Are You Normal? | ||||
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Released | 3 November 1992 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 40:44 [1] | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Andy Wallace | |||
Ned's Atomic Dustbin chronology | ||||
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Are You Normal? is the second studio album by English rock band Ned's Atomic Dustbin, released on 3 November 1992 by Columbia Records. [3] It features the band's biggest American hit "Not Sleeping Around", which hit the top of Billboard 's Modern Rock Tracks chart. [4]
Are You Normal? shows the band scaling back on the dual-bass, "punk-pop"-informed grebo sound of their debut album in order to "let the dynamics of the basses soak through the rush of power chords that dominate their early work." [5] It also shows the band beginning to work with electronics, sampling and "ultramodern production" that the band would continue to explore in their later work. [5] AllMusic said the result is "an almost bouncy, bright album, full of great hooks and lyrical cleverness." [5]
Chart (1992–1993) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] | 79 |
UK Albums (OCC) [8] | 13 |
The song "Suave and Suffocated" contains a sample of a monologue by Dennis Hopper in the movie Apocalypse Now.