Art College Days Are Over" (b-side) # "Don't Flake Out on Me" (4-track) # "I Stole a Bride" (4-track) # "May God Protect Your Home" (4-track) # "A Belly Full of Babies" (4-track) # "The Hymn for Thomas Courtney Warner" (4-track) # "Blind Girl with Halo" (4-track) # "Harlot's Teeth" (4-track) # "I Took Her Love for Granted" (4-track) # "Karen" (4-track) # "The Hymn for the Cigarettes" (rehearsal) # "We Were Meant to Be" (rehearsal) # " You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone" (rehearsal) (

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) #* originally recorded by The Beach Boys # "I Took Her Love for Granted" (rehearsal) # "I Love Only You" (rehearsal) # "Kate Cleaver's House" (rehearsal) # "Twisting Mary's Arm" (rehearsal) # "The Weight of the Stars" (rehearsal) # "The Girl from the Coast" (rehearsal) # "The Librarian" (rehearsal)

Personnel

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- vocals, guitar *

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- drums *John Morrison - bass guitar *

Jack Hayter Jack Hayter is a British musician. He is best known as a multi instrumentalist with Hefner but is also an acclaimed folk singer-songwriter in his own right.

- flute, stylophone, pedal steel Additional personnel * Neil Yates - trumpet, flugelhorn *Miti Adhikari - engineer, mixing *Simon Askew - assistant engineer *

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- guitar *Sean Doherty - assistant engineer * Martin Slattery - organ, tenor saxophone *Christopher Andrews - Scratching *Jeremy Gill - assistant engineer *Simon Morris - assistant engineer * Gina Birch - vocals *Matt Coleman - tromboneHefner : The Fidelity Wars - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
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References

1999 albums Hefner (band) albums Too Pure albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub