I Am Kloot (album)

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I Am Kloot
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Studio album by
Released15 September 2003
Genre Indie rock
Length39:05 / 43:02
Label The Echo Label
Producer Chris Potter, Scott Alexander, Keir Stewart, Ian Broudie
I Am Kloot chronology
Natural History
(2001)
I Am Kloot
(2003)
Gods and Monsters
(2005)
Singles from I Am Kloot
  1. "Untitled #1"
    Released: 24 March 2003 (limited)
  2. "Life in a Day"
    Released: 9 June 2003
  3. "3 Feet Tall"
    Released: 8 September 2003
  4. "From Your Favourite Sky"
    Released: 22 March 2004
  5. "Proof"
    Released: 21 June 2004 (download only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media (5.1/10) [2]
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I Am Kloot is the self-titled second album by English rock band I Am Kloot. Released in 2003, the album reached #68 on the UK Albums Chart [6] and yielded four singles and one download-only single. The download-only single "Proof" had a music video created for it by Krishna Stott, featuring actor Christopher Eccleston, which never received its intended, full release. A demo of "Proof" originally appeared as a B-side to "Morning Rain" in 2001. The album contains an extra song, hidden in the pregap, called "Deep Blue Sea," also released as a B-side on the "Life in a Day" single.

Contents

The singles "Life in a Day" and "3 Feet Tall" charted on the UK Singles Chart at #43 and #46 respectively. [6]

On 25 January 2005, [7] I Am Kloot became the first [8] album by I Am Kloot released in the United States. In March 2005, the band gave their first concert tour in this country. [7] [8]

Track listing

All songs written by John Harold Arnold Bramwell.

0."Deep Blue Sea"3:57
  "Deep Blue Sea" is a hidden song in the pregap of the CD edition
1."Untitled #1"4:18
2."From Your Favourite Sky"2:46
3."Life in a Day"2:47
4."Here for the World"3:26
5."A Strange Arrangement of Colour"2:43
6."Cuckoo"3:21
7."Mermaids"3:39
8."Proof"2:46
9."Sold as Seen"2:56
10."Not a Reasonable Man"3:06
11."3 Feet Tall"3:04
12."The Same Deep Water as Me"4:11

Contributing musicians

Release history

CountryRelease date
United Kingdom15 September 2003 [9]
United States25 January 2005 [7]

Singles

sources: [9] [10]

titlelabelformat,
catalog number
release datetrack listingchartsadditional
informations
"Untitled #1"The Echo Label gramophone record 7",
ECS134
24 March 2003 [11]
A. "Untitled #1"
B. "The Mermen"
UK Singles Chart: 101 [9] Limited edition of 1000 copies.
"Life in a Day"The Echo Labelgramophone record 7",
ECS140
9 June 2003 [12]
A. "Life in a Day"
B. "This House Is Haunted"
UK Singles Chart: 43 [6] [9] Limited edition, autographed.
CDS,
ECSCD140
[13]
1. "Life in a Day"
2. "This House Is Haunted"
3. "Cinders"
CDS,
ECSCD140X
1. "Life in a Day"
2. "Deep Blue Sea"
3. "By Myself"
4. "Life in a Day" (music video)
"3 Feet Tall"The Echo Labelgramophone record 7",
ECS143
8 September 2003 [14]
A. "3 Feet Tall"
B. "From Your Favourite Sky, John Peel Session"
UK Singles Chart: 46 [6] [9]
CDS,
ECSCD143
1. "3 Feet Tall"
2. "From Your Favourite Sky, John Peel Session"
3. "A Strange Arrangement of Colour (Live)"
CDS,
ECSCD143X
[15]
1. "3 Feet Tall"
2. "Monkeys"
3. "Big Tears"
4. "3 Feet Tall" (music video)
"From Your Favourite Sky"The Echo Label Download 21 March 2004 [16]
1. "From Your Favourite Sky"
2. "Life in a Day (Live)"
3. "Not a Reasonable Man (Live)"
4. "From Your Favourite Sky (Live)"
CDS,
ECSCD138
22 March 2004 [17]
1. "From Your Favourite Sky"
2. "This House Is Haunted"
3. "Cinders"
4. "Deep Blue Sea"
5. "By Myself"
Limited edition.
CDS22 March 20041. "From Your Favourite Sky"
2. "Life in a Day (Live)"
3. "Not a Reasonable Man (Live)"
4. "From Your Favourite Sky (Live)"
5. "From Your Favourite Sky" (music video)
"Proof"The Echo Label [18] [19] Download21 June 2004 [18]
1. "Proof"
2. "Junk Culture"
3. "Same Deep Water as Me (live at the Ritz- Manchester)"
4. "Proof" (music video)

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