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''Ejector Seat Reservation'' is the third studio album by the British alternative rock band
Swervedriver Swervedriver are an English alternative rock band formed in Oxford in 1989 around core members Adam Franklin and Jimmy Hartridge. Between 1989 and 1998, the band released four studio albums and numerous EPs and singles despite a considerable ...
, released in 1995. The album includes three untitled hidden tracks which were only available in the
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Critical reception

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'' called ''Ejector Seat Reservation'' "one of the most quietly ambitious records" of the 1990s, praising the "more tempered, classic-pop format." '' MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide'' called it the band's best album. '' Billboard'' called it one "of the more compelling guitar-pop albums of the mid-'90s."


Track listing

# "Single Finger Salute" # "Bring Me the Head of the Fortune Teller" # "The Other Jesus" # "Son of Jaguar 'E'" # "I Am Superman # "Bubbling Up" # "Ejector Seat Reservation" # "How Does It Feel to Look Like Candy?" # "Last Day on Earth" # "The Birds" (unlisted tracks)
  1. "Plan 7 Star Satellite 10"
  2. nlisted silent track
  3. "Flaming Heart"
The bonus track, "It's All Happening Now", on the first UK promo was shelved (given away to fan club members) after permission was denied to use lyrics lifted from Bob Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue". Sony BMG reissued the album in 2008 in the UK as a "Remastered and Expanded" edition with four bonus tracks
  1. "Maelstrom"
  2. "Director's Cut of Your Life"
  3. "Just Sometimes"
  4. "Neon Lights Glow"


Personnel

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Adam Franklin Adam Franklin (born 7 October 1968) is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter who is the front-man of the alternative rock band Swervedriver (1989–99, 2007–present) as well as the main creative force behind Toshack Highway (1999–200 ...
- guitars and vocals *Jimmy Hartridge - guitars and vocals *Steve George - bass guitar *Jez Hindmarsh - drums


References

{{Authority control 1995 albums Swervedriver albums Creation Records albums Albums produced by Alan Moulder