''The Week Never Starts Round Here'' is the debut studio album by Scottish

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band

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. It was released on 25 November 1996 on

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. The album was reissued in 2010, with a bonus CD which includes the band's first session for

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, from March 1997 with guest appearances from

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's Stuart Murdoch and Chris Geddes, and their first ever live gig, at

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in Glasgow in October 1996, as recorded live for Peel's show. Arab Strap later included a song entitled "The Week Never Starts Round Here" on their 2003 album '' Monday at the Hug and Pint''. In a 2009 interview, band member

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stated that ''The Week Never Starts Round Here'' is his favourite Arab Strap release: "...it's completely undiluted and free from any self-expectations, which we later developed".

Track listing

References

Arab Strap (band) albums 1996 debut albums Chemikal Underground albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub