Released 1996 Release date 9 June 1996 | Artist White Town Label Parasol Records | |
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>Abort, Retry, Fail?_
(1996) Women in Technology
(1997) Genres Alternative dance, Pop music | ||
>Abort, Retry, Fail?_ is an EP released in 1996 by White Town.
Contents
The title of the EP was taken from the DOS error message "Abort, Retry, Fail?". This referred to the problems the band had when a computer crashed during the production of the track. The liner notes of the single explain this with "I got the title for this single from the weekend I mixed the tracks. My hard drive went bonkers and I spent 72 reformatting the dang thing". The notes do not explain what time scale the "72" refers to.
It reached number 1 in the UK singles chart.
Track listing
- "Your Woman" – 4:18
- "Give Me Some Pain" – 4:23
- "Theme for a Mid-Afternoon Game Show" – 2:48
- "Theme for a Late-Night Documentary About the Dangers of Drug Abuse" – 6:08
The EP was released one both 4-track and 2-track CD Singles. The cassette single contained only the first two tracks. The 12" single contained the first two tracks plus a remix of "Your Woman" by Scissorkicks.
The trumpet is from a song called 'My Woman' and was featured in the 1978 BBC TV Show Pennies From Heaven.
Songs
1Your Woman4:19
2Give Me Some Pain4:26
3Theme for a Mid-Afternoon Game Show2:50