Instant Pleasures

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Instant Pleasures
Instant Pleasures cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released10 November 2017
Genre Britpop
Label BMG
Producer Youth
Shed Seven chronology
Truth Be Told
(2001)
Instant Pleasures
(2017)
A Matter of Time
(2024)
Singles from Instant Pleasures
  1. "Room in My House"
    Released: 21 September 2017 [1]
  2. "It's Not Easy"
    Released: 16 October 2017 [2]
  3. "Nothing to Live Down"
    Released: 1 November 2017 [3]
  4. "Victoria"
    Released: 23 March 2018 [4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
God Is in the TV 8/10 [6]

Instant Pleasures is the fifth studio album by the British rock band Shed Seven, released via BMG Rights Management in November 2017. [7] The album charted at No.8 in the UK album chart, on sales of 13,277. This is being the first Shed Seven's album for 16 years since 2001's Truth Be Told and marked the return of lead guitarist Paul Banks since 1998's Let It Ride .

Contents

Track listing

Instant Pleasures track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Room in My House"5:06
2."Nothing to Live Down"3:58
3."It's Not Easy"5:03
4."Said I'm Sorry"4:16
5."Victoria"3:47
6."Better Days"4:05
7."Enemies and Friends"4:27
8."Star Crossed Lovers"3:53
9."Hang On"5:16
10."Butterfly on a Wheel"4:00
11."People Will Talk"3:56
12."Invincible"3:58
Deluxe edition bonus disc
No.TitleLength
1."Won't Get Home Tonight" 
2."Waiting for the Catch" 
3."Flashbacks" 
4."Thank You" 
5."Better Days" (Home Demo) 
6."It's Not Easy" (Demo) 
7."Brighter Skies" (Home Demo) 
8."Room In My House" (Youth + Luke's Bingo Wings Beach House Mix) 
9."Nothing to Live Down" (Youth + Luke's Autobahn Remix) 
10."People Will Talk" (Youth + Michael's Berlin Disco Extended Mix) 

Personnel

Shed Seven

Additional musicians

Charts

Chart performance for Instant Pleasures
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [8] 6
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 8

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