Come on, be a No-One

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"Come on, be a No-One"
Single by The Cribs
from the album In the Belly of the Brazen Bull
B-side "Don't Believe in Me"
Released23 April 2012 (2012-04-23)
Format
Recorded2011
Genre
Length2:37
Label Wichita Recordings
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) David Fridmann
The Cribs singles chronology
"Chi-Town"
(2012)		"Come on, be a No-One"
(2012)		"Glitters Like Gold"
(2012)

"Come on, be a No-One" arrived in April 2012 as the second release and first official single taken from the fifth studio album by British indie rock band the Cribs, In the Belly of the Brazen Bull . The song gained place within the UK top ten albums chart.

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The Cribs band

The Cribs are an English indie rock band originally from Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The band consists of twins Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross Jarman. They were subsequently joined by ex-The Smiths and Modest Mouse guitarist Johnny Marr who was a formal member of the group from 2008 until 2011. The band, who first became active on the concert circuit in 2002, were initially tied to other like-minded UK bands of that time, most notably The Libertines, by a British music press that were looking for a 'British rearguard' to the wave of popular US alternative rock bands of the time. They had outgrown this tag by the time of the commercial success of their third LP. In 2008, Q magazine described the band as "The biggest cult band in the UK".

Contents

Recorded and mixed at Tarbox Road Studios, Cassadaga, New York with producer David Fridmann, the song received mastering treatment in Sterling Sound, New York City from Greg Calbi. [1]

Cassadaga, New York Village in New York, United States

Cassadaga is a village in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The village is located within the northeast corner of the town of Stockton, east of the hamlet of Stockton, south of and immediately adjacent to Lily Dale in the town of Pomfret, and north of the village of Sinclairville. As of the 2010 census, the population of Cassadaga was 634.

Physical release

Nick Scott designed the sleeve, whereas the cover image contains detail from the piece "Lessons of Our Forefathers" by Portland, Oregon-based artist Sean Croghan. The vinyl received release in red, continuing the theme of "Chi-Town" in purple and later the respective colour mentioned in "Glitters Like Gold", and was given the catalogue number 'WEBB337S'. [2]

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"Chi-Town" is the first single taken from the fifth studio album by British indie rock band the Cribs, released in February 2012. The song was the band's first new material since "Housewife" in August 2010, and later found release on fifth LP In the Belly of the Brazen Bull in May 2012.

"Glitters Like Gold" is the third release and second official single taken from the fifth studio album by British indie rock band the Cribs, released in July 2012. "Glitters Like Gold" featured throughout the February and March 2012 tour at venues in London, Edinburgh, Brighton and Leeds, and opens fifth LP In the Belly of the Brazen Bull.

"Don't Believe in Me"

"Don't Believe in Me", the 7-inch single B-side was initially recorded at the same time as "Housewife", when Johnny Marr still played with the band in 2010, the song went unused for more than a year. Several parties helped resurrect the song: Ryan Jarman produced the original track in 2010 with engineering by Sebastian Lewsley at West Heath Studios in London. Furthermore, Gary Jarman undertook additional recording at Tartan Hell, Portland in 2012. Finally, Woodie Taylor, drummer for Comet Gain and previously Morrissey, mixed the song in Milou Studios. The song reached completion though Chris Potter at Electric Mastering. [3]

Johnny Marr musician

Johnny Marr is an English musician, songwriter and singer, best known as the guitarist and – with Morrissey – co-songwriter of the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987.

Ryan Jarman British singer

Ryan James Jarman is the guitarist and vocalist with English lo-fi indie rock band The Cribs.

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Track listing

All tracks written by Gary Jarman, Ross Jarman and Ryan Jarman.

Gary Jarman British singer

Gary John Jarman is a British multi-instrumentalist, best known for being bassist and singer in the Wakefield music group The Cribs. Formed in 2002, The Cribs have released six albums to date, and numerous singles and EP's. As of 2016 their latest 3 records have charted in the UK top 10, alongside 7 top 40 singles. He has lived in Portland, Oregon since 2006.

Ross Jarman British drummer

Ross Anthony Jarman is the drummer with English rock band The Cribs.

7-inch single & digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Come on, be a No-one"2:37
2."Don't Believe in Me"3:45

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "List of Recordings by David Fridmann" . Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  2. ↑ "Narcsville". 22 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  3. ↑ Liner notes from "Come on, be a No-One" 7-inch single (London: Wichita Recordings, 2012)

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