Nuisance (album)

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Nuisance
Menswear Nuisance.jpg
Studio album by
Menswear
Released24 October 1995
GenreBritpop
Length48:54
LabelLaurel
ProducerNeill King
Menswear chronology
Nuisance
(1995) 		¡Hay Tiempo!
(1998)
Singles from Nuisance
  1. "I'll Manage Somehow"
    Released: 1995
  2. "Daydreamer"
    Released: 1995
  3. "Stardust"
    Released: 1995
  4. "Sleeping In"
    Released: 1995
  5. "Being Brave"
    Released: 1996

Nuisance is the debut studio album by British rock band Menswear, released on 24 October 1995[1] by Laurel. The album was preceded by "I'll Manage Somehow", "Daydreamer" and "Stardust"; the former charted in the top 40 while the latter two charted in the top 20.[2] The album peaked at number 11 on the UK album chart.[2]

Production[]

All the material for Nuisance was written by Johnny Dean, Chris Gentry, Simon White, Matt Everitt and Stuart Black. The album was produced by Neill King.

Release[]

Preceding the album, "I'll Manage Somehow" peaked at number 49 in the UK.[2] This was followed up by "Daydreamer" and ""Stardust", charting at number 14 and number 16 respectively.[2] Nuisance was released on 24 October 1995[1] by label Laurel and peaked at number 11 on the UK album chart.[2][nb 1] "Sleeping In" reached number 24 and "Being Brave" charted at number 10.[2]

Reception[]

In 1999, Ned Raggett ranked the album at number 35 on his list of "The Top 136 or So Albums of the Nineties".[3] In a retrospective article about Britpop, Huffington Post writer Kayley Kravitz wrote that while Nuisance "stands up as a great Britpop record" it sound "[d]ated [...] but essential Britpop nonetheless."[4]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Johnny Dean, Chris Gentry, Simon White, Matt Everitt and Stuart Black.

  1. "125 West 3rd Street" – 3:06
  2. "I'll Manage Somehow" – 2:35
  3. "Sleeping In" – 4:42
  4. "Little Miss Pinpoint Eyes" – 2:07
  5. "Daydreamer" – 2:16
  6. "Hollywood Girl" – 2:18
  7. "Being Brave" – 4:02
  8. "Around You Again" – 3:23
  9. "The One" – 3:43
  10. "Stardust" – 2:55
  11. "Piece of Me" – 3:03
  12. "Stardust (reprise)" – 14:39
    Includes hidden track "Bones and Red Meat", which lasts for 3:20

Personnel[]

References[]

Footnotes
  1. ^ UK Laurel 828 676 2
Citations
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Nuisance - Menswear - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "MENSWEAR". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2000-01-20. Retrieved 2011-03-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Kravitz, Kayley (29 July 2012). "Revisiting Britpop in 2012". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

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