Released 27 September 2004 (UK) Length 193:40 Release date 27 September 2004 | Recorded 1995–2003 Artist Mansun Label Parlophone | |
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Kleptomania
(2004) Legacy The Best of Mansun
(2006) Genres Rock music, Britpop, Alternative rock, Post-punk Producers Paul Draper, Spike Stent, Michael Hunter Similar Little Kix, Attack of the Grey Lantern, Legacy: The Best of Mansun, Six | ||
Kleptomania is the fourth and final album by English rock band Mansun, released in September 2004 following the band's split. The first CD features the material that was to form the basis the band's next album, which was originally going to be self-titled, and the other 2 CDs feature EP tracks, outtakes and demos.
Contents
The band split up while recording songs for the album Kleptomania, leaving unfinished tracks that were never released. An extensive explanation of the break-up has never been made public although a press release by Paul Draper stated that the band had simply "grown apart".
EMI had originally not intended to release the material until an online petition, which gained over 4000 signatures, demonstrated that there was demand for it from fans. Draper was not in a positive frame of mind about Mansun at the time but agreed to work on the material after EMI contacted him, on the basis that the material would be released as part of a boxset featuring other material.
Track listing
All tracks written and composed by Paul Draper; Except where indicated.
Disc one
Songs
1Getting Your Way4:30
2Slipping Away4:51
3Keep Telling Myself3:59