Bright Idea

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Bright Idea
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 29, 2006 (2006-05-29)
Recorded2005 (Hollywood)
Genre Pop rock, indie rock
Length42:59
Label Mercury (UK)
Producer Noah Shain, Orson, Chad Rachild
Orson chronology
Bright Idea
(2006)
Culture Vultures
(2007)
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Bright Idea is the debut studio album of American power pop band Orson. Originally self-released in 2005, it was released commercially on May 29, 2006 in the UK and internationally on June 13, 2006. [1]

Contents

The album was recorded for just $5,000 in Hollywood, funded by the band themselves, and produced by Noah Shain. [2] It contains the hit singles "No Tomorrow", "Bright Idea", "Happiness" and "Already Over". Bright Idea charted at number one on the official UK Albums Chart on June 4, 2006. [3] The video for the single "Bright Idea" was directed by Tony Petrossian and was released as the follow-up to the UK number-one single "No Tomorrow".

The album was prized with a platinum record in the United Kingdom. [4] About 700,000 copies were sold worldwide. [5]

Guitarist Chad Rachild departed a year after the independent self release of the album. He was replaced by Kevin Roentgen and soon after the band were signed to Mercury Records UK. [6]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Jason Pebworth, except where noted; all music written by George Astasio, Chris Cano, Johnny Lonely, Pebworth, and Chad Rachild.

  1. "Bright Idea" – 4:13
  2. "No Tomorrow" – 2:47
  3. "Happiness" – 3:56
  4. "Already Over" – 3:52
  5. "Downtown" – 4:23 (UK edition only)
  6. "Tryin to Help" – 3:04
  7. "So Ahead of Me" – 3:34
  8. "Last Night" – 4:33
  9. "Look Around" – 5:05
  10. "Save the World" – 3:40
  11. "The Okay Song" – 3:50

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Bright Idea
Chart (2006)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [7] 51
French Albums (SNEP) [8] 29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 48
Irish Albums (IRMA) [10] 32
Scottish Albums (OCC) [11] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 38
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for Bright Idea
Chart (2006)Position
French Albums (SNEP) [14] 168
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 59

Release history

Release history for Bright Idea
RegionDate
United KingdomMay 29, 2006
VariousJune 13, 2006

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