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Released
  
29 April 1996

The Sun Is Often Out(1996)
  
Mobile Home(1999)

Release date
  
18 April 1996

Genres
  
Britpop, Alternative rock

Length
  
53:24

Artist
  
Longpigs

Label
  
Mother Records

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Recorded
  
1995–1996, Axis Studios, Sheffield

Producers
  
Kevin Bacon, Jonathan Quarmby

Similar
  
Britpop albums, Other albums

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The Sun Is Often Out (stylized as THE SUN iS OfTEN oUT) is the critically acclaimed debut album by Longpigs, released in 1996 on U2's record label, Mother Records.

Contents

Five singles were released from the album, initially to little success. The first two - "She Said" and "Jesus Christ" - both failed to crack the UK Top 40, both stalling at No. 67. The third single - "Far" fared a little better, scraping into the Top 40, reaching No. 37 and received significant radio airplay, particularly on the national pop and rock radio station, BBC Radio 1. It was however the next single, the 'ballad' "On and On" that 'cracked' the band; reaching No. 16 in the UK. With this momentum the album was released in April and shortly after "She Said" was re-released, also making it to No. 16 in the UK singles chart. The final single from the album "Lost Myself", narrowly missed out on giving the band a third successive Top 20 single, stalling at No. 22.

The Sun Is Often Out was declared one of 1996's 50 best albums by both Q and Melody Maker and retains a favourable 4 star rating on the AllMusic website, by both critics and fans.

Track listing

All songs written by Crispin Hunt except where noted.

  1. "Lost Myself" – 5:04
  2. "She Said" – 4:24
  3. "Far" – 3:46
  4. "On And On" – 4:10
  5. "Happy Again" – 4:17
  6. "All Hype" (Hunt, Dee Boyle) – 3:23
  7. "Sally Dances" – 3:44
  8. "Jesus Christ" – 4:00
  9. "Dozen Wicked Words" – 4:58
  10. "Elvis" – 4:22
  11. "Over Our Bodies" – 6:59
  12. "Sleep" (unlisted track) – 4:10

Longpigs

  • Crispin Hunt – vocals, guitar
  • Richard Hawley – guitar, vocals
  • Simon Stafford – bass, piano, hammond, vocals
  • Dee Boyle – drums, vocals

    • Additional personnel

  • Kevin Bacon – producer
  • Jonathan Quarmby – producer
  • Hugh Jones – additional mix and production on "Far".
  • Gil Norton – additional mix and production on "On and On".

    • Songs

    1Lost Myself5:04
    2She Said4:24
    3Far3:47

    References

    The Sun Is Often Out Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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