Ideas Above Our Station

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Ideas Above Our Station
IdeasAboveOurStation.jpg
Studio album by
Hundred Reasons
Released20 May 2002
RecordedThe Magic Shop, New York City
Mission Sound, Brooklyn
GenreAlternative rock
Length38:41
LabelColumbia
ProducerDave Sardy
Hundred Reasons chronology
Ideas Above Our Station
(2002) 		Shatterproof Is Not a Challenge
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2/5 stars [1]
Drowned in Sound7/10 stars [2]
entertainment.ie4/5 stars [3]
NME4/5 stars [4]
The Guardian4/5 stars [5]

Ideas Above Our Station is the first studio album by the English alternative rock band, Hundred Reasons, released on 20 May 2002 on Columbia Records. The album reached #6 in the UK album chart and is the band's most commercially successful album to date.[citation needed]

In 2012, the band got together after a three-year break to celebrate the album's ten-year anniversary.[citation needed]

Artwork[]

The album cover art is a stylised photograph of the Lloyd's Building in London.

Track listing[]

  1. "I'll Find You"
  2. "Answers"
  3. "Dissolve"
  4. "What Thought Did"
  5. "If I Could"
  6. "Falter"
  7. "Shine"
  8. "Drowning"
  9. "Oratorio"
  10. "Silver"
  11. "Gone Too Far"
  12. "Avalanche"
  13. "Remmus" (Bonus Track)
  14. "No.5" (Bonus Track)

Personnel[]

  • - drums
  • - lead vocals, keyboard
  • - bass guitar
  • Larry Hibbitt - guitar, vocals, lead vocals (chorus of "Shine")
  • Paul Townsend - guitar, vocals, lead vocals (verses of "Silver")
  • Dave Sardy - producer
  • Greg Fidelman - engineering
  • - editing, additional engineering
  • Juan Garcia - second engineer
  • Peter - second engineer
  • - production coordinator
  • Stephen Marcussen - mastering
  • - digital editing
  • - photography
  • - photography
  • / Precesssion Industries - design, illustration

Charts[]

Chart (2002) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[6] 6

Singles[]

Year Single Chart Position
2001 "I'll Find You" UK Singles Chart 37
2002 "If I Could" UK Singles Chart 19
2002 "Silver" UK Singles Chart 15
2002 "Falter" UK Singles Chart 38

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Gold 100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. ^ DiGravina, Tim. Ideas Above Our Station at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2018-07-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ #27 in NME Albums Of The Year
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  7. ^ "British album certifications – Hundred Reasons – Ideas Above Our Station". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
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