''Timeless'' is the sixth studio album by Scottish

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quartet

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, and the last to feature

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on lead vocals. Released on 12 November 2007, the album was the band's first studio release in ten years, having not released a full studio recording since '' 10'' in 1997. The album spawned only two singles; "Too Many People", which was released a week before the album on 5 November, and "Weightless", which followed on 4 February 2008. The album is the band's lowest charting release to date, only peaking at #42 on the

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. The album artwork was designed by

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, who also designed the artwork for

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album ''

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''. A total of sixteen new tracks were released as part of the album campaign; eleven on the album itself, and five additional new tracks as B-sides. An orchestral version of "Eyes Wide Open" appears as a hidden track on physical copies of the album.

Tracklisting

Charts

References

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